The weirdest tech we have seen at CES 2026 up to now

CES is a launchpad for severe tech, however it’s additionally the place firms proudly unveil units that make you cease mid-scroll and whisper, “Wait, that is actual?” We’ve been preserving a working checklist of the strangest, funniest and most unexpectedly compelling devices we’ve noticed in Las Vegas, from lavatory computer systems to robots that seem like they escaped a Pixar pitch assembly.

Additionally, you’ll want to take a look at our checklist of the best CES tech we noticed this 12 months on the present.

Dreame Cyber X robotic vacuum

Robotic vacuums generally is a little unsettling already, however Dreame’s Cyber X takes it up a degree by sprouting chunky treaded “legs” and hauling itself up a full staircase like a tiny cleansing tank. In particular person, it navigated each up and down with shocking confidence, utilizing its treads horizontally moderately than really stepping. The vacuum itself docks contained in the climbing rig, so it’s extra about getting your bot to the subsequent ground than scrubbing the steps, which nonetheless seems like a good commerce when you hate hauling home equipment round.

OlloBot

CES loves a companion robotic, however OlloBot is perhaps the primary one we’ve met that’s half cyber pet, half penguin, half ET and by some means comes with a heat, furry, telescoping neck. Its “face” is principally a pill for expressions, images and messages, and it’s meant to evolve a character over time based mostly on how your family interacts with it. Bonus: its reminiscences reside in a detachable heart-shaped module, so if the physique breaks, you’ll be able to (theoretically) transplant your robotic’s soul into a brand new shell.

ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo

Twin screens on a laptop computer aren’t new, however ASUS cramming two 16-inch OLED panels right into a gaming pocket book is the form of chaotic CES vitality we respect. The Zephyrus Duo makes use of a removable keyboard and a built-in kickstand so you’ll be able to stack screens, unfold out, or usually organize your transportable battle station nonetheless you want. It’s hefty, it’s bold and it virtually definitely received’t be low cost — however when you’ve ever needed your gaming rig to moonlight as a two-screen creator setup, that is the loudest attainable technique to do it.

Throne bathroom pc

Throne is a toilet-mounted computer that makes use of cameras and microphones to investigate your bowel actions, which is a sentence we didn’t anticipate to sort this week. Designed to ascertain a private “baseline” in your lavatory habits, it goals to flag adjustments that might point out digestive or metabolic points, together with for folks on GLP-1 medication. We are able to’t converse to its effectiveness but… but when data is energy, this factor may know means an excessive amount of.

Vivoo Hygienic FlowPad good menstrual pad

Vivoo checked out at-home well being monitoring and determined the lavatory was nonetheless underutilized. Alongside its clip-on smart toilet that analyzes your hydration by actually monitoring your pee, the corporate additionally unveiled a menstrual pad infused with microfluidics that may observe fertility and hormone markers when you scan it together with your cellphone. It’s a daring reminder that CES 2026 is totally dedicated to quantifying every little thing — even the stuff we’d moderately not focus on over brunch.

Lenovo Legion Professional Rollable

Lenovo’s Legion Pro Rollable is what occurs when a gaming laptop computer decides it needs to be a widescreen monitor mid-match. Its 16-inch show can bodily broaden sideways into ultra-wide codecs, turning flight sims and racing video games into full cockpit experiences on the press of a few keys. It’s impractical, faintly ridiculous and completely the form of CES idea we hope survives lengthy sufficient to flee the demo ground.

Lenovo ThinkBook XD Rollable

If the Legion Professional Rollable is extreme, the ThinkBook XD Rollable is philosophically complicated. Its versatile show doesn’t simply develop taller, it wraps over the lid to create a “world-facing” display screen for folks sitting throughout from you, which feels both futuristic or deeply pointless relying in your temper and state of affairs (perhaps that is the proper system for lodge check-ins and different factors of sale?). Nonetheless, it’s a beautiful piece of {hardware} theater and proof Lenovo is set to roll screens onto each floor it might attain.

OhDoki Useful 2 Professional

OhDoki’s Handy 2 Pro arrived at CES with one clear message: extra energy, fewer limits and completely no chill. The upgraded intercourse toy mannequin cranks battery life as much as 5 hours and unlocks a Turbo mode so aggressive it was described as “overclocked,” which isn’t a time period we anticipated to listen to on this class. It may well additionally cost your cellphone, as a result of apparently even pleasure tech must justify itself with productiveness.

iPolish

iPolish lastly made Whole Recall nail tech actual, minus the dystopia and Schwarzenegger. These press-on acrylic nails use an electrical cost to modify between a whole lot of colours in seconds, letting you modify your manicure as typically as your outfit. It’s delightfully impractical, surprisingly inexpensive and essentially the most convincing argument but for treating your nails like a customizable show.

Hisense S6 FollowMe show

Regardless of the identify, Hisense’s FollowMe doesn’t really comply with you in any respect. It’s a 32-inch 4K good show on wheels that you simply manually drag from room to room, delivering robust TV-and-VCR-on-a-cart vitality, simply with Wi-Fi 6, a built-in digicam, far-field mics and a 10-hour battery. It received’t choose you, chase you or demand consideration, which could make it one of many least emotionally exhausting good shows at CES.

GE Profile Sensible Fridge

If you happen to’ve ever purchased a “simply in case” bag of spinach and found three extra at house, GE’s latest smart fridge needs to be your grocery actuality test. A digicam within the crisper information what’s inside, whereas a built-in barcode scanner within the water dispenser can add objects to your purchasing checklist with a fast wave, no app fumbling required. The AI bits are largely there to reply sensible questions like “The place’s my water filter?” which is essentially the most convincing argument we’ve heard for placing a voice assistant on a fridge.

L’Oréal LED eye masks

L’Oréal’s magnificence tech lineup contains an LED eye mask that appears delightfully ridiculous in the easiest way: ultra-thin, semi-transparent silicone with seen microcircuitry that makes it really feel like sci-fi skincare. The corporate says it exactly controls crimson and near-infrared wavelengths in 10-minute classes, and it’s engaged on a companion serum so your pores and skin doesn’t really feel prefer it’s been ignored to dry.