ECOVACS Unveils Next Era of Home Robotics at CES 2026, Expanding Into All-New Categories With Robotic Pool Cleaner and Emotional Companionship
LAS VEGAS (January 5, 2026) — ECOVACS, a global pioneer in intelligent home robotics, returns to CES 2026 with its most ambitious lineup expansion yet. Building on years of category-defining innovation across floorcare, window cleaning, and lawn maintenance, the company is now expanding into entirely new segments of the home. Starting with the debut of its first robotic pool cleaner, ULTRAMARINE, and its first emotional companion robot, LilMilo, these introductions mark a pivotal moment in ECOVACS’ journey to deliver a truly hands-free, worry-free home experience – one that many brands promise, but few genuinely achieve.
For ECOVACS, this expansion is more than a product launch, it represents the next era of its mission: to create a whole-home robotics ecosystem that solves real user pain points with engineering depth, reliability, and ease of use. As consumers demand more convenience, automation, and intelligence across every corner of the home, ECOVACS continues to lead by advancing core robotics technologies while ensuring the experience remains simple, intuitive, and remarkably dependable.
“Expanding into new categories isn’t about chasing trends; it’s about closing the gaps we know still exist in the modern home,” said David Cheng Qian, CEO of ECOVACS Robotics. “If our goal is to build a truly integrated robotics ecosystem, then we have to solve more than vacuuming and mopping. Pool care, lawn care, windows, even emotional support, are real consumer pain points that have been overlooked or underserved for years. Our job is to eliminate friction wherever it lives in the home, and this year marks a major step toward that vision.”
ULTRAMARINE: ECOVACS’ First Robotic Pool Cleaner
For years, pool owners have dealt with the same frustrating shortcomings in robotic pool cleaners: poor cleaning performance, spotty coverage, complicated controls, and devices that simply don’t last. ECOVACS built ULTRAMARINE from the ground up to solve these challenges and redefine what effortless pool care can look like. With powerful debris extraction, a multi-roller scrubbing system, and a smart navigation suite capable of mapping and adapting to the pool’s unique contours, ULTRAMARINE ensures consistent, full-surface cleaning across floors, walls, and waterlines. Built for real-world conditions and supported by intuitive app control, the ULTRAMARINE lineup transforms a chore long defined by compromise into an effortless, reliable part of the whole-home robotics ecosystem.
LilMilo: ECOVACS’ First Emotional AI Companion Robot
ECOVACS expands beyond cleaning robotics with the introduction of LilMilo, the brand’s first emotional companion robot and a major step beyond traditional smart-home functionality. Designed as a responsive, comforting presence in the home, LilMilo blends multi-sensory perception with expressive, pet-like behavior to create a new form of digital companionship rooted in warmth, interaction, and emotional intelligence. Powered by advanced AI and lifelike biometrics, LilMilo recognizes voices, adapts to user habits, and develops a personality that becomes more attuned over time, reflecting ECOVACS’ belief that robotics can support not only the physical workload of a home, but the emotional texture of daily life as well.
DEEBOT X12 OmniCyclone & T90 PRO OMNI: Advancing the Core of ECOVACS’ Leadership
Floorcare has long been the foundation of ECOVACS’ robotics leadership, representing its most awarded, most recognized, and most expansive product family, and in 2026, the brand strengthens this legacy with the introduction of the DEEBOT X12 OmniCyclone and T90 PRO OMNI. The X12 OmniCyclone builds directly on the success of the CES Innovation Award–honored X11 OmniCyclone, adding FocusJet Stain Pre-Dissolving Technology to target and pre-treat stains, and evolving its premium capabilities with PowerBoost Charging Plus for even more efficient fast-charging, a longer roller mop with pressurized self-washing and a Mop Roller Smart Cover, plus enhanced anti-tangle technology, and more refined edge-cleaning intelligence. The result is a new pinnacle of hands-free performance designed for homes that demand the highest level of autonomy.
Alongside it, the T90 PRO OMNI adds PowerBoost Charging to the T-Series, to tackle large homes and complex environments without stopping, even with max settings. T90 PRO OMNI’s strong suction, upgraded ZeroTangle system, precise edge sensing, and fully automated OMNI station deliver a premium cleaning experience that fits seamlessly into any home, making high-end robotics more accessible than ever while staying true to the brand’s core promise of reliable, stress-free automation.
GOAT LiDAR PRO Series & WINBOT W3 OMNI: Expanding Autonomy Beyond the Floor
ECOVACS has rapidly become one of the fastest-growing players in robotic lawn care, momentum driven by solving the pain points consumers care most about – eliminating complicated set-ups, reducing the learning curve, and delivering more consistent and systematic performance. Building on that success, the 2026 GOAT LiDAR PRO lineup introduces a new wave of advancements, including ECOVACS’ proprietary HoloScope™ 360 system for true 3D lawn mapping and its first built-in TruEdge™ Trimmer, further closing the gap between autonomous mowing and a fully maintained lawn.
Vertically, ECOVACS extends its leadership in window-cleaning robotics with WINBOT W3 OMNI, the most advanced and fully automated model the brand has ever introduced. Designed to eliminate the ladders, streaks, and messy pads that make window cleaning frustrDesigned to eliminate the ladders, streaks, and messy pads that make window cleaning frustrating and often unsafe, WINBOT W3 OMNI pairs an intelligent robot with a first-of-its-kind Vortex Wash OMNI Station that eliminates manual pad washing with touch-free pad cleaning, prepping, and recharging. With upgraded speed, deeper edge coverage, and enhanced suction and safety systems, WINBOT transforms a task long avoided by consumers into a simple, worry-free routine.
ECOVACS at CES 2026
With the introduction of ULTRAMARINE, LilMilo, and the newest generations of DEEBOT, GOAT, and WINBOT, ECOVACS enters 2026 with a strengthened commitment to delivering true whole-home autonomy. From glass to grass, floors to pools, and now through emotional connection, the brand continues to expand what robotics can meaningfully solve for modern households.
CES attendees can explore the full portfolio and experience ECOVACS’ next era of innovation firsthand at the Venetian Expo from Jan 6–9.