Samsung’s Ballie robot will go on sale in the US and South Korea this summer, the company announced today. What’s more, thanks to a partnership with Google Cloud, the miniature robot will come with a Gemini artificial intelligence model.
Samsung did not name the specific system that powers Ballie, but in combination with its proprietary language models, the company claims that the robot has multimodal capabilities, meaning that Ballie can process voice, audio, and visual data from its sensors. According to Samsung, Ballie can also control your smart home devices and even offer health and style recommendations, if you are inclined to seek such advice from a robot.
Samsung has yet to announce a price for Ballie, though with the uncertainty surrounding the Trump administration’s recently announced tariffs, you can’t blame Samsung, can you? The company first demonstrated Ballie in 2020. Since then, the robot has gone through several iterations, and the version you see above was first demonstrated at CES 2024. At the time, Samsung said that Ballie would be available sometime in 2024, but last year passed and the robot never appeared on store shelves.
