Humanoid robots pour coffee, fold laundry, but very slowlyBy Samantha Kelly / BloombergAt the CES trade show in Las Vegas for the past week, robots poured coffee, played table tennis, dealt poker hands and folded laundry — all within a few meters of one another. Human-inspired robots, aptly called humanoids, have emerged as the tech industry’s big bet on what comes next. An LG CLOiD robot stands on stage during an LG Electronics news conference at the CES trade show in Las Vegas on Monday. It then slowly loaded a single piece of clothing into a washing machine — almost painfully slowly. More compelling uses might present themselves in settings such as hospitals, where robots could handle repetitive laundry work at scale.

Source: Taipei Times January 10, 2026 16:10 UTC