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01/10/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 01/11/2025 03:08

CES 2025: Microsoft AI Award and Conversational AI Powered Robots

CES 2025 brought the world a spectacular showcase of technological innovation, and Agora emerged as a standout. From receiving the prestigious Microsoft AI Innovation Award to demonstrating the future of conversational AI in robotics and smart glasses, Agora took center stage in redefining human-AI interaction.

Agora wins Microsoft AI Innovation Award

At CES 2025, Microsoft honored Agora with the prestigious AI Innovation Award. This recognition celebrates Agora's transformative role in advancing real-time communication technology and setting new benchmarks for human-like AI interaction. Tony Wang, Chief Revenue Officer at Agora, accepted the award, expressing gratitude to Microsoft and the CES community for their acknowledgment of Agora's contributions.

Agora's Software-Defined Real-Time Network (SD-RTN™) is the cornerstone of its success, enabling ultra-low latency communication between humans and AI. By overcoming challenges like network variability and latency, Agora ensures smooth, high-quality interactions across speech, video, and multimodal AI platforms. This technology empowers developers to rapidly build intelligent, adaptive AI agents for real-world applications, from robots and gaming agents to AR/VR smart glasses and baby monitors.

Agora's conversational AI solution provides the foundation for next-generation AI-driven communication, enabling developers to rapidly build multimodal AI agents. The Microsoft AI Innovation Award recognizes Agora's commitment to driving global innovation, and in to creating impactful, real-world applications including AI-powered robots, doormen, baby monitors, gaming agents, AR/VR smart glasses, and more.

Enabling human-like interactions with Agora

While at CES, Agora demonstrated its technology's versatility through groundbreaking AI integrations in robots and chips. Agora's Conversational AI solutions enable robots and wearable devices like smart glasses to engage in human-like interactions, enhancing user experiences and elevating the robotics industry.

Key features driving Innovation in robotics and wearables

  • AI Agents: Deliver responsive, intelligent behavior for natural, engaging interactions. ‍
  • AI Chip Integration: Optimize performance across diverse hardware platforms. ‍
  • Voice Activity Detection: Ensure precise speech cue detection for real-time responsiveness. ‍
  • Speech-to-Text (STT): Convert spoken words to text with minimal latency. ‍
  • Text-to-Speech (TTS): Generate lifelike speech for immersive conversations. ‍
  • Large Language Models (LLMs): Equip robots with advanced comprehension and decision-making capabilities.

Here's a few examples on innovative integrations of Agora's conversational AI in robotics and wearables:

Robopoet: Redefining Emotional AI Companionship

Robopoet uses Agora's technology to create robots that excel in emotional recognition and real-time adaptation. These robots offer deeply engaging companionship experiences by understanding and responding to emotions.

Key Features:

  • Emotional AI for precise emotion recognition and expression.
  • Evolving personalities tailored to user interactions.
  • Long-term memory for personalized responses.
  • Dynamic expressions and smooth motion control.
  • Social Interaction with nearby robots.

Beken: Powering AI-Driven Robotics

Beken integrates Agora's Conversational AI with their advanced AI chips, enabling robots to think, see, and communicate with exceptional efficiency and responsiveness.

Key Features:

  • Real-time data analysis and intelligent responses.
  • Advanced Vision Language Models for object detection and environmental understanding.
  • Human-like speech with real-time STT and TTS integration.
  • High-performance Wi-Fi audio/video chips for low power consumption.

IntelPro: Smart Glasses for Adaptive AI

IntelPro's AI-powered smart glasses leverage Agora's solutions for hands-free, natural interactions and advanced real-time capabilities. These glasses enable users to navigate, communicate, and interact with their surroundings more effectively.

Key Features:

  • XR Overlay for Real-time identification of objects, landmarks, and text.
  • Voice Commands enable Natural voice interactions for IoT control and more.
  • Assistance for visually impaired users through navigation and text-to-speech capabilities.
  • Advanced enterprise features like face recognition and object tracking streamline workflows.

A Vision for the Future

Agora's achievements at CES 2025 reflect its commitment to redefining human-AI interaction. By collaborating with innovators like Robopoet, Beken, and IntelPro, Agora continues to pave the way for smarter, more adaptive, and emotionally engaging AI systems.

As demand for AI-driven, multimodal experiences grows, Agora remains at the forefront, enabling developers to create AI agents that think, listen, observe, and engage naturally.

For more information, visit Agora's Conversational AI Solutions and experience the next generation of real-time AI.