CES Reveals Trends for 2025 at a Glance
Regarded as a barometer of technology trends, CES (Consumer Electronics Show) held its CES 2025 Unveiled and “Trend to Watch” press conference on January 5 and 6, U.S. time, forecasting three key trends in technology development for the year: AI applications, robotics and health technology, and the importance of sustainability.
Brian Comiskey, Senior Director of Innovation and Trends at CTA, highlighted that the upcoming focus will be on AI assistants, digital twins, and humanoid robots. In addition to AI applications, digital health, energy sustainability, aging technology, and quantum technology will also be focal points of the exhibition.
AI Application Trends: AI Agents, Digital Twins, and Humanoid Robots in the Spotlight
AI is no longer just a concept; it has become a key driving force across various industries. Brian Comiskey pointed out that AI Agents, digital twins, and humanoid robots will be the main focus. Generative AI is evolving into more autonomous AI Agents capable of executing complex tasks independently. At the same time, companies like NVIDIA and Siemens are actively developing digital twin technology, virtualizing physical objects to reduce R&D costs and enhance efficiency.
This year’s CES Innovation Award winners embody the trend of AI empowering various industries. The AI image generation platform, GenGenStudio, developed by South Korean startup GenGen AI, received an award for its ability to generate synthetic data for applications in autonomous driving, defense, and security monitoring, effectively lowering 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, developed by South Korean startup GenGen AI, received an award for its ability to generate synthetic data for applications in autonomous driving, defense, and security monitoring, effectively lowering costs and improving efficiency.
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Cho Ho-jin, CEO of GenGenStudio, emphasized that GenGenStudio can automatically generate AI images and simulate various events, significantly reducing the time required for manual data collection. Users can also simulate different accident scenarios, creating the necessary data for autonomous driving and ADAS development while adjusting environmental variables. Currently, GenGen AI has received investment from NAVER’s accelerator D2SF and is collaborating with institutions such as the South Korean army.
Robotics was one of the highlights of the event, with various robotic products exhibited at CES Unveiled, including humanoid robots, robotic pets, drones for gardening, as well as smart glasses and smartwatches. These innovations demonstrate that smart devices are evolving into more comprehensive intelligent platforms with increasingly diverse applications.
The TTA team’s robotic solution, R2C2, was a focal point of the conference. The multifunctional robot management platform ARC, equipped with an embedded large language model (LLM), allows for real-time data processing and intelligent analysis on edge devices, primarily applied in engineering scenarios such as tunnel inspections.
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The Taiwanese team, R2C2, which received a CES Innovation Award, was another key focus of the event. The multifunctional robot management platform ARC, equipped with an embedded large language model (LLM), enables real-time data processing and intelligent analysis on edge devices, primarily applied in engineering scenarios such as tunnel inspections.
CES Highlights: AI Empowers Industrial Upgrades, Longevity and Health Technology in Focus
In addition to AI applications, longevity technology, remote and smart healthcare also emerged as significant highlights of CES 2025. Taiwanese startup FaceHeart’s AI smart mirror allows users to check health indicators such as blood pressure, respiration rate, and blood oxygen saturation within just 45 seconds, winning another innovation award.
In addition to AI applications, longevity technology, remote and smart healthcare also emerged as significant highlights of CES 2025. Taiwanese startup FaceHeart’s AI smart mirror allows users to check health indicators such as blood pressure (BP), respiration rate (RR), and blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) within just 45 seconds, winning another innovation award.
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Swiss startup Nutrix has developed a saliva pressure detection device that uses AI to analyze cortisol levels and related physiological data in saliva to assess stress levels, enabling users to receive personalized health plans via an app.
The highlight team specially noted by CES at the pre-exhibition press conference, Swiss startup Nutrix, has developed a saliva pressure detection device that uses AI to analyze cortisol levels and related physiological data in saliva to assess stress levels, enabling users to receive personalized health plans via an app.
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Another innovation award winner, South Korean startup Decasight’s AR medical education solution ARTIS, focuses on the medical field, serving as an AR simulator for invasive clinical surgeries and surgical training.
Another CES innovation award winner, South Korean startup Decasight’s AR medical education solution ARTIS, focuses on the medical field, serving as an AR simulator for invasive clinical surgeries and surgical training.
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With ARTIS, doctors can engage in simulated surgical operations, learn anatomical structures, and receive immediate feedback.
Human-Centric Innovation: The Sustainable Value of Products is Key
From the flourishing innovations of AI in 2024 to the grounding of these technologies in 2025, AI has become a pivotal force driving industrial transformation and upgrading. “Innovation will be more human-centric than ever,” Comiskey emphasized. Thus, whether products can demonstrate sustainable value is crucial, especially as Generation Z, as early adopters of technology, places higher importance on sustainability and usage value. Research from the conference indicates that if products possess multiple sustainable values such as recyclability and energy efficiency, the purchasing willingness of Generation Z will increase by 2.5 times.
From AI-driven innovations to human-centered health technology, CES 2025 not only paints a diverse picture of future living but also indicates that technological development will increasingly align with human needs, echoing this year’s core spirit—technology centered on humanity and guided by sustainability. Looking ahead, Comiskey noted that quantum technology will be the next significant development direction, with a dedicated quantum technology zone established for the first time this year, anticipating a decade of quantum technology in the 2030s.