The world's biggest and most famous consumer electronics show wrapped up in Las Vegas last week. <br />Our business correspondent Kim Hye-sung was lucky enough to head over there....,and is in the studio with us today to tell us more about CES 2019.<br /><br />So it must've been an exciting time and I hope you aren't too jetlagged, but we'd love to hear what you thought were this year's highlights.<br /><br />Right I'll get to that in a moment.<br />Some background first though.<br />So the CES is now in its 52nd year. <br />It's the world's biggest tech show where global tech companies show off their latest products and innovations that will drive trends for the year and beyond. More than 45-hundred companies, 180-thousand people from 150 countries attended the event.<br /><br />This year, AI, robots, smart homes, smart cars stood out from the crowd. <br />Artificial intelligence, in particular, was seen in almost every product.<br />Global tech titans, including Samsung and LG Electronics, unveiled their concept of smart homes, where all devices and home appliances are connected.<br />Smart homes are nothing new, but there's been an upgrade in IoT.<br />Using AI technology, fridges, vacuum cleaners, washing machines can be used via sensors or voice recognition.<br />There are even appliances that help you fold laundry, so you don't have to actually use your hands and save time. <br />Another highlight was the robots, from industrial robots for manufacturing, to health robots for people who have trouble walking or to help with rehabilitation after an injury.<br />What I found really cute were the companion robots, Japanese companies like Sony really nailed this.<br />Pet robots like cats and dogs, that can interact and relate to people using sensors and machine learning technology, possibly for children or people with allergy. <br />
