Robot and Tech Gift Ideas Australia (2026)
Most gadget gift lists are a long scroll of things nobody uses by February. This one is 13 tech gifts and robots sold in Australia, grouped by who you’re buying for, with the reason each one suits them and a link to the full comparison if you want to check before you buy.
The specs come from each maker’s own pages. Where a button shows a price, it’s the store’s price at the time shown, and the listing always has the current one.
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On this page: kids 6 and up · pet owners · pool and garden · a busy household · makers · before you wrap it
For kids 6 and up: coding robots
Every robot here is for school-age children, and each card shows the age its maker gives. Nothing on this page is meant for under-sixes.
It arrives built, so a child goes straight to coding: blocks first, then Python in the same free mBlock software. Makeblock say the built-in battery recharges in about 1.5 hours for 1 to 2 hours of play.
More than 600 blocks rebuild into 12 robots, with infrared and colour sensors so it can follow a line and steer round obstacles. The drag-and-drop coding runs in Apitor’s free app on iOS or Android.
Kids start with Scratch-style blocks and move on to Python in the same free software, so it lasts well past Boxing Day. Makeblock say it takes about 30 minutes to build, and the battery is built in.
For pet owners: cameras and feeders
For the friend who checks on the dog at lunchtime, or the one who always needs a neighbour to feed the cat.
Watch, talk to and toss a treat to the dog from a phone, with room for about 100 treats, Furbo say. Live view, two-way audio and treat tossing all work without the paid plan.
Furbo’s smaller camera, built for cats as well as dogs, with 2K video and bark or meow alerts without a subscription. At 250g it sits on a bookshelf without looking like an appliance.
A 5L hopper serves scheduled meals of dry food, and PETLIBRO say it keeps serving on three D batteries in a blackout. It connects on 2.4GHz or 5GHz Wi-Fi.
For the pool and the garden
Pool season runs November to March, which makes a solar skimmer one of the few robot gifts that gets used straight away.
Maytronics’ solar skimmer has an Edge Cleaning mode for the leaves that pile up against the coping, and Call-to-Edge brings it to the side from the app. Maytronics Australia give it a 3-year warranty.
A 9-litre basket for leaves, and Beatbot publish up to 28 hours on a full charge with no sun at all. It parks itself at the edge of the pool when it’s done.
Laser and camera mapping with no wire to bury and no RTK station to site, plus all-wheel drive that Mammotion rate to an 80% gradient, about 38.6°. It covers up to 1500m², with mowing zones set in the app.
For a busy household
Two jobs nobody fights over: the daily vacuum and the windows.
The dock empties the bin, the mop is a washable pad, and the robot keeps off carpet while it’s mopping. iRobot’s Australian page gives it a 2-year warranty.
ECOVACS rate it for panes down to 25 × 25cm, smaller than the other WINBOTs we compare, which suits narrow awning windows and glass in doors. It has corner brushes and an edge mode.
For the tech lover who likes making things
A first 3D printer suits the person who keeps saying they could make a better hook than the one in the shop. Bambu Lab say both of these calibrate themselves.
Prints in up to four colours with the AMS lite included, on a 180mm build plate. Bambu Lab quote under 48dB in Silent Mode, the only noise figure in our printer comparison.
Bambu Lab say it sets its own bed level, nozzle height and flow, so there’s no manual tuning, and the 256mm build size covers most household jobs. The AMS lite feeds four spools for four-colour prints.
Before you wrap it
- Batteries and plugs. The Apitor Robot X takes 3 AA batteries that aren’t in the box, and Furbo say the USB power adapter isn’t included with their cameras. Buy them now, not on Christmas morning.
- Wi-Fi. Both Furbos connect on 2.4GHz only, so check the home they’re going to has it switched on.
- Bench space. Bambu Lab give the A1 as 465 × 410 × 430mm before the AMS lite goes alongside, and its bed slides front to back.
- Keep the receipt. Under Australian Consumer Law a major fault entitles the owner to a repair, replacement or refund. These basic rights can last longer than a business’s warranty.
Not sure which kind of robot suits them? The Bot Finder asks a few questions about their home and shows the robots that fit. Buying in the sales? Our Black Friday page sorts the robots we cover by category.