Yunqi Capital | CES Surrounded by AI: Which Wild Ideas Came Out on Top?

How exactly is AI weaving its way into our daily lives, creating delight in the smallest details? The wave of "new hardware species" unveiled at CES — the so-called "tech world's Spring Festival Gala" — may hold some answers.

Since 2024, the convergence of AI and consumer electronics has been a major draw at CES, and this year was no exception. Though the conference didn't explicitly include "AI" in its theme slogan, hot categories like AI-powered cleaning, AI robotics, AI imaging, and AI glasses all demonstrated how deeply AI and hardware products are fusing together.

Chinese innovators made their presence strongly felt at this year's show, with 1,475 Chinese exhibitors accounting for over 30% of total participants. Several Yunqi Capital portfolio companies, each having made notable breakthroughs in AI hardware, were deeply involved in this tech extravaganza. In this edition of Yunqi Partners, we revisit the standout performances of three of them — RealMan Intelligence, Hohem, and Aiper.

RealMan Intelligence:

Robotic Arms + Embodied Intelligence

= Unlocking More Deployment Scenarios

RealMan Intelligence, a Yunqi Capital Series A lead investment and supplier of ultra-lightweight humanoid robotic arms, made its second consecutive appearance at CES. This time, the company brought six innovative solutions, demonstrating its product strength and technical innovation in embodied intelligence through live scenarios.

GEN72 Series: Sub-$1,000 Consumer-Grade Robotic Arm

By reducing parts, simplifying structure, and improving durability and cost-effectiveness, this next-generation robot with generalization capabilities becomes economically viable for mass-market adoption.

AI Physiotherapy Robot 3.0

Drawing on extensive human acupoint data to accurately locate pressure points, it also allows users to customize massage focus areas and points based on their health conditions. Suitable for medical rehabilitation, eldercare facilities, and home use.

Embodied Dual-Arm Lifting Platform

Integrates core modules including the ultra-lightweight humanoid robotic arm RM65-B-V, lifting columns, multi-channel vision sensors, and autonomous navigation chassis. Users can leverage this platform to develop wireless teleoperation for data collection and model training.

Medical Reagent Extraction Workstation

Through automated reagent extraction workflows, it ensures optimal execution and timing coordination for each step, significantly improving lab efficiency and the accuracy and reproducibility of results.

Composite Lifting Robot for New Retail

Powered by intelligent control technology, it adjusts rail elevation and positioning in real time based on consumer needs and shopping behavior, enabling seamless product display and retrieval while greatly enhancing shopping efficiency and experience.

WHJ Full Series Joint Modules

Committed to creating extreme "compact yet powerful" high power-density integrated drive products for core robotics components, with maximum output torque of 360Nm and minimum joint diameter of just 33mm.

Hohem:

AI + Imaging = Hands-Free Creation

Hohem, a Yunqi Capital Series B portfolio company and pioneer of AI tracking stabilizers, showcased its excellence in product design, performance, and user experience. Products featured included:

AI Touchscreen Phone Stabilizer Hohem M7

An innovative detachable touchscreen controller dramatically expands the functional boundaries of phone stabilizers. Combined with upgraded AI tracking, it enables native tracking of both people and objects, completely breaking through limitations of tracking devices, software, and targets.

AI Tracking Phone Stabilizer Hohem V3

2025 CES Innovation Award winner. Ultra-compact in design, it delivers a comprehensive intelligent shooting experience. Upgraded AI tracking allows native portrait tracking with a simple "OK" gesture, bypassing phone system and app restrictions. Supports native camera, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, BeautyCam, and other third-party camera apps.

Additionally, Hohem founder & CEO Min Chen appeared at TMTPost's "Talk to the World" forum livestream during the exhibition, and the Hohem M7 received TMTPost's 2025 CES Innovation List "Global Tech Breakthrough Product" honor.

Aiper:

AI + Yard & Pool Cleaning = Effortless Maintenance

Aiper, an early Yunqi Capital portfolio company and leading smart pool robot brand, unveiled its latest technological achievements at CES.

Smart Irrigation New Product: IrriSense

2025 CES Innovation Award winner. Equipped with advanced weather and soil monitoring capabilities plus customizable irrigation scheduling, it brings time-saving, water-efficient, and cost-effective intelligent yard maintenance. Customized watering plans, personalized irrigation maps, and simulated natural rainfall for lawn care make traditional tedious yard upkeep a thing of the past.

Cordless Pool Robot New Product: Scuba X1 Pro Max

Leading all-in-one cleaning technology enables professional-grade cleaning of pool surfaces, walls, floors, and waterlines across various pool shapes — all with a single device. Featuring 40 sensors, OmniSense+™ 2.0 technology, and FlexiPath™ 2.0 adaptive path planning, it selects optimal cleaning routes for comprehensive coverage. Ten-hour battery life with underwater communication support.

Additionally, the full Scuba X series lineup debuted at CES. As third-generation pool cleaning robots, the series addresses underwater perception, mapping, and communication challenges through technical iteration, improving cleaning power, coverage, and human-robot interaction.

Technology innovation enables a better life. Hardware represents a long-term focus for Yunqi Capital as a form of AI application deployment. We look forward to further organic integration of AI technology with consumer hardware, reaching broader consumer markets and creating more beautiful, convenient life experiences for all of us.