Tuya Smart unveiled Doova, an AI home companion robot for seniors living alone, at IFA 2026 in Berlin.

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Category: Service & Companion Robots
Maturityi: Available
Deploymenti: Physical hardware
Purchase access: Not specified
Official source: Official website
Verifiedi: Not yet verified

Reality check

The useful boundary is what works repeatedly in a real environment—not what looks impressive in a demo.

Works well when

Predictable delivery, cleaning or guidance routes
Sites with elevators, doors and handoff rules defined
Repetitive work where staff can handle exceptions

Verify before buying

Navigation around guests, children and temporary obstacles
Charging, cleaning, refilling and daily ownership
Actual handoff behavior when the route is blocked

Not a magic solution

A substitute for hospitality and human judgment
A guarantee of lower labor cost without workflow changes
A safe choice for an untested public environment

About

Tuya Smart unveiled Doova at IFA 2026, an AI home companion robot designed for seniors living alone. It combines proactive safety protection, emotionally intelligent companionship, and smart home coordination, using LDS LiDAR, a four-microphone sound source localization system, and AI vision-based skeletal recognition. If a user falls or faces an emergency, Doova can locate them, move to their side, and initiate an emergency response workflow with a two-way live video call alert to family members if no response is detected within 60 seconds. It also offers conversation, reminders, and voice control of connected home devices, and supports autonomous docking and recharging.