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Lenovo Unveils AI Workmate Desk Robot With On-Device Smarts and Spatial Projection

The prototype remains a concept with no pricing or launch plan.

Overview

  • Lenovo showed the AI Workmate Concept at MWC 2026 in Barcelona as an always-on desk device built to assist with office tasks.
  • The unit responds to writing, voice, gestures and spatial cues, processing inputs locally using on-device AI rather than the cloud.
  • It can project content onto a desk or wall; in a demo it scanned a freshly signed postcard with downward-facing cameras and sent the file to a printer.
  • Reported prototype specs include an Intel Core Ultra processor, 64GB of memory, a pico projector and an LCD face on an articulated head.
  • Lenovo also displayed a separate AI Work Companion desk device for task syncing and daily planning, and neither concept has announced availability or pricing.