2026 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

LEDVANCE AI Companion Lighting Robot

Entrant

LEDVANCE GmbH & UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD

Category

Lighting Design - Innovative Lighting Design

Client's Name

LEDVANCE GmbH

Country / Region

Germany

Light is more than illumination. It defines how we work and how we feel. LEDVANCE AI Companion Lighting Robot reimagines light as an interactive presence. At its core is a 6-axis robotic arm, with AI vision, real-time activity recognition, and ambient sensing. This system enables precise light placement that moves with users, ensuring optimal task illumination across five modes: reading, writing, creativity, digital devices, and video conference.
A proprietary eye-care engine delivers a simulated daylight cycle condensed into five minutes, promoting comfort and restoring focus during breaks. Emotional Lighting Mode responds to emotion using AI-driven facial and behavioral analysis, translating it into expressive Light × Motion × Sound. Color gradients, synchronised motion, and ambient audio create a lighting narrative that reflects emotional states.
The robot’s behavior is shaped by an anthropomorphic motion library and multimodal interaction: it follows gestures, responds to touch, and expresses attention through posture. Exploration mode via app allows users to remotely engage with their space or interact playfully with pets. This holistic experience defines Experiential Lighting Interaction, a new paradigm in which lighting adapts not only to vision but also to emotion, cognition, and movement.
LEDVANCE AI Companion Lighting Robot. To make Light that understands you.

Credits

Product Lead / LEDVANCE GmbH
Shaokun Chen
R&D Director / LEDVANCE GmbH
Huaming Chen
Designer / LEDVANCE GmbH
Gengfu Li
R&D / UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
Jia Zhou
R&D / LEDVANCE GmbH
Wang Jiang
R&D / LEDVANCE GmbH
Zhian Li
Design Supervisor / LEDVANCE GmbH
Kevin Wang
R&D / UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
Chenggang Huang
R&D / UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
Rui Gu
R&D / UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
Xuexia Wu
R&D / LEDVANCE GmbH
Yuxin Li
R&D / LEDVANCE GmbH
Zichen Liu
R&D / LEDVANCE GmbH
Jingyin Huang
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