SwitchBot, renowned for its smart home robotics systems, has unveiled a slew of products at IFA 2025. The lineup includes the AI Tennis Robot (incubated by SwitchBot), two animated AI pets whom it calls Niko and Noa, an AI Art Frame, an AI Hub, alongside new smart home devices such as the smart radiator thermostat, home climate panel, standing circulator fan, and smart lighting series.
Incubated by SwitchBot, the Acemate Tennis Robot is the world’s first AI-powered machine designed for true rally play. Using dual 4K cameras and advanced algorithms, it predicts, moves, and returns shots with precision. Beyond rallying, it functions as an AI coach, analyzing spin, speed, and placement to deliver real-time performance insights for players.
Another major reveal from SwitchBot at IFA 2025 is its first-ever companion robots. Dubbed Niko and Noa, the two penguin look-alike AI pets are soft-bodied household companion robots with on-device LLM AI and on-cloud VLM AI. “By combining AI technology with an understanding of human emotional needs, SwitchBot aims to bring warmth and empathy into the smart home, offering comfort, recognizing emotions, and responding in real time with genuine, context-aware interactions,” the company’s PR manager, Tallcold Bai, tells Homecrux.
The AI Pet Robot displays a range of relatable emotions, including happiness, sadness, loneliness, jealousy, and even hunger, providing the most immediate form of emotional exchange. It sees you, responds to you, and understands your feelings. Using AI, it learns from daily interactions, remembers people, routines, and spaces, and keeps a log of memorable moments, blending companionship with technology.
The third of the big reveals was SwitchBot AI Hub. Billed as the first smart home edge hub with visual language model AI, the hub pairs with cameras like the Pan/Tilt Cam and 2K/3K to visually interpret and summarize events, simplifying home automation.
The SwitchBot AI Hub also connects to over 100 devices, supports Matter over Bridge, dual-band Wi-Fi, and extended Bluetooth. A 6T AI chip enables local recognition, manages eight 2K cameras, streams via RTSP, and outputs to a monitor.
SwitchBot also revealed an AI Art Frame at the show. The AI Art Frame uses E-Ink Spectra 6 color e-paper to display art, photos, and AI-generated images in vivid, paper-like quality without blue light strain. Users can create visuals by simply entering text prompts or uploading reference images via SwitchBot app, which uses a locally self-trained AI model for generation.
The frame is available in three sizes (7.3 inches, 13.3 inches, and 31.5 inches) and can be displayed on desks, walls, or stands in both portrait and landscape orientations. With a battery life of up to two years and compatibility with IKEA frames, it blends seamlessly into any interior. There is no word on the availability of these products, but we expect them to go live well before Black Friday.
