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From AI baristas to drones: Best and weirdest tech at Computex 2026

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 531 words · By Pascale Davies
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What to know about From AI baristas to drones: Best and weirdest tech at Computex 2026

Euronews Next spotlights the most innovative and intriguing tech at the conference in Taiwan.

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What happened

Euronews Next spotlights the most innovative and intriguing tech at the conference in Taiwan.

Why it matters

Euronews Next attended the conference and scoured the show floors to find the weird and wonderful as well as useful technological advancements being presented.

Common ground

1) Robot barista While robots making coffee or pouring beer are nothing new at tech shows, Intel demonstrated some cutting-edge technology.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Three AI agents handle customer conversation, system operations and store-level intelligence, all on one Intel system-on-chip.”
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The specific detail regarding three AI agents (customer conversation, system operations, and store-level intelligence) on one Intel SoC is confirmed by Euronews and other tech reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and dec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chai AI (also known as Chai Research) is an American artificial intelligence (AI) company that operates a chatbot platform where users can create, share, and interact with character-based chatbots pow…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai_AI
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Figure AI, Inc. is an American robotics company developing humanoid robots that operate via artificial intelligence. The company was founded in 2022 by Brett Adcock. As of late 2025, the company has a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_AI
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Claim 2: “Taiwanese giant Foxconn also showed off its robots that work in health care.”
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TechDogs reports Foxconn showed humanoid robots for industrial and health care use cases, and Hon Hai's official site confirms investment in digital health and robots.
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web search NEUTRAL — Foxconn connector box tag in 2014 Terry Gou established Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. as an electrical components manufacturer in 1974 in Taipei, Taiwan. Foxconn's first manufacturing plant in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn
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web search NEUTRAL — Terry Gou (Chinese: 郭台銘; pinyin: Guō Táimíng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koeh Tâi-bêng; born 18 October 1950) is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman and politician. Gou is the founder and former chairman and chief e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Gou
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web search NEUTRAL — As the leader of technology services, Hon Hai Technology Group has actively invested in the three emerging industries of "electric vehicles, digital health, and robots" in recent years, as well as "ar…
https://www.foxconn.com/en-us
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Claim 3: “Foxconn showed how its robot could drill with one hand and load and unload objects with the other. The company is using them in its own factory.”
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The specific detail about drilling with one hand and loading/unloading with the other is reported by TechDogs; other sources mention humanoid robots generally but not this specific functional demonstration.
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web search NEUTRAL — Foxconn also showed off humanoid robots designed for industrial and health care use cases. While many robots are still limited to simple button-pushing tasks, Foxconn demonstrated a robot capable of d…
https://www.techdogs.com/tech-news/td-newsdesk/foxconn-debut…
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web search NEUTRAL — Capable of using drills, hammers and other tools, ARMAR-6 also features AI technology allowing it to learn how to grasp objects and hand them to human co-workers. It’s also able to take on maintenance…
https://builtin.com/robotics/humanoid-robots
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web search NEUTRAL — Recent reports from Reuters indicate that Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer, has announced plans to pilot the deployment of humanoid robots powered by the NVIDIA Isaac GR0…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/foxconn-taps-nvidia-gr00t-hum…
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Claim 4: “The Chinese and Taiwanese company Transbuds have made translation earbuds that link your translation app to a coding app.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Transbuds and translation earbuds linking to a coding app.
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Claim 5: “The robot barista called Ella makes the coffee, but under the hood of the machine, an Intel Series 3 processor is powering what the company says is the first multi-agent physical AI store.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm Intel demonstrated a robot barista named Ella powered by a Series 3 processor as part of a multi-agent physical AI store at Computex.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The seventh season of the American police procedural television drama series FBI premiered for the 2024–25 television season, on October 15, 2024, on CBS, and concluded on May 20, 2025, with 22 episod…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian officials falsely claimed that public health facilities in Ukraine were "secret U.S.-funded biolabs" purportedly developing biological we…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was a federal cost-cutting initiative launched by the Republican Party in the United States during the second Trump administration. It was first suggeste…
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Claim 6: “Unmanned surface vehicles (SUV) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) by the Taiwan-based company Rayvatek that feature Nvidia chips and AI technology were on display.”
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The specific claim about Rayvatek displaying USVs and UAVs with Nvidia chips is reported in the Euronews article; other search results discuss USVs generally but not Rayvatek's specific display at Computex.
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web search NEUTRAL — Unmanned surface vehicles (SUV) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) by the Taiwan-based company Rayvatek that feature Nvidia chips and AI technology were on display.
https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/06/04/from-ai-robot-baris…
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web search NEUTRAL — Unmanned Surface Vehicles NA. Key market drivers include: Rising demand for maritime border security and naval modernization.As naval warfare shifts toward unmanned and hybrid fleets, USVs will play a…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rise-unmanned-surface-vehicle…
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web search NEUTRAL — Unmanned Surface Vehicles offer solutions to conventional challenges. Acting as cost-effective, scalable, and risk-tolerant assets, USVs can operate as sensors, weapons platforms, or even as weapons t…
https://www.unmannedsystemstechnology.com/feature/advancing-…
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Claim 7: “For the moment, it is not available in Europe or the United States due to regulatory issues.”
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Claim 8: “Taiwan, which is roughly 180 km from China, functions as an independent democracy with its own constitution and elected government.”
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Wikipedia and other reference sources confirm Taiwan is approximately 180km (Taiwan Strait width) from China and functions as an independent democracy with its own government and constitution.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia comprising primarily the island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, which has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Taiwan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Taiwan Strait is a 180-kilometer-wide (110 mi; 97 nmi) strait separating the island of Taiwan and the Asian continent. The strait connects the South China Sea to the south, and the East China Sea …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Strait
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Claim 9: “Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) also showed off three AI-enabled military robot dogs this week.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the display of military robot dogs by NCSIST.
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Claim 10: “the Computex technology conference in Taiwan”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Computex is a technology conference that takes place in Taipei, Taiwan.
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web search NEUTRAL — With advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, an array of laptops and drones, the Computex technology conference in Taiwan went far beyond Nvidia's headline-making announcements to showcase the …
https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/06/04/from-ai-robot-baris…
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web search NEUTRAL — COMPUTEX 2025 will take place from May 20 to May 23 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Halls 1 and 2. This year’s exhibition, themed “AI Next”, will bring together global tech giants to showcase …
https://digitalreg.net/news/technology/computex-2025-leading…
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web search NEUTRAL — COMPUTEX 2026: Where the World Innovates “AI Together” COMPUTEX 2026 — the premier global exhibition for AI, IoT and startup innovation — will take place from June 2 to June 5, 2026, in Taipei, Taiwan…
https://www.linkedin.com/company/computextaipei/
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Claim 11: “The Hong Kong-based company Chessnut offers an electronic chess set in which the pieces move on their own.”
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Claim 12: “another robot called Scrub Nurse works with a surgeon in the operating room to hand the surgeon tools.”
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A web search result specifically mentions Foxconn's 'Scrub Bot', an AI-enhanced scrub nurse collaborative robot for operating rooms.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 30, 2025 ... Robot nurses are now gliding through hospital corridors and no, they are not here to replace anyone. Think of it like this. They are designed to ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMuboljoGsk/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... ... tools to coordinated AI agent workforces that help ... operating rooms. Foxconn's new Scrub Bot, an AI-enhanced scrub nurse collaborative robot ...
https://investor.nvidia.com/news/press-release-details/2026/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 15, 2021 ... Nurabot is already transforming hospitals like Taichung Veterans General Hospital, where it's helping reduce nurse workloads by up to 30%. From ...
https://www.facebook.com/ShannonMedicalCenter/posts/meet-mox…
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