
Samsung apparently made its decision to focus more on the healthcare devices after judging at CES 2017 that home robot technology is still premature. “The roles of home robots recently introduced by home appliance companies can be realized by adding artificial intelligence (AI) to existing devices such as smartphones, TVs and IoT refrigerators,” said a senior representative of Samsung, adding that “Rather, we believe that health care based on wearable appliances has more future growth potential.”
That doesn't mean Samsung will be leaving the robotics space. The company is working on robots for factory automation but it doesn't seem to have any interest in developing consumer-focused robots at this point in time.