For years, technology firms have marketed pet cameras as a solution for monitoring your furry companions while you’re away. Enter Vex, a new robotic friend that debuted at CES this week, elevating this concept by actively trailing your pet, capturing video, and employing AI to creatively assemble the footage into a cohesive film.

Vex is a petite, white sphere adorned with charmingly stubby limbs and ears, available in a variety of vibrant colors. Its compact design allows it to fit comfortably in one hand, making it likely smaller than the pet it aims to document.

Functioning autonomously, Vex effortlessly follows your cat or dog throughout the house, engaging with them while using visual recognition to identify individual pets. It captures footage from a low angle, aiming to provide a perspective akin to that of your pet. Each day’s recordings are then transformed into “moving narratives and shareable stories.” However, FrontierX, the company behind Vex, has yet to showcase any of these edited videos, which will ultimately determine the product’s value.

Accompanying Vex is Aura, a larger, spherical robot featuring a circular screen that serves as its face. Marketed primarily as a personal companion, Aura can interpret body language and facial expressions to assess your emotional state. Much like Vex, it can follow you around, engaging in conversation through its LLM-powered interactive features.

Both Vex and Aura are still in the development phase. FrontierX remains in its infancy, with only a minimal Instagram presence and no official website. Nonetheless, the company anticipates accepting preorders within six months, though pricing details for these robots are yet to be disclosed.