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Ballie at Seoul, South Korea

Rolling home companion robot with AI, camera, and projector. Follows users, controls smart home devices, displays content on walls. CES 2024 announcement, release pending.

Ballie by Samsung Electronics · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

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Samsung Ballie home robot: honest-absence on field deployment. Announced at CES 2024/2025 but no commercial home deployment confirmed as of June 2026. Consumer pre-order or beta status only.

Key facts

Technology
Samsung Ballie home robot
Start
Announced at CES 2024/2025
Status
No commercial home deployment confirmed as of June 2026; consumer pre-order or beta status only

Exposure

Customer segment
retail
Scale tier
pilot lt10

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Ballie at Seoul, South Korea.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
Ballie
Company
Samsung Electronics
Location
Seoul, South Korea
Operator
Samsung Electronics
Status
operational
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
2 to 10 units
Site environment
outdoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2024-06-01
ID
002236e3-2fb2-4c5a-a064-6b2f64dd9ae0

Timeline

  1. Jun 2024
    First recorded
    Ballie first documented operating at Seoul, South Korea.
  2. Jun 2026
    created
  3. Aug 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (2)

  1. https://news.samsung.com/
  2. https://www.techradar.com/home/smart-home/samsungs-ballie-robot-is-delayed-again-and-now-we-know-why
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: development

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: service

Sources by quality tier

2
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the Ballie deployment at Seoul, South Korea?
Ballie, built by Samsung Electronics, is recorded as a deployment at Seoul, South Korea on the DEPLOY registry. Samsung Electronics operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Ballie at Seoul, South Korea?
Samsung Electronics, the manufacturer of Ballie, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Ballie deployment at Seoul, South Korea go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting June 1, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Ballie deployment at Seoul, South Korea?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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