TOKYO, Feb. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SwitchBot, a leading provider of AI-enabled embodied home robotics systems, today announced the launch of SwitchBot AI Hub, the world's first local home AI agent supporting OpenClaw, an open-source autonomous AI agent framework.

Combining edge AI computing, Vision-Language Models (VLM), and unified smart home control in a single hub, AI Hub understands real-world events through connected cameras, enables AI-powered automations, and serves as a local NVR system with Frigate. Using it together with OpenClaw, users can now control devices, access AI models, and manage home automation naturally through everyday chat apps.

Official support for running OpenClaw on SwitchBot AI Hub is scheduled to roll out by the end of February, while expanded access to SwitchBot Skills via OpenClaw is expected to roll out by the end of March.

First Local Home AI Agent Supporting OpenClaw

Unlike cloud or PC-based OpenClaw deployment, SwitchBot AI Hub offers authentic OpenClaw support for always-on AI operation in a more affordable and convenient way.

Starting from the end of February, users will be able to run OpenClaw directly on SwitchBot AI Hub, providing an easier and cost-effective solution compared to PC-based deployments. After setup is completed, users can access a range of Large-Language AI models via an OpenClaw bot contact in up to 50 chat apps, including WhatsApp, iMessage, and Discord. Meanwhile, OpenClaw can also access smart home devices across multiple platforms, including Home Assistant, Apple Home, and Google Home, through relevant Skills.

By the end of March, users will be able to access SwitchBot Skills through OpenClaw, using chat apps to manage devices connected to AI Hub and home automations created on AI Hub, both locally and through the Vision-Language Model (VLM).

Running independently on personal devices, AI Hub provides a dedicated, isolated environment for AI execution, helping safeguard personal data while reducing deployment time and system overhead.

First Edge Hub Equipped with VLM

On its own, SwitchBot AI Hub functions as an intelligent edge hub that combines human-like visual understanding, AI automation, and privacy-first video management.

Working with SwitchBot Pan/Tilt Cam 2K/3K Plus, SwitchBot Smart Video Doorbell, or any third-party RTSP cameras, AI Hub uses Vision-Language Models (VLM) to interpret real-world events, generate summaries, enable AI search through video footage, deliver daily home reports, and provide more accurate alerts.

These AI summaries can also be used as automation triggers, allowing users to create complex home automations in seconds and tailor responses for scenarios such as security, family care, and pet care.

In addition, AI Hub integrates a local NVR system powered by Frigate, supporting up to eight cameras, on-device facial recognition, free local video recording, single-screen whole-home monitoring, and expandable local storage up to 16TB.

As SwitchBot's first edge hub, it also connects with over 100 SwitchBot devices, supports Matter bridging for up to 30 SwitchBot products, dual-band Wi-Fi, extended Bluetooth coverage, faster local automation for Bluetooth products, and optional Home Assistant installation, providing a stable, responsive foundation for whole-home intelligence.

The Ultimate Smart Home Automation with AI Hub and OpenClaw

When combined with OpenClaw, SwitchBot AI Hub will enable natural, conversational control over the smart home, allowing users to further interact with their home environment through everyday language.

Users can ask OpenClaw about home status, such as temperature, humidity, or air quality, view footage from cameras connected to AI Hub, control individual devices like lights or air conditioners, and initiate home automation smart scenes. These commands can apply not only to devices directly connected to AI Hub, but also to devices and automations already configured across other smart home platforms that OpenClaw has access to.

Beyond responding to user requests, OpenClaw can proactively assist users by remembering users' past behaviours and habits, analyzing the data it captures through the lens of this memory, and surface timely suggestions or prompt users to take action based on the insights. For example, when a SwitchBot Smart Video Doorbell detects someone at the door, AI Hub can capture the event and send an image through OpenClaw in the users' common chat apps, allowing the user to decide whether to remotely unlock the door for the person at the door.

Through this combination of memory, perception, analysis, and execution, SwitchBot AI Hub and OpenClaw work together to deliver a more intelligent, responsive, and user-centric smart home experience.

Pricing & Availability

SwitchBot AI Hub is already available through the SwitchBot Official Website, with an MSRP of USD 259.99 / CAD 299.99 / GBP 259.99 / EUR 259.99. Official OpenClaw support will be enabled by the end of February via software updates.

For more information, visit SwitchBot's official website and follow SwitchBot on X, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SwitchBot, a leading provider of AI-enabled embodied home robotics systems, showcases its vision for smart home 2.0 at CES 2026, unveiling a lineup powered by next-generation AI robotics, fueled by core technologies the company has mastered over the years.

Showcasing a deeply unified ecosystem powered by embodied AI, SwitchBot introduces a future where homes can sense, understand, and act across living, studying, working, and everything in between.

Visitors to CES 2026 can find SwitchBot at #52655, Halls A-D Smart Home, Venetian Expo.

onero H1: The Most Accessible AI Household Robot

Highlighting its participation, SwitchBot introduces onero H1, an accessible household robot that embodies the company's long-term vision for fully realized embodied AI. Developed as the next step in SwitchBot's journey from specialized devices to multi-task systems, onero H1 is designed to address household chores that remain difficult to automate. Rather than being defined by any single function, it represents a shift toward robotics that can adapt to a wide range of domestic scenarios.

Built on core embodied-AI capabilities, 22 degrees of freedom (df), and an on-device OmniSense VLA model, onero H1 is designed to learn, adapt, and work in coordination with SwitchBot's existing ecosystem of task-specific robots. By combining visual perception, depth awareness, and tactile feedback, the system enables a more comprehensive understanding of an object's position, shape, and interaction states, critical for handling contact-intensive household tasks. Through this integrated perception and control approach, onero H1 improves reliability in everyday actions such as grasping, pushing, opening, and organizing, while learning to adapt across different tasks and home scenarios.

Moreover, the onero H1 and its robotic arms A1 will be available for pre-order on SwitchBot's website soon.

SwitchBot Lock Vision Series: Smart Deadbolt Locks with 3D Facial Recognition

As the world's first deadbolt smart lock to feature 3D structured-light facial recognition, the Lock Vision Series uses over 2,000 infrared projection points to construct precise 3D facial maps, enabling millimeter-level biometric accuracy and near-instant unlocking.

The technology remains reliable even with hats, glasses, or makeup, and incorporates 3D liveness detection to prevent spoofing attempts using photos or videos, with all the user information locally stored.

Meanwhile, the Lock Vision Series is equipped with DualPower™ and DualBackup™ systems, combining a high-capacity rechargeable battery, a long-life backup battery, and emergency power support. Matter-over-Wi-Fi connectivity enables direct, hub-free integration with Apple Home, allowing users to monitor and control their door remotely or via voice commands.

Expanding the lineup, SwitchBot Lock Vision Pro adds contactless palm-vein recognition as an alternative biometric option. Using near-infrared sensing to read internal vascular patterns, the system enables secure unlocking in situations where hands may be slightly wet or dirty.

Lock Vision Series reflects SwitchBot's Smart Home 2.0 vision for security that anticipates user needs and operates intelligently without demanding extra attention and effort.

New Comfort Tech Lineup for Daily Living Enhancement

SwitchBot AI MindClip: Portable AI Assistant for Life and Work

Debuting at CES 2026, the SwitchBot AI MindClip extends the intelligence of Smart Home 2.0 beyond physical spaces, introducing a personal voice-based knowledge engine designed to support both life and work.

More than an AI recorder, AI MindClip continuously captures meetings, conversations, and everyday moments, transforming them into structured summaries, actionable to-dos, and a searchable personal knowledge base. Acting as a "second brain" fueled by subscribed cloud AI service, it allows users to retrieve past discussions, reminders, and learning materials on demand, ask questions when details are forgotten, and turn fragmented information into usable insight.

Weighing just 18 grams and supporting over 100 languages, AI MindClip helps people organize and recall the growing volume of spoken information they encounter every day, enabling them to think more clearly, work more efficiently, and manage modern life with less cognitive load.

SwitchBot Weather Station: Environmental Awareness for Better Daily Decisions

Featuring a 7.5-inch E-Ink display, the SwitchBot Weather Station brings essential household information into a single interface. With its built-in sensors, it displays dates, time, sunrises & sunsets, indoor temperature & humidity data, air quality, weather, and a six-day weather outlook, along with multi-platform calendar syncing and auto-scene switches for a smarter household management.

The device also introduces AI-powered weather briefings, offering daily insights and recommendations based on local conditions, alongside curated weather-related aspirational quotes that add a thoughtful touch to everyday routines.

SwitchBot OBBOTO: AI-Powered Desk Pixel Globe Light

Rounding out the Comfort Tech suite is SwitchBot OBBOTO, an expressive globe light companion expanding SwitchBot's smart lighting portfolio.

With more than 2,900 RGB LEDs, motion sensing, music visualization, and AI-driven mood animations, OBBOTO transforms light into an expressive companion. Featuring a motion sensor, the SwitchBot OBBOTO displays time and weather through light patterns, and offers interactive pixel art and ambiance modes for sleep, focus, or relaxation.

Meanwhile, visitors can also expect SwitchBot's newly incubated sports tech innovator, Acemate Tennis Robot, the world's first AI tennis robot for a real-rally experience, to be in action at CES 2026.

Together, these innovations reflect SwitchBot's long-term vision for Smart Home 2.0, an embodied-AI ecosystem where perception, reasoning, and action converge to support every aspect of daily living and recreation, reinforcing SwitchBot's commitment to shaping a future where robotics and AI elevate the way people live, work, and interact with their environments.

For more information, visit SwitchBot's official website and follow SwitchBot on X, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.