ASUS Zenbo

Was $599 (announced)US price announced at Computex 2016. Consumer sales happened only in Taiwan (2017)

Discontinued · unavailableNot programmableTaiwan onlyAndroid SDKDiscontinued

UnavailableShipping: Unavailable. Never sold in the US. Used units are extremely rare outside Taiwan.

Remote control: Not possible today: the Android SDK targeted apps on the robot and is no longer supported.

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.

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SDK	Zenbo SDK (Android) for business apps, no longer maintained