Smart-home technology and innovative cars were overshadowed at CES by tiny robots designed to be human companions. We've rounded up eight of the kitschiest offerings at this year's event.
Known as the proving ground for the latest gadgets and breakthrough technologies, the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) takes place at the beginning of each year, and never fails to impress with its weird and wacky concepts.
This year's event, which took place from 7-10 January 2020, saw Sony unveil a driverless, electric concept car, packed full of its best mobility technologies, while Mercedes-Benz revealed an Avatar-inspired vehicle with scales.
However, what stood out most of all were the unusual robots on show, from a cartoon bear on wheels that delivers toilet rolls to a headless robotic kitten that doubles up as a therapeutic pillow. Read on for our picks of eight robots that no one needs but everybody wants:

BellaBot by PuduTech
Shenzhen-based tech company PuduTech aimed to offer a solution to understaffed restaurants at this year's CES with an autonomous food-delivery robot, BellaBot.
With the head of a cat and a body comprised of shelves carrying food trays, the BellaBot cat waiter is capable of delivering up to 10 kilograms of restaurant orders to waiting customers, avoiding any obstacles using a combination of cameras and sensors.
It meows as it arrives to encourage customers to collect their order. They can then give the robot a scratch behind the ears or a pat on the h...