LAS VEGAS — Propellers. Blinking lights. Whirring flywheels. Onboard cameras. Arrays of fancy sensors.

And this one boneheaded ass-bot that looks like some Chuck E. Cheese bullmess. But more on that later.

Here’s a look at the robots from part of the heaving mammoth that is CES. We spent, like, four hours jogging around the trade show floor to be able to show you all these cool bots, so please love us back and share this post with your friends.

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The latest generation of the now-ubiquitous Parrot drone.
It rolls. It jumps. The jumping is downright startling.
This wee fella is a telemetry drone.
Here’s a horizontal cross-section of the latest iRobot Scooba mopper-bot.
This telepresence bot kept avoiding me. I feel so alone and rejected.
Oh good god, this thing was so annoying. It’s basically an Asimo-looking Chuck E. Cheese animatronic piece of blinking plastic. My Christmas tree had more AI. Whatever. On to the next one.
This insane-looking bot is a learning toy for kids. It features Wi-Fi connectivity, a sensor, an LED display, and a drive head for locomotion.
Check out this smartphone-controlled roller bot.
Your stupid childhood remote-control cars have been reduced to yesteryear’s objects of derision and mockery, like the cast of Friends except for Jennifer Aniston.
And if you weren’t already feeling inferior about your treasured remote-control car from childhood’s happy hours, here’s the monster truck version.
A simple roller-bot toy
This telepresent woman really wanted me to come into the booth. I bailed. Telepresent or not, it was still hella awkward. I feel like I let a robot AND a person down.
An industrial drone that records video and simultaneously stores in onboard, in the controller device, and in the ground station. It’s capable of auto-flight with one-touch takeoff and landing.
This unicycle bot uses a flywheel, a bike wheel, and a gyroscope to keep its balance. It’s also got two obstacle sensors, an onboard camera, and Wi-Fi connectivity.
This is the more stable cousin of the unicycle bot.
Hey, look! It’s got a built-in GoPro.

We’ll have lots more coming from the show, so stay tuned to our CES hub for more news, gadgets, and interviews.

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