Overview
ASUS's home-assistant robot with an animated face display that followed family members, read recipes and monitored elders. Announced for $599 but sold only in Taiwan. ASUS then pivoted to the business-oriented Zenbo Junior before quietly leaving the category.
- Type
- Companion robot · Small companion robots
- Maker
- ASUS (Taiwan)
- Released
- 2016
- Price
- Was $599 (announced)
- Status
- Discontinued · unavailable
- Best for
- Ages 8+
- Programming
- Limited SDK
Price and shipping
US price announced at Computex 2016. Consumer sales happened only in Taiwan (2017)
Shipping: Unavailable. Never sold in the US. Used units are extremely rare outside Taiwan.
Specifications
| Category | Companion robots · Small companion robots |
|---|---|
| Released | 2016 |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Availability | Discontinued · unavailable |
| Sales | 168 units in the first Taiwan sale (January 2017, estimate) TECO Miami ↗ |
| Programmability | Limited SDK |
| Built-in autonomy | Navigates · Goes to places on its own, such as mapped rooms, waypoints or its charging dock |
| LLM support | Possible via SDK · No built-in LLM. Its SDK lets software on a computer control it. |
| MuJoCo simulation | None found · Nothing found. |
| NVIDIA Isaac simulation | None found · Nothing found. |
| Gazebo simulation | None found · Nothing found. |
| Best for | Ages 8+ (estimated) |
| Vision sensors | Camera, Depth camera, Sonar / ultrasonic |
| Actuators | DC / gear motors |
| Audio | Speaker, Microphone |
| Compute type | Proprietary / undisclosed |
| Remote control | Not programmable |
| Size | 37 × 37 × 62 cm, 10 kg |
| Drive | Two-wheel differential drive |
| Compute | Intel Cherry Trail (Atom x5-class) with 4 GB RAM, Android |
| Vision | Front 2D camera plus a 3D depth camera |
| Lidar | None |
| Sensors | Sonar and cliff sensors, touch, mic array, round display face |
| Runtime | About 4 h |
| Speed | Not published |
| SDK | Zenbo SDK (Android) for business apps, no longer maintained |
Common questions
How much does Zenbo cost?
It sold for $599 (announced). US price announced at Computex 2016. Consumer sales happened only in Taiwan (2017).
Can Zenbo be bought today?
No. It is discontinued and no longer sold. Never sold in the US. Used units are extremely rare outside Taiwan.
Who makes Zenbo?
Zenbo is made by ASUS (Taiwan). It came out in 2016.
Can Zenbo be programmed?
Limited SDK. Zenbo SDK (Android) for business apps, no longer maintained.
Does Zenbo have AI chat or LLM support?
Possible via SDK. No built-in LLM. Its SDK lets software on a computer control it.
What age is Zenbo for?
Ages 8+ (estimated).
Ratings & reviews
Ratings and reviews load on the live site.
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EBO XImage credits
- Image 1: source (CC BY-SA 4.0, Solomon203), Zenbo Junior