{
  "title": "Home robots screened and not listed, with the reasons",
  "description": "Every robot that was screened against the four inclusion criteria and does not meet them: which criteria it fails and passes, what would change the outcome, and the sources for each judgement.",
  "publisher": "Anzubo",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Anzubo, anzubo.com",
  "generated": "2026-10-04T09:58:22Z",
  "source_commit": "fa3afa74d867a4a60820f8cfa2ad2d0c54b2e96c",
  "documentation": "https://anzubo.com/en/data",
  "notes": [
    "Every fact carries \"evidence\": ids of entries in the same record's \"sources\" list. A fact with an empty evidence list has no source to cite, and its note says what was looked for.",
    "\"confidence\" is the record's confidence label: \"confirmed\" (corroborated by a source other than the vendor), \"vendor-claim\" (the vendor's word only) or \"unconfirmed\". It must be shown with any fact reused from the record.",
    "\"unknown\" means the question was researched and no answer was found. It is not the same as no, and should be shown as \"Unknown\".",
    "Prices are as published, in the currency published, never converted.",
    "Images are NOT covered by this licence. Each image entry carries its own licence, author and attribution, and must be reused on those terms.",
    "Vendors' own words, quoted verbatim in capabilities[].claim and global_release_statement.text, are NOT covered by this licence either: they remain the vendors'.",
    "Nothing here has been tested hands-on. Records are researched and maintained by AI agents from published sources."
  ],
  "count": 11,
  "not_qualified": [
    {
      "slug": "prosper-alfie",
      "name": "Alfie",
      "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/not-qualified/prosper-alfie",
      "vendor": {
        "name": "Prosper Robotics",
        "country": "UK",
        "url": "https://prosper.org/"
      },
      "confidence": "unconfirmed",
      "failed_gates": [
        "multi_task",
        "manipulation",
        "ai_autonomy",
        "home_path"
      ],
      "would_qualify_if": "Would qualify if Prosper's own site, or any reliable vendor channel, states what Alfie actually does, how it is controlled, and any consumer price, date or region.",
      "gates": {
        "multi_task": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "Not confirmed by the vendor. Prosper's own site states only that Alfie's \"purpose is to serve people\" and gives no task list. Third-party descriptions disagree with each other: Crunchbase lists cooking, office cleaning and bed-making, while a robot-database aggregator site lists dishwasher loading, laundry folding and surface cleaning. Contradictory, unconfirmed third-party claims are not a basis for meeting this criterion.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-2"
          ]
        },
        "manipulation": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "As with the task list, only third-party descriptions of arms or grippers exist, and they disagree with each other. The vendor publishes no specification.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-2"
          ]
        },
        "ai_autonomy": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "Third-party sources disagree on whether Alfie is teleoperated with no autonomous model (Crunchbase: \"general purpose teleop robot\") or runs \"a proprietary local AI engine\" with natural-language commands (a robot-database aggregator site). Prosper's own site states neither. The aggregator gives specific details, including an exact price and a UK beta region, that appear nowhere on the vendor's own site, so it is not treated as evidence here.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-2"
          ]
        },
        "home_path": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "The vendor's own site gives no price, date, region or waitlist; it is limited to a short statement of purpose. A criterion that cannot be evidenced is not met.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        }
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "src-1",
          "publisher": "Prosper Robotics",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://prosper.org/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-15",
          "note": "Vendor's own site: a short statement of purpose, with no product detail, price or availability."
        },
        {
          "id": "src-2",
          "publisher": "Crunchbase",
          "kind": "independent",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/prosper-robotics",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "figure-03",
      "name": "Figure 03",
      "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/not-qualified/figure-03",
      "vendor": {
        "name": "Figure AI",
        "country": "US",
        "url": "https://www.figure.ai/"
      },
      "confidence": "vendor-claim",
      "failed_gates": [
        "multi_task",
        "home_path"
      ],
      "would_qualify_if": "Would qualify if Figure demonstrates a second, genuinely distinct household task type beyond the dishes workflow (e.g. laundry, cooking, general tidying), and publishes any consumer-facing price, preorder mechanism or announced release window.",
      "gates": {
        "multi_task": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "The only evidenced capability is a single continuous ~4-minute demo handling dishes end to end: unload dishwasher, cross-room navigation, stack items in cabinets, reload and start dishwasher. This is one household task (dishes, thoroughly done) performed in several steps, not 2+ distinct household task types -- the \"one activity described several ways\" pattern the gate is written to catch, not a genuine second task type such as laundry or cooking.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-2"
          ]
        },
        "manipulation": {
          "pass": true,
          "note": "Autonomous dishwasher unloading/loading and cabinet stacking, described end to end.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-2"
          ]
        },
        "ai_autonomy": {
          "pass": true,
          "note": "Vendor describes the run as fully autonomous, \"entirely from onboard sensors with no human intervention\", consistent with Figure's publicly named Helix vision-language-action system, although the cited page does not itself name the model.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-2"
          ]
        },
        "home_path": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "No vendor statement offers a consumer product, price, date or programme. Figure's 2026 announcements are enterprise-facing (the Index dataset, an Nscale/NVIDIA GPU deal, a BMW deployment, Catalyst Brands, production ramp-up). A stated mission to eventually reach homes is not a consumer offer.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-2"
          ]
        }
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "src-1",
          "publisher": "Figure AI",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://www.figure.ai/news",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-2",
          "publisher": "Figure AI",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://www.figure.ai/news/helix-02",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "haier-hiva",
      "name": "HIVA",
      "name_local": "海娃",
      "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/not-qualified/haier-hiva",
      "vendor": {
        "name": "Haier / 海尔",
        "country": "CN",
        "url": "https://www.haier.com/"
      },
      "confidence": "vendor-claim",
      "failed_gates": [
        "ai_autonomy",
        "home_path"
      ],
      "would_qualify_if": "Would qualify if Haier publishes any price, preorder or release-window commitment for HIVA, and states how the robot is tasked or what model drives it.",
      "gates": {
        "multi_task": {
          "pass": true,
          "note": "Vendor material describes end-to-end laundry, kitchen/food-handling tasks (fridge, food expiry, banana peeling) and a home-assistant role -- multiple distinct types.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-2"
          ]
        },
        "manipulation": {
          "pass": true,
          "note": "Vendor states force-controlled fridge-door opening and banana-peeling, and an operating range from floor level to over 2m.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        },
        "ai_autonomy": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "No vendor statement found describing the underlying model or how tasks are given. A gate that cannot be evidenced does not pass.",
          "evidence": []
        },
        "home_path": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "No price, date, region or preorder mechanism found anywhere. Vendor's own wording is forward-looking and non-committal (\"will continue to optimise function and performance and expand smart-home service scenarios\") -- announced/demonstrated only, at AWE and WRC 2026 trade shows.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        }
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "src-1",
          "publisher": "Haier",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "zh",
          "url": "https://www.haier.com/about_haier/xinwen/20260224_287248.shtml",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-2",
          "publisher": "World Robot Conference (exhibitor listing)",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "zh",
          "url": "https://www.worldrobotconference.com/expo/company/613.html",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "xpeng-iron",
      "name": "IRON",
      "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/not-qualified/xpeng-iron",
      "vendor": {
        "name": "XPeng Robotics",
        "country": "CN",
        "url": "https://www.xpeng.com/pressroom"
      },
      "confidence": "vendor-claim",
      "failed_gates": [
        "multi_task",
        "manipulation",
        "home_path"
      ],
      "would_qualify_if": "Would qualify if XPeng demonstrates IRON performing at least two distinct household tasks, at least one of them a physical chore such as cleaning or laundry, shows its hands actually handling an object, and states a consumer price, preorder or release window aimed at homes rather than its own stores, campuses or commercial and institutional customers.",
      "gates": {
        "multi_task": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "No physical household chore is demonstrated or claimed for the current or near-term robot, and the criterion requires at least one. Vendor material describes it in general \"everyday life\" and \"long-term companion\" terms only; companionship counts as a task type, but no specific companion function is described either. The one specific claim found beyond that -- that it \"could eventually handle household jobs, including cleaning and folding laundry\" -- is independent press describing a future aspiration, not a current or demonstrated capability, and vendor lists of future capabilities are not current multi-task ability.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-3"
          ]
        },
        "manipulation": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "Vendor specifies 21 degrees of freedom in each hand and 76 across the body, but no source found, vendor or independent, describes or shows the hands grasping, carrying or otherwise handling an object. Hardware capable of manipulation is not the same as manipulation shown, and a criterion that cannot be evidenced is not met.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        },
        "ai_autonomy": {
          "pass": true,
          "note": "Vendor states IRON runs its \"Physical AI foundation model\" on three onboard chips (2,250 TOPS combined) and \"can autonomously perform complex tasks without remote operation\" -- a specific architectural claim beyond a marketing adjective, though it names no specific task and is unconfirmed by any independent source.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        },
        "home_path": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "Initial deployment is explicitly confined to XPeng's own stores and campuses. Independent press on the planned 2027 rollout describes shipments going to \"commercial customers\" for roles such as customer service and guided tours: a commercial and institutional offer, not a home one. No price, preorder or home-specific release date has been announced for IRON.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-2",
            "src-3"
          ]
        }
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "src-1",
          "publisher": "XPeng Robotics",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://www.xpeng.com/pressroom/news/01a080371029a057bc8e8a02a2c6012b",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-21"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-2",
          "publisher": "Sina (新浪)",
          "kind": "press",
          "language": "zh",
          "url": "https://k.sina.cn/article_7879923138",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-21",
          "note": "He Xiaopeng FAQ on the 2027 delivery timeline"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-3",
          "publisher": "The Cool Down",
          "kind": "press",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/xpeng-humanoid-robot-mass-production-ifa-berlin/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-21",
          "note": "Independent coverage of the planned 2027 shipments to commercial customers for roles such as customer service and guided tours, and of household jobs as something IRON 'could eventually' handle."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "lg-cloid",
      "name": "LG CLOiD",
      "name_local": "LG 클로이드",
      "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/not-qualified/lg-cloid",
      "vendor": {
        "name": "LG Electronics (LG전자)",
        "country": "KR",
        "url": "https://www.lg.com/"
      },
      "confidence": "vendor-claim",
      "failed_gates": [
        "ai_autonomy",
        "home_path"
      ],
      "would_qualify_if": "Would qualify if LG states a consumer price, date or region for CLOiD as a manipulating home robot (not the \"AI Orchestra\" software-only framing), and describes the underlying model or tasking approach.",
      "gates": {
        "multi_task": {
          "pass": true,
          "note": "Vendor material describes refrigerator retrieval, oven use and laundry (start, fold, stack) -- multiple distinct types.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        },
        "manipulation": {
          "pass": true,
          "note": "Vendor publishes arm and hand specs directly.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        },
        "ai_autonomy": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "No vendor statement found describing the underlying model (LLM/VLA/ learned policy) or how tasks are given; CES/newsroom material is capability-and-spec focused, not control-approach focused. A gate that cannot be evidenced does not pass.",
          "evidence": []
        },
        "home_path": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "No launch date, price or market information appears in LG's own material eight months after CES. Korean press (August 2026) reports a Tennessee factory deployment first, with homes \"thereafter\", and independent IFA 2026 coverage (September) describes CLOiD presented as part of an \"AI Orchestra\" home-automation system rather than as a standalone manipulating robot. Over the year, LG's framing has moved away from a consumer manipulating robot rather than toward one.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-3",
            "src-4",
            "src-5"
          ]
        }
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "src-1",
          "publisher": "LG Electronics",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://www.lg.com/us/newsroom/home-appliance/lg-cloid-home-robot",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-3",
          "publisher": "경향신문",
          "kind": "press",
          "language": "ko",
          "url": "https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202601082115015",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14",
          "date": "2026-01-08"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-4",
          "publisher": "뉴스핌",
          "kind": "press",
          "language": "ko",
          "url": "https://www.newspim.com/news/view/20260814000076",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14",
          "date": "2026-08-14"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-5",
          "publisher": "Euronews",
          "kind": "press",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/09/08/laundry-backflips-and-panda-suits-humanoid-robots-take-over-ifa-2026",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "zeroth-m1",
      "name": "M1",
      "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/not-qualified/zeroth-m1",
      "vendor": {
        "name": "ZEROTH / 元点智能 (also appears in US press as \"Zeroth Robotics\")",
        "country": "CN",
        "url": "https://www.zeroth0.com/"
      },
      "confidence": "vendor-claim",
      "failed_gates": [
        "multi_task",
        "manipulation",
        "ai_autonomy"
      ],
      "would_qualify_if": "Would qualify if ZEROTH shows M1 performing at least one physical household chore alongside its companion role, handling objects with a hand or gripper, and adapting within those tasks. ZEROTH's planned full-size Jupiter humanoid, which the company describes as aimed at chores, would be assessed separately once it has a consumer offer.",
      "gates": {
        "multi_task": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "ZEROTH's product page, its US-launch press release and independent CES coverage consistently describe M1 as a compact companion humanoid, about 50 cm (19 in) tall, for older adults and children. Its claimed functions are companionship (child interaction, reminders and daily assistance), which counts as a task type, and monitoring (fall detection, mobile safety checks, pet monitoring), which does not. The criterion also requires at least one physical household chore, and no chore -- cleaning, cooking, laundry, tidying, fetching or putting away -- is claimed for M1.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-4",
            "src-5"
          ]
        },
        "manipulation": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "The vendor page states a 20.08 in dual-arm span and 20 degrees of freedom, but no source, vendor or independent, describes a hand, gripper or grasping capability. ZEROTH's published roadmap assigns \"better manipulation\" for chores such as fetching and wiping surfaces to a separate, future full-size humanoid (\"Jupiter\"), distinguishing it from M1.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-5"
          ]
        },
        "ai_autonomy": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "The vendor describes M1 as \"an embodied intelligence\" that \"grows with you\", and lists autonomous person-following and reinforcement-learning tools for developers. None of the cited sources names the model that drives M1's behaviour, describes it perceiving and adapting within a task, or describes recovery from error; the launch release refers to built-in skills that can be updated over time. General descriptions of intelligence are not evidence of adaptive task execution.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-4",
            "src-5"
          ]
        },
        "home_path": {
          "pass": true,
          "note": "ZEROTH's US launch release announced preorders from Q1 2026 starting at $2,899, with general availability expected in April 2026. The vendor's product page lists a sale price of $2,499 and showed M1 as sold out on 2026-09-25; a second vendor page listed it for pre-order. A published US price and a vendor sales route exist.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-2",
            "src-4"
          ]
        }
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "src-1",
          "publisher": "ZEROTH",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://www.zeroth0.com/products/m1",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-25"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-2",
          "publisher": "ZEROTH",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://www.zeroth0.com/pages/m1-landing-page1",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-4",
          "publisher": "Zeroth Robotics (PRNewswire)",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zeroth-robotics-launches-into-the-us-with-debut-lineup-of-interactive-ai-robots-for-consumer-and-commercial-buyers-302652162.html",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-25"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-5",
          "publisher": "ARMdevices.net",
          "kind": "press",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://armdevices.net/2026/01/13/zeroth-jupiter-roadmap-at-ces2026-from-compact-m1-companion-to-full-size-teleop-autonomous-humanoid/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-15",
          "note": "Independent CES 2026 coverage confirming M1 is a compact companion device and naming Jupiter as ZEROTH's separate, future full-size humanoid aimed at manipulation."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "midea-meila",
      "name": "Meila",
      "name_local": "美拉",
      "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/not-qualified/midea-meila",
      "vendor": {
        "name": "Midea / 美的",
        "country": "CN",
        "url": null
      },
      "confidence": "unconfirmed",
      "failed_gates": [
        "multi_task",
        "manipulation",
        "ai_autonomy"
      ],
      "would_qualify_if": "Would qualify if Midea publishes any capability detail (a task list or manipulator spec) or a statement of how the robot is tasked.",
      "gates": {
        "multi_task": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "No task list found in any source.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        },
        "manipulation": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "No capability detail found in any source.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        },
        "ai_autonomy": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "No statement found on the underlying model or tasking method.",
          "evidence": []
        },
        "home_path": {
          "pass": true,
          "note": "Vendor investor-relations statement: the Meila series has entered final testing with a stated 2026 placement into Midea's own offline retail stores.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        }
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "src-1",
          "publisher": "Midea (投资者关系互动平台 / 董秘问答, via Sina Finance)",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "zh",
          "url": "https://finance.sina.com.cn/stock/relnews/dongmiqa/2026-02-02/doc-inhkmfsf0960323.shtml",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14",
          "date": "2026-02-02"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "neura-mipa",
      "name": "MiPA",
      "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/not-qualified/neura-mipa",
      "vendor": {
        "name": "NEURA Robotics",
        "country": "DE",
        "url": "https://neura-robotics.com/"
      },
      "confidence": "vendor-claim",
      "failed_gates": [
        "multi_task",
        "manipulation",
        "ai_autonomy"
      ],
      "would_qualify_if": "Would qualify if NEURA states MiPA (or a variant) has an arm or gripper capable of grasping objects rather than only carrying pre-loaded attachments, describes a second distinct task type beyond transport and interface, and states how the robot is tasked or what model drives it.",
      "gates": {
        "multi_task": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "Vendor describes MiPA operating across many deployment contexts (home, elder care, hospitality, workplace, kitchen, healthcare), but the underlying function is the same in every context: transporting/carrying items and acting as a smart interface. That is one capability applied across settings, not 2+ distinct household task types -- the same pattern the gate excludes when a robot does one task in several rooms.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-2"
          ]
        },
        "manipulation": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "Vendor specifies 16 degrees of freedom, a linear axis, and carrying attachments (backpack, shelf, table, hook, clip, tool-change), with hand-gesture and touch-screen control. Neither vendor page describes an arm, gripper or hand able to grasp or pick up an object. As described, MiPA carries what a person loads onto it rather than picking objects up itself; a robot that only moves itself, or loads placed on it, around does not meet this criterion.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-2"
          ]
        },
        "ai_autonomy": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "No vendor statement found describing the underlying model or how tasks are given.",
          "evidence": []
        },
        "home_path": {
          "pass": true,
          "note": "Published EUR price with a refundable reservation fee and a stated late-2026 release window.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        }
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "src-1",
          "publisher": "NEURA Robotics",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://neura-robotics.com/product/mipa-reservation/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-2",
          "publisher": "NEURA Robotics",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://neura-robotics.com/products/mipa/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-15"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "mw-bot",
      "name": "MW bot",
      "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/not-qualified/mw-bot",
      "vendor": {
        "name": "MW Inc. (株式会社MW)",
        "country": "JP",
        "url": "https://mwhome.design/"
      },
      "confidence": "vendor-claim",
      "failed_gates": [
        "ai_autonomy",
        "home_path"
      ],
      "would_qualify_if": "Would qualify if MW states a specific autonomous capability for MW bot itself (a named model, or a description of recognising and adapting to actual household conditions rather than running teleoperated or pre-scripted motions), and sells the robot on a real date at a defined price independent of buying a house.",
      "gates": {
        "multi_task": {
          "pass": true,
          "note": "Vendor describes bed-making, dining-table clearing, laundry-folding and grocery put-away (including into the refrigerator) -- four distinct chore types, not one capability applied repeatedly.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        },
        "manipulation": {
          "pass": true,
          "note": "Vendor states the robot carries shopping bags, clothing and rubbish and performs general household handling; press (not vendor) independently describes the robot's hand/joint configuration as matching MW's teleoperated data-collection rig, confirming it has hands capable of grasping rather than being a mover-only device.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-4"
          ]
        },
        "ai_autonomy": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "Independent press (Robotstart, non-vendor) states plainly that the demonstrated MW bot was not running autonomous AI: \"今回披露されたMW bot はAIによる自律動作ではなく、デモはテレオペレーション（遠隔操縦）によって 行われた\" (the MW bot shown was not AI-driven autonomous operation; the demo was carried out by teleoperation). MW is collecting human-demonstration data through a mirrored teleoperation rig toward a future autonomous capability, which is a roadmap claim rather than a current one. The vendor's \"MW Intelligence\" layer, described on its technology page, covers house-level sensing and environmental optimisation (occupancy, sleep, temperature), not a manipulation policy for the robot itself, and is otherwise described in general terms (\"core intelligence\", \"dynamically transforms homes\") that are not evidence of autonomy on their own. No named model, description of recovery from variation, or generalisation claim was found for the robot's manipulation. The robot currently has no disclosed autonomous capability, and an independent source states the demonstration was teleoperated.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-4"
          ]
        },
        "home_path": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "The release statement gives 2028 with no month, Japan only, and the robot is not sold as a standalone product: it is bundled into an entire new-build \"Living Home\" (development sites named: Tokyo, Yokohama, central Fukuoka, Karuizawa, Futtsu). Having to buy a house to get the robot is not a consumer offer for the robot itself, even though the date is more specific than most in this category.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-3"
          ]
        }
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "src-1",
          "publisher": "MW Inc.",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "ja",
          "url": "https://mwhome.design/technology",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-19"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-2",
          "publisher": "MW Inc.",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "ja",
          "url": "https://mwhome.design/news",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-3",
          "publisher": "MW Inc. (PR TIMES)",
          "kind": "vendor",
          "language": "ja",
          "url": "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000005.000182267.html",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14",
          "date": "2026-09-10"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-4",
          "publisher": "ロボスタ",
          "kind": "press",
          "language": "ja",
          "url": "https://robotstart.info/article/2026/09/11/382409.html",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-19",
          "date": "2026-09-11",
          "note": "Independent report stating that the public demonstration was teleoperated rather than autonomous."
        },
        {
          "id": "src-5",
          "publisher": "Response",
          "kind": "press",
          "language": "ja",
          "url": "https://response.jp/article/2026/09/13/416520.html",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14",
          "date": "2026-09-13"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "swancor-qiyuan-q1-t1",
      "name": "Qiyuan Q1 / T1",
      "name_local": "启元 Q1 / 启元 T1",
      "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/not-qualified/swancor-qiyuan-q1-t1",
      "vendor": {
        "name": "SWANCOR Qiyuan / 上纬启元 (上纬新材料科技股份有限公司)",
        "country": "CN",
        "url": null
      },
      "confidence": "unconfirmed",
      "failed_gates": [
        "multi_task",
        "manipulation",
        "ai_autonomy"
      ],
      "would_qualify_if": "Would qualify if SWANCOR shows the robot has arms or grippers that handle objects, performs at least one physical household chore such as fetching and putting away or tidying alongside its companion features, and describes how it adapts within those tasks.",
      "gates": {
        "multi_task": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "Press-listed functions are reminders, scheduled alerts, one-sentence food ordering, game interaction, foreign-language teaching and item carrying. The companion and interaction functions count together as one task type (companionship). The criterion also requires at least one physical household chore. The only physical function, item carrying, is described as carrying a load on the robot's body rather than fetching or putting objects away, and no cleaning, cooking, laundry or tidying is claimed anywhere.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        },
        "manipulation": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "Only \"item carrying\" (物品托载, load-bearing) is claimed; no source describes arms, grippers or any manipulator able to grasp objects. As described, the robot carries a load on its body rather than handling objects.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1"
          ]
        },
        "ai_autonomy": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "No statement found on the underlying model or tasking method.",
          "evidence": []
        },
        "home_path": {
          "pass": true,
          "note": "Pre-orders open across multiple Chinese retail channels with a claimed September 2026 first-shipment month. A second outlet gives no confirmation that any unit has shipped yet.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-3"
          ]
        }
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "src-1",
          "publisher": "科技日报",
          "kind": "press",
          "language": "zh",
          "url": "https://www.stdaily.com/web/gdxw/2026-08/23/content_568520.html",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14",
          "date": "2026-08-23"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-3",
          "publisher": "IT之家",
          "kind": "press",
          "language": "zh",
          "url": "https://www.ithome.com/0/993/155.htm",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-15",
          "date": "2026-08-23"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "hisense-savvy",
      "name": "Savvy",
      "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/not-qualified/hisense-savvy",
      "vendor": {
        "name": "Hisense / 海信",
        "country": "CN",
        "url": null
      },
      "confidence": "unconfirmed",
      "failed_gates": [
        "multi_task",
        "manipulation",
        "ai_autonomy",
        "home_path"
      ],
      "would_qualify_if": "Would qualify if Hisense publishes a product page or announcement for Savvy that names specific household tasks, describes its arms or grippers and how it is controlled, and gives a price, preorder or release window.",
      "gates": {
        "multi_task": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "Press describes fetching and placing objects and operating appliances only in general terms. No specific task list is given, and no vendor page for the product was found to check against.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-2"
          ]
        },
        "manipulation": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "Press-only, generic claim of fetching, placing and appliance operation; no specification of arms, grippers or any manipulator.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-2"
          ]
        },
        "ai_autonomy": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "No vendor or detailed press statement found on the underlying model or tasking method.",
          "evidence": []
        },
        "home_path": {
          "pass": false,
          "note": "No price, date, region or vendor page was found. No product page for a robot called \"Savvy\" appears on hisense.com, so it is not established that Savvy is an announced product rather than a name used in press and trade-show coverage.",
          "evidence": [
            "src-1",
            "src-2"
          ]
        }
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "src-1",
          "publisher": "中国新闻网",
          "kind": "press",
          "language": "zh",
          "url": "https://www.chinanews.com.cn/cj/2026/03-13/10586454.shtml",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14"
        },
        {
          "id": "src-2",
          "publisher": "腾讯新闻",
          "kind": "press",
          "language": "zh",
          "url": "https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260316A07UOF00",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-14"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}