Today’s MOVA IFA 2026 announcement sees a reimagining of smart home robots with innovative features like onboard arms, “electronic skin,” and state of the art sensors.
The idea behind the push is to bring machine learning into complex real-world scenarios, making our smart home devices suit our lives better.
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Robot Perception
Home robots rely on cameras, radar, and LIDAR to detect nearby objects and see their surroundings. At IFA 2026, MOVA showcases new sensor and interaction technology that shows how future robots may perceive and interact with their environment.
The TactiPercept system combines visual recognition with tactile sensing. Using 128 pressure sensors, a flexible cushion, and real-time pressure measuring, the robot can adjust movement and cleaning strategy in real time to deal with furniture and obstacles more carefully.
Underwater environments come with their own challenges. Wireless signals like Wi-Fi cannot reliably transmit through water, resulting in some devices using a connected float for communication.
MOVA’s AquaSonar system uses ultrasonic communication to help maintain connectivity. The relay is integrated in the dock, eliminating the need for a buoy.
Robot Precision
MOVA’s lawn mowers are the company’s clearest example of precision guidance and wide coverage. The new LiDAX Ultra Gen 2 features the UltraTrim 3.0 dedicated edge-cutting disc that trims along walls, fences, and hedges where the main cutting deck cannot reach.
Where grass meets another surface like a pathway, the mower can straddle the boundary and trim the edge in the same pass.
On the next generation of lawnmowers, UltraTrim 4.0 will include an edging arm that extends beyond the mower chassis. This allows the mower to adapt to edging and cutting heights across varied boundaries and terrain.
Dextrous Robotic Interaction
MOVA is set to showcase the new AstraX robotic lawn mower and Knot 80 robotic hand to demonstrate how robots can adapt to different goals and operations.
The AstraX robot mower features a multi-functional arm with interchangable tool heads, enabling obstacle removal, fruit picking, and even watering. Using a two-finger gripper, the arm can pick fruit or move objects, and with a watering nozzle it can perform garden maintenance duties.
The Knot 80 humanoid-inspired robot arm features 3D spatial perception and intelligent grasp control. Using its 11-degrees-of-freedom, 15 articulated joints, and sophisticated sensor array, it can grasp objects of different shapes and dynamically adjust its grip and force.
MOVA envisions bringing the Knot 80’s arm and hand design to a wider range of products, enabling robots to handle and organise objects in their environment.
MOVA IFA 2026
These new sensors are pitched to give AI and machine learning systems new ways to take feedback from the real world and make decisions, inferences, and actions based on it. Upcoming devices from the brand are sure to feature new sensors and technologies based off those seen in the showcase at the exhibition.
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