Companion robot Kuri designed for the whole family

House bot: Kuri is designed with personality, awareness, and mobility.

Mayfield Robotics is bringing an undeniably cute companion robot called Kuri to CES, but will its combination of high-tech features and human-like personality be enough for it to charm its way into your home?

Home robots caused something of a buzz in 2016. The iPatrol Riley – a dead ringer for Pixar's Wall-e – smashed through its Indiegogo campaign target by 300% and went on general sale as a cute autonomous security guard in July.