Tuya unveils Doova AI companion robot for seniors at IFA 2026
Tuya Smart says Doova is designed to help seniors living alone with safety alerts, companionship and smart home control.
Tuya Smart said it unveiled Doova, an AI home companion robot for seniors living alone, at IFA 2026 in Berlin on Sept. 5, 2026.
The company says the device combines safety monitoring, companionship and smart home control in one unit. Tuya said Doova is meant to help independently living older adults with daily routines and urgent situations.
According to the company’s release, Doova includes LDS LiDAR, a four-microphone sound source localization system and AI vision-based skeletal recognition. Tuya says a user can call out, “Hey Tuya, help,” and the robot will locate the person, move to them and assess the situation in real time. If no response is detected within 60 seconds, Tuya says Doova starts an emergency workflow and sends a two-way live video call alert to family members.
Tuya says the robot can hold conversations, offer company, play entertainment content, provide medication reminders, give weather updates and schedule support, identify possible scam risks and help users interpret bills and letters. It also can guide people through smart appliances and function as a home hub for devices such as lighting, curtains, kitchen appliances and bathroom devices.
The release says Doova uses a node-oriented coverage strategy, can move between rooms on dual-wheel drive with caster wheels, perform a 360-degree scan at each location and generate a safety report sent to a user’s mobile phone. Tuya says the robot supports autonomous docking and recharging. It also says Doova can learn user preferences over time and may later add autonomous item-finding.
Tuya says the device has a soft curved design, a 10.1-inch high-definition display, dynamic facial expressions and a height suited for interaction while standing, seated or reclining. The company said Doova drew strong interest from attendees at IFA 2026.
The release also describes Tuya Smart as a global AI cloud platform service provider. It says that as of June 30, 2026, the Tuya AI Developer Platform had more than 2,092,000 registered AI developers from more than 200 countries and regions.
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