Autonomous innovation was a prominent feature at CES 2025. During Nvidia’s CEO keynote speech, Jensen Huang said, “it is very, very clear, autonomous vehicles have finally arrived,” pointing to success from Waymo and Tesla. Waymo posted on X (formerly Twitter) on October 29, 2024, that the Waymo One provides over 150,000 paid trips every week and believes the future of autonomous rides is here and growing. McKinsey predicts autonomous driving to create $3-400 billion in revenue by 2035.
From vehicles and humanoids to accessibility devices and cleaners, autonomous tech is everywhere.
Image 1: Zoox Robotaxi in Las Vegas. Image 2: John Deere autonomous vehicle
At the show a broad spectrum of autonomous vehicles and software were on show including Japanese mobility company’s Tier IV showcasing its autonomous bus featuring “a new data-sharing platform designed to scale the development of autonomous driving AI,” says the company. Zoox gave live demos by providing robotaxi rides to and from the show in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, John Deere showed off the scale of autonomous vehicle with several new transportation across agriculture, construction, and commercial landscaping. The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) CEO and vice chair Gary Shapiro believes that “autonomous vehicles are reshaping mobility.”
Autonomous tech is also supporting other sectors. Aiding the blind and low-vision community is Glide by Glidance, a mobility aid embedded with Glidance’s Sensible Wayfinding technology, which autonomously guides the user with seamless ease and comfort. CTA’s futurist Brian Comiskey says Glidance is “a company adapting vehicle technology into a solution to bridge a gap in care.” Glide is currently undergoing beta tests and is available for consumer preorders in 2026.
The home is also getting a massive upgrade, with smarter and more intuitive cleaning robots such as Roborock’s latest vacuum cleaner, the Saros Z70, not only features the new StarSight Autonomous System 2.0 for more precise navigation and mapping, but also has a robo-arm to pick up stray socks and the like. Similarly, Dreame’s X50 Ultra robot vacuum is the first of its kind with lifting wheels to maneuver uneven surfaces and stray obstacles. It is officially launching on February 14. For those with pools, Beatbot unveiled its AquaSense 2 Series embedded with advanced AI-navigation and available for purchase on February 10.
In addition, humanoid helpers were en masse at CES 2025 showing off its advanced capabilities. With the likes of Nvidia providing physical AI systems to power humanoid robots. On display included Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid robot showing off its ability to perform an array of industrial tasks including heavy load pick-ups and assisting with assembly lines. Meanwhile, on a mission to make robots more lifelike is Realbotix’s Aria, an AI-integrated robo-companion. At a time when 44% of global gen Zers say they could see themselves falling in love with a chatbot/AI according to VML Intelligence’s study fielded in fall 2024, the future of Aria could be the start if synthetic relationships for the younger generation.
Main image: Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang keynote at CES 2025 with a display of humanoid robots
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