CES (Global Consumer Electronics Show), known as the technology trendsetter, held the CES 2025 Unveiled and "Trend to Watch" press conference on January 5 and 6, U.S. time, and previewed three key trends in technology development this year: AI applications, robotics and health technology, and the importance of sustainability.
Brian Comiskey, senior director of innovation and trends at CTA, pointed out that AI assistants, digital twins and humanoid robots will be the main trends worth paying attention to next. In addition to AI applications, digital health, energy sustainability, age technology and quantum technology will also be the focus of the exhibition.
AI application trends: AI Agents, digital twins, humanoid robots become the focus.
AI is no longer a castle in the air but a key driving force deeply embedded in various industries.
Brian Comiskey pointed out that AI Agents, digital twins, and humanoid robots will be the focus. Generative AI is evolving into more autonomous AI Agents that can perform complex tasks independently. At the same time, companies like NVIDIA and Siemens are actively developing digital twin technology to virtualize physical objects, reducing R&D costs and improving efficiency.
This year's CES Innovation Award winners embody the trend of AI empowering various industries. The AI image generation platform GenGenStudio from the Korean startup GenGen AI won the award, capable of generating synthetic data for autonomous driving, defense, military, and security monitoring fields, effectively reducing costs and improving efficiency.
Image source: Photography by Lai Kuan-ling. This year's CES Innovation Award winners embody the trend of AI empowering various industries. The AI image generation platform GenGenStudio from the Korean startup GenGen AI won the award, capable of generating synthetic data for autonomous driving, defense, military, and security monitoring fields, effectively reducing costs and improving efficiency.
Cho Ho-jin, CEO of GenGenStudio, emphasized that GenGenStudio can automatically generate AI images and simulate various events, significantly reducing the time for manual data collection. Users can also simulate different accident scenarios, create the data needed for autonomous driving and ADAS development, and adjust environmental variables. Currently, GenGen AI has received investment from NAVER's accelerator D2SF and collaborates with organizations such as the South Korean Army.
Robots are one of the focal points of this event, with various robot products showcased at CES Unveiled, covering humanoid robots, robotic pets, robotic dogs, gardening drones, and wearable devices such as smart glasses and smartwatches, all indicating that smart devices are evolving into more comprehensive intelligent platforms with increasingly diverse applications.
Image source: Photography by Lai Kuan-ling. The TTA team’s robot (R2C2), which won the CES Innovation Award, is the focus of the conference. The multifunctional robot management platform ARC, equipped with an embedded large language model (LLM), can perform real-time data processing and intelligent analysis on edge devices, primarily applied in engineering scenarios such as tunnel inspection.
The Taiwanese team R2C2, which won the CES Innovation Award, is the focus of the conference. The multifunctional robot management platform ARC, equipped with an embedded large language model (LLM), can perform real-time data processing and intelligent analysis on edge devices, primarily applied in engineering scenarios such as tunnel inspection.
CES highlights: AI empowers industrial upgrading, longevity and health technology become the focus.
In addition to AI applications, longevity technology, remote and smart healthcare are also major highlights of CES 2025.
The AI smart mirror from Taiwanese startup FaceHeart allows users to check health indicators such as blood pressure, respiratory rate, and blood oxygen saturation in just 45 seconds, winning the innovation award again.
Image source: Photography by Lai Kuan-ling. In addition to AI applications, longevity technology, remote and smart healthcare are also major highlights of CES 2025. The AI smart mirror from Taiwanese startup FaceHeart allows users to check multiple indicators such as blood pressure (BP), respiratory rate (RR), and blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) in just 45 seconds, winning the innovation award again.
Swiss startup Nutrix has developed a saliva pressure detection device that uses AI to analyze cortisol standards and related physiological data in saliva to evaluate stress levels, allowing users to obtain personalized health plans via an app.
Image source: Photography by Lai Kuan-ling. The highlight team specially selected by CES at the pre-show press conference, Swiss startup Nutrix, has developed a saliva pressure detection device that uses AI to analyze cortisol standards and related physiological data in saliva to evaluate stress levels, allowing users to obtain personalized health plans via an app.
Another Innovation Award winner, the AR medical education solution ARTIS from the Korean startup Decasight, focuses on the medical field and serves as an AR simulator for invasive clinical surgeries and surgical training.
Image source: Photography by Lai Kuan-ling. Another CES Innovation Award winner, the AR medical education solution ARTIS from the Korean startup Decasight, focuses on the medical field and serves as an AR simulator for invasive clinical surgeries and surgical training.
Through ARTIS, physicians can immerse themselves in simulated surgical operations, learn anatomical structures, and receive immediate feedback.
Human-centered innovation: the sustainable value of products is key.
AI has become a key force driving industrial transformation and upgrading, from the flourishing of 2024 to the rooting in 2025.
"Innovation will be more human-centered than ever before," Comiskey emphasized. Therefore, whether the product can demonstrate sustainable value is key, especially since Generation Z, as early adopters of technology, places greater importance on product sustainability and usability. Research from the conference indicates that if a product has multiple sustainable values such as recyclability and energy efficiency, Generation Z's willingness to purchase will increase by 2.5 times.
From AI-driven innovation to human-centered health technology, CES 2025 not only portrays a diverse picture of future life but also suggests that technological development will be closer to human needs, echoing this year's core spirit—technology is human-centered and sustainably oriented.
Looking to the future, Comiskey pointed out that quantum technology will be the next important development direction. This year also marks the first establishment of a quantum technology zone, with the expectation that the 2030s will usher in a decade of quantum technology.
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Original title: (CES reveals 2025 trends at a glance, what else is there besides AI?)
Original author: Lai Kuan-ling
"The global technology barometer! CES reveals 2025 trends at a glance, what else is there besides AI." This article was first published in "Crypto City."
