robotindex Sentigent Rovar X3
An outdoor follow-you companion robot from Suzhou, China-based startup Sentigent Technology, shown publicly at CES 2026. A compact two-wheeled ("DuoRover," the company's own term) robot with off-road-style wheels and an articulating camera head, aimed at family walks, camping, and outdoor play rather than indoor chores. Not yet available for purchase.
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Image: Sentigent Technology (official)
Specs
Battery
~6 hr claimedsingle-sourced, not independently verified
Weight
~15 kgreported, unconfirmed by an official spec sheet
Height
~40–45 cm tall
Compute
Black Sesame "Aura" moduleon-device vision inference, per partnership reporting
Status
Pre-productionshown at CES 2026; mass production targeted H2 2026
Mobility
Two-wheeled "DuoRover"off-road tires; grass, gravel, pavement, small steps, shallow streams claimed
Perception
Cameras + lidarface ID, appearance re-ID, and gait recognition claimed for person-tracking
Features
Follow-me, moment capturefetch/hide-and-seek style interactive games claimed
IP / Payload Rating
Not disclosedno official durability or capacity spec found
Subscription
Not disclosedpre-production; company has no working storefront or spec sheet, and no subscription is mentioned in any available sourcing
Reference Price
No confirmed retail price exists yet. Founder Wang Tao has cited a target of "under $5,000" in an interview — this is a stated aspiration for the eventual production unit, not a published or confirmed price, and should be treated as preliminary.
Insights
Sentigent's own site omits founder names, funding details, and its HQ location entirely and has no working storefront or spec sheet, so the specifications listed above are drawn from Chinese-language secondary sources and wire-service photo captions rather than confirmed by the company directly, and should be treated as preliminary rather than confirmed.
Firmware & Community
Closed platform
Sentigent Rovar X3 has not released a public SDK, firmware repo, or developer API. Not currently listed in Builds & Mods.
Verified against Sentigent's own site (sentigent.ai/sentigent.com), CES 2026 wire-service photo captions syndicated via Yahoo News, Daily Sabah, and Taipei Times, Chinese business press (36Kr English edition, TMTPost English-language founder interview, a Suzhou/Wuzhong district local news outlet), and startup-data aggregators (Tracxn, Preqin). No article about this product was found on the primary domains of The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, CNET, or Ars Technica, and that gap is noted rather than papered over. Dimensions, weight, battery life, terrain capability, and the "$5,000 target" price are single- or dual-sourced from secondary aggregator coverage and a founder interview rather than an official spec sheet, and should be treated as reported, not confirmed. The company's own website does not disclose its founders, funding, or headquarters.