{ "title": "Multi-purpose home robots that meet the inclusion criteria", "description": "Every robot listed in the catalogue: what it is, what it is claimed to do, where it can be had and at what published price, and the sources for each fact.", "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": 8, "robots": [ { "slug": "ecovacs-bajie", "name": "Bajie", "name_local": "八界", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/robots/ecovacs-bajie", "summary": "A mobile single-arm robot from Chinese company Ecovacs, sold as an open-source development platform and demonstrated tidying a desk, putting away toys and shoes, fetching objects and operating a washing machine. It is sold in mainland China only.", "vendor": { "name": "Ecovacs / 科沃斯", "country": "CN", "url": "https://www.ecovacs.cn/" }, "status": "shipping", "teleop_assisted": false, "confidence": "unconfirmed", "updated": "2026-09-27", "tags": [ { "slug": "laundry", "label": "Laundry", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/laundry", "capabilities": [ 4 ] }, { "slug": "tidying", "label": "Tidying up", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/tidying", "capabilities": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "slug": "fetching", "label": "Fetching and carrying", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/fetching", "capabilities": [ 3 ] } ], "generality": { "execution": "adaptive", "initiation": "demonstration", "gating": "vendor-curated", "gating_note": "Vendor markets Bajie as a fully open developer stack built around 45 named atomic capabilities that can be composed or extended via zero-code demonstration replication, rather than as an open-ended natural-language interface for end consumers. The vendor has not said how a home user, as opposed to a developer, issues tasks.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-5" ] }, "capabilities": [ { "claim": "Tidies a desktop, organizing loose items.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-6" ] }, { "claim": "Puts toys away into storage.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-6" ] }, { "claim": "Organizes shoes, lining them up in a hallway.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-6" ] }, { "claim": "Fetches and hands over a requested object.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-6" ] }, { "claim": "Starts and operates a washing machine.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-6" ] }, { "claim": "Ships as an open-source robot development platform with 45 composable \"atomic capabilities\" (原子能力) and supports \"zero-code\" (零代码) replication of demonstrated scenarios for new tasks.", "maturity": "claimed", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-5" ] } ], "availability": [ { "region": "CN", "state": "shipping", "price": { "amount": 49990, "currency": "CNY", "note": "Official price as reported in press. The vendor's own store page lists the product at CNY 20, which may be a deposit or reservation item; the vendor does not say." }, "released": "2026-06-18", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-3", "src-4", "src-6" ] }, { "region": "HK", "state": "unavailable", "released": null, "note": "The vendor restricts sale and use to mainland China, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] } ], "availability_checked": { "as_of": "2026-09-27", "statement": "The vendor restricts sale and use of Bajie to mainland China and has said nothing about any other market.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, "market_access": [], "global_release_statement": { "text": "\"仅限中国大陆地区销售及使用（港澳台除外）\" -- translated: \"For sale and use in mainland China only (Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan excluded).\"", "source": "src-1", "retrieved": "2026-09-27" }, "gates": { "multi_task": { "pass": true, "note": "Vendor names five distinct chore categories: desktop tidying, toy storage, shoe organising, fetch/hand objects, and washing-machine operation.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-2" ] }, "manipulation": { "pass": true, "note": "OpenClaw arm, vendor-specced 800mm span / 1kg payload, RGBD+ToF sensing.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, "ai_autonomy": { "pass": true, "note": "Vendor describes an integrated open-source AI agent (\"集成开源AI智能体， 从底层能力到上层应用全栈可编程\") across 45 composable \"atomic capabilities,\" with \"zero-code rapid replication\" (零代码快速复刻) of demonstrated scenarios -- a demonstration-based learned-skill architecture, not fixed programming. The vendor has not published a statement that the robot takes open natural-language instructions.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-5" ] }, "home_path": { "pass": true, "note": "On sale in mainland China since 2026-06-18. The price is reported inconsistently: press gives an official price of CNY 49,990, while the vendor's own store page lists the product at CNY 20. The sale itself is not in question.", "evidence": [ "src-3", "src-4" ] } }, "specs": { "diameter_mm": 465, "height_range_mm": "850-1290 (adjustable)", "arm_reach_mm": 800, "arm_payload_kg": 1, "gripper_range_mm": "0-100", "max_speed_mps": 0.4, "battery_type": "LiFePO4", "charge_time_h": 3, "runtime_arm_h": 2.55, "runtime_interactive_h": 3.6, "display": "7-inch touchscreen", "warranty_months": 12 }, "sources": [ { "id": "src-1", "publisher": "Ecovacs", "kind": "vendor", "language": "zh", "url": "https://mall.ecovacs.cn/product-6391.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "note": "Vendor store page. Restricts sale and use to mainland China and lists the product at CNY 20." }, { "id": "src-2", "publisher": "Ecovacs", "kind": "vendor", "language": "zh", "url": "https://www.ecovacs.cn/", "retrieved": "2026-09-14" }, { "id": "src-3", "publisher": "IT之家", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://www.ithome.com/0/973/670.htm", "retrieved": "2026-09-14" }, { "id": "src-4", "publisher": "凤凰网财经", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://finance.ifeng.com/c/8u3K53O8IEw", "retrieved": "2026-09-14" }, { "id": "src-5", "publisher": "CSDN", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://blog.csdn.net/csdnnews/article/details/163912458", "retrieved": "2026-09-15", "note": "Developer-focused description of the open-source AI agent and zero-code demonstration replication of the 45 atomic capabilities." }, { "id": "src-6", "publisher": "Korben", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://korben.info/en/bajie-ecovacs-home-robot-open-tinkerers-not-open-source.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-19", "note": "Independent English-language coverage of the five demonstrated chore scenarios and the CNY 49,990 price. It notes these are vendor demonstrations, with no independent verification of real-world performance." } ] }, { "slug": "future-not-far", "name": "Futuring 2", "name_local": "未来不远F2", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/robots/future-not-far", "summary": "A wheeled two-armed home robot from Chinese company Futuring Robot, used in households for tidying and floor cleaning, pet feeding and litter cleaning, children's games and medication reminders. It is sold in mainland China from CNY 36,000 and has also been rented to households at RMB 3,000 a month.", "vendor": { "name": "Futuring Robot (未来不远机器人)", "country": "CN", "url": "https://futuringrobot.com/" }, "status": "shipping", "teleop_assisted": false, "confidence": "vendor-claim", "updated": "2026-09-27", "tags": [ { "slug": "laundry", "label": "Laundry", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/laundry", "capabilities": [ 10 ] }, { "slug": "dishes", "label": "Dishes", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/dishes", "capabilities": [ 6, 10 ] }, { "slug": "cooking", "label": "Cooking and drinks", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/cooking", "capabilities": [ 6, 7 ] }, { "slug": "tidying", "label": "Tidying up", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/tidying", "capabilities": [ 0 ] }, { "slug": "fetching", "label": "Fetching and carrying", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/fetching", "capabilities": [ 4, 9 ] }, { "slug": "pet-care", "label": "Pet care", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/pet-care", "capabilities": [ 3 ] }, { "slug": "companionship", "label": "Company and conversation", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/companionship", "capabilities": [ 1, 2, 5, 7 ] }, { "slug": "reminders", "label": "Reminders and scheduling", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/reminders", "capabilities": [ 4 ] } ], "generality": { "execution": "adaptive", "initiation": "unknown", "gating": "unknown", "gating_note": "No published statement says whether the robot is restricted to a validated task list or will attempt tasks beyond it, or how a task is started (app, voice or schedule).", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-4" ] }, "capabilities": [ { "claim": "Cleans and tidies floors, wipes tables and surfaces, and returns toys and slippers to their place.", "maturity": "shipped", "evidence": [ "src-2", "src-3", "src-8" ] }, { "claim": "Helps children with reading, drawing guidance, and English conversation practice.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-2" ] }, { "claim": "Plays chess, riddles, ring-toss and basketball-style games, and block-building with children, and helps schedule homework.", "maturity": "shipped", "evidence": [ "src-8", "src-6", "src-7" ] }, { "claim": "Automatically dispenses food and water for pets, cleans litter boxes, and plays with pets (e.g. with a laser pointer), including remote interactive play while nobody is at home.", "maturity": "shipped", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-8" ] }, { "claim": "Reminds and helps deliver medication to elderly household members.", "maturity": "shipped", "evidence": [ "src-8" ] }, { "claim": "Plays music for, converses with, and provides physical support to elderly users standing up.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-6", "src-7" ] }, { "claim": "Runs a morning routine: weather-based clothing suggestions, help preparing breakfast, and kitchen cleanup.", "maturity": "shipped", "evidence": [ "src-8" ] }, { "claim": "Runs an evening routine: yoga companionship, tea preparation, and entertaining children.", "maturity": "shipped", "evidence": [ "src-8" ] }, { "claim": "Performs round-the-clock home security patrol with emergency response.", "maturity": "shipped", "evidence": [ "src-8" ] }, { "claim": "Serves tea and water, retrieves deliveries/packages, and helps locate items on request.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-6", "src-7" ] }, { "claim": "Independently operates household appliances -- washing machines, dryers and dishwashers -- as part of tidying tasks.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-6", "src-7" ] } ], "availability": [ { "region": "CN", "state": "shipping", "price": { "amount": 36000, "currency": "CNY" }, "released": "2026-04-09", "evidence": [ "src-6", "src-7", "src-8" ] } ], "availability_checked": { "as_of": "2026-09-27", "statement": "The vendor describes its household service as being across China and has named no market outside mainland China.", "evidence": [ "src-4" ] }, "market_access": [], "global_release_statement": null, "gates": { "multi_task": { "pass": true, "note": "Vendor and press describe at least three distinct household task types: children's education/companionship (drawing guidance, picture-book reading, English conversation practice), light housework (organising toys and slippers, floor cleaning), and pet care (litter-box cleaning, feeding, play).", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-4" ] }, "manipulation": { "pass": true, "note": "Wheeled platform with dual 7-axis arms (16th hardware iteration), explicitly built for grasping tasks such as litter cleaning, tidying and feeding.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, "ai_autonomy": { "pass": true, "note": "Vendor describes a proprietary \"AVLA\" architecture that splits tasks into many short \"expert\" sub-models coordinated by a scheduler, layered with a world-model step that predicts the success probability of a planned action before executing it. The vendor's own site describes this as having evolved into a \"Self-Evolving WAM\" (World Action Model): every real-home deployment feeds its predictions, actual results and failure cases back into training data. This is a named, specific technical approach with an explicit real-world-data feedback loop, not a marketing adjective.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-4" ] }, "home_path": { "pass": true, "note": "Real consumer-paid deployment already under way: rented to several hundred households (500 per press, 300+ per the vendor's own current site) at RMB 3,000/month, with reservations once booked to the end of the year. The current generation, Futuring 2, launched in April 2026 at a starting retail price of RMB 36,000.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-4", "src-5", "src-6", "src-7" ] } }, "specs": { "dof_total": 21, "sensor_count": 24, "repeatability_mm": 0.05, "force_control_n": 0.1, "obstacle_clearance_mm": 20, "runtime_h": 8, "standby_h": 24, "gripper_type": "dual-claw two-finger gripper", "body_material": "high-resilience eco-friendly ABS with silicone", "arm_config": "2 x 7-axis arms (wheeled base, non-bipedal)", "dof_note": "Three reports on the current Futuring 2 generation give 21 degrees of freedom; one earlier report on \"the F2 model\" gives 22." }, "sources": [ { "id": "src-1", "publisher": "36Kr", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://www.36kr.com/p/3952867368648073", "retrieved": "2026-09-21", "date": "2026-08-24", "note": "Profile of the company: household rental at RMB 3,000 a month, about 500 Shanghai households, and cost reduction to RMB 20,000-30,000 per robot." }, { "id": "src-2", "publisher": "GeekPark (极客公园)", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://www.geekpark.net/news/367817", "retrieved": "2026-09-21" }, { "id": "src-3", "publisher": "Huxiu (虎嗅)", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://www.huxiu.com/article/4885439.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-21", "note": "Coverage of ByteDance's investment in the company." }, { "id": "src-4", "publisher": "Futuring Robot", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://futuringrobot.com/", "retrieved": "2026-09-21", "note": "Official vendor site. Describes the AVLA / Self-Evolving WAM architecture, household deployment, and a user base of 300+ households with 30,000+ service hours and a 96.8% satisfaction figure, all vendor-reported and unverified." }, { "id": "src-5", "publisher": "36Kr (English edition)", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3952867368648073", "retrieved": "2026-09-21", "date": "2026-08-24", "note": "English edition of the 36Kr profile. States the company reduced robot cost to RMB 20,000-30,000 (a cost figure, not a retail price), rented robots to families at RMB 3,000 a month, and reached about 500 Shanghai households." }, { "id": "src-6", "publisher": "AIC Show", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://www.aicshow.cn/news/518.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-22", "date": "2026-04-13", "note": "Launch report for the current generation, Futuring 2 (F2), announced 9 April 2026: starting price RMB 36,000, 21 joints, and capabilities across five household scenarios." }, { "id": "src-7", "publisher": "Sohu (搜狐)", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://www.sohu.com/a/1008948277_180520", "retrieved": "2026-09-22", "note": "Independent coverage of the 9 April 2026 Futuring 2 launch, with the same product name, price and capability list." }, { "id": "src-8", "publisher": "GeekPark (极客公园)", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://www.geekpark.net/news/362543", "retrieved": "2026-09-22", "note": "Feature on households (300+, across Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hangzhou) using the robot day to day. Distinguishes tasks it describes as performed in homes from tasks named only in launch material. Also the source for the degrees-of-freedom, sensor and precision figures." } ] }, { "slug": "fourier-gr-3", "name": "GR-3", "name_local": "GR-3（管家机器人）", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/robots/fourier-gr-3", "summary": "A 165 cm humanoid robot from Chinese company Fourier Intelligence, presented as a care and companionship robot and demonstrated fetching items on a spoken request, patrolling a home, greeting visitors and holding conversation. It is sold in mainland China, where preorders opened in September 2025; no price has been published.", "vendor": { "name": "Fourier Intelligence", "country": "CN", "url": "https://www.fftai.com/" }, "status": "shipping", "teleop_assisted": false, "confidence": "vendor-claim", "updated": "2026-09-27", "tags": [ { "slug": "fetching", "label": "Fetching and carrying", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/fetching", "capabilities": [ 0 ] }, { "slug": "companionship", "label": "Company and conversation", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/companionship", "capabilities": [ 3, 6, 8 ] } ], "generality": { "execution": "adaptive", "initiation": "natural-language", "gating": "unknown", "gating_note": "No vendor statement found on whether the robot is restricted to a validated task list or is open-ended.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-2" ] }, "capabilities": [ { "claim": "When told a need in natural language (e.g. \"I'm thirsty\"), identifies the actual request, locates the relevant beverage or object in the home, and delivers it.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-2" ] }, { "claim": "Performs home security patrols.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-2" ] }, { "claim": "Greets and receives visitors.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-2" ] }, { "claim": "Provides daily companionship and casual conversation.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-2" ] }, { "claim": "Distinguishes the functional areas of a home (e.g. kitchen, living room, bedroom) to navigate to the location relevant to a task.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-2" ] }, { "claim": "Multiple GR-3 units can operate in the same space at once, with automatic path-conflict avoidance between them.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-2" ] }, { "claim": "Engages users through facial micro-expressions, eye/iris movement, and full-body touch sensing with tactile feedback.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-3" ] }, { "claim": "Walks with multiple gait styles (standard walking, a swaying gait, and a small-step jog) and can bend, lean back and squat.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-3" ] }, { "claim": "Plays chess against a person, with real-time board perception and move planning.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-7" ] }, { "claim": "Supports hot-swappable battery packs to extend continuous operating time.", "maturity": "claimed", "evidence": [ "src-6" ] }, { "claim": "Supports remote teleoperation as an interface option, for immersive human control of the robot.", "maturity": "claimed", "evidence": [ "src-6" ] } ], "availability": [ { "region": "CN", "state": "shipping", "released": null, "note": "Preorders opened on 8 September 2025 with an October 2025 delivery window; a product database listed it as in production in September 2026. No CNY price or exact release date has been published.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-5" ] } ], "availability_checked": { "as_of": "2026-09-27", "statement": "Fourier has published no price for GR-3 and has named no market outside mainland China.", "evidence": [ "src-7" ] }, "market_access": [ { "region": "US", "regime": "fcc-covered-list", "state": "unknown", "note": "FCC's Covered List rule for foreign-produced advanced robotic devices took effect 2026-07-28. A domestic end product (US manufacture plus a domestic-component-cost share of 65% through 2028) is not covered. GR-3 is manufactured in China; no source states a US assembly step or domestic-component share. Models that received FCC equipment authorisation before that date may still be imported, marketed and sold, but may not be modified except for certain software and firmware updates allowed under an FCC waiver until at least 1 January 2029; a product not authorised by that date is not grandfathered. No source states whether GR-3 received FCC authorisation before that date. Fourier has shown GR-3 publicly in the US (CES 2026, Las Vegas) without announcing US sales, so whether the rule would bar its import or sale there is unestablished either way.", "evidence": [ "src-8", "src-9" ] } ], "global_release_statement": null, "gates": { "multi_task": { "pass": true, "note": "Independent Chinese trade press (ZOL) describes the robot fetching and delivering items around the home (for example, bringing a drink after hearing \"I'm thirsty\"), which is a physical household chore, and providing daily companionship and conversation, which counts as a second task type. The same source also describes security patrol and visitor reception; those are not counted towards this criterion. English-language product-database coverage frames the robot as a care and companion product and does not mention delivery; it does not contradict it.", "evidence": [ "src-2" ] }, "manipulation": { "pass": true, "note": "Vendor states multi-DOF dexterous hands, 55 DOF total, independently reported by Chinese tech press.", "evidence": [ "src-3" ] }, "ai_autonomy": { "pass": true, "note": "Independent press describes a dual-path \"fast/slow thinking\" architecture (a hardcoded reflex path plus LLM-based reasoning for complex requests) and states the robot responds accurately to vague natural-language requests without any item location or room function being pre-marked, perceiving the actual environment rather than replaying a fixed map. Not verified by independent hands-on testing.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-2" ] }, "home_path": { "pass": true, "note": "Preorder opened 2025-09-08 with a confirmed October 2025 launch and delivery start, plus an early-bird discount programme. A year on, an independent product-database listing shows it as \"in production\" with an indicative (unconfirmed) USD price.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-5" ] } }, "specs": { "height_cm": 165, "mass_kg": 71, "dof_total": 55, "dof_breakdown": "head: 2, each arm: 7, waist: 3, each leg: 6, hands: 6 or 12 depending on hand configuration", "payload_single_hand_kg": 3, "arm_span_mm": "1395 (up to 1759 with 12-DOF hands)", "battery_wh": "702 + 234 (two packs)", "runtime_h": 3, "charge_time_h": 1.5, "battery_hot_swappable": true }, "sources": [ { "id": "src-1", "publisher": "Sina Tech (新浪财经)", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/digi/2025-09-08/doc-infptvcp4580828.shtml", "retrieved": "2026-09-21", "date": "2025-09-08", "note": "Report of the preorder launch and October 2025 delivery window." }, { "id": "src-2", "publisher": "ZOL (中关村在线)", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://ai.zol.com.cn/1217/12171131.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-21", "date": "2026-07-18", "note": "Covers a live demo at the World AI Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, in a purpose-built mock home rather than a real household." }, { "id": "src-3", "publisher": "PConline (太平洋科技)", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://pconline.com.cn/zhizao/1977/19774512.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-21" }, { "id": "src-5", "publisher": "Humanoid.guide", "kind": "independent", "language": "en", "url": "https://humanoid.guide/product/fourier-gr-3/", "retrieved": "2026-09-21", "note": "Third-party product database. Lists GR-3 as in production, with an indicative USD 80,000 price that it marks as estimated. Frames GR-3 as a care and companionship product and does not mention delivery or patrol." }, { "id": "src-6", "publisher": "Fourier Intelligence", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://support.fftai.com/en/docs/GR-X-Humanoid-Robot/GR3/GR-3_Introduction/", "retrieved": "2026-09-22", "note": "Vendor technical documentation: physical specifications, battery, sensors, hot-swap batteries and the teleoperation interface." }, { "id": "src-7", "publisher": "Fourier Intelligence (PR Newswire)", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fourier-makes-ces-debut-with-gr-3-a-next-generation-care-focused-humanoid-robot-302654565.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-22", "note": "Vendor release on the GR-3 showcase at CES 2026 in Las Vegas: chess, dance and touch interaction. Gives no price, consumer release date or international rollout plan." }, { "id": "src-8", "publisher": "Sidley Austin LLP", "kind": "independent", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.sidley.com/en/insights/newsupdates/2026/08/fcc-adds-all-foreign-produced-advanced-robotic-devices-to-the-covered-list", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "date": "2026-08-07", "note": "Law-firm summary of the FCC Covered List decision: the domestic-content test, the conditional-approval route, and the limits on changes to robots authorised before 2026-07-28." }, { "id": "src-9", "publisher": "Wiley Rein LLP", "kind": "independent", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.wiley.law/alert-FCC-Adds-Foreign-Produced-Power-Inverters-and-Advanced-Robotic-Devices-to-the-Covered-List", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "date": "2026-07-30", "note": "Law-firm summary of the FCC decision: models authorised before 2026-07-28 may still be imported, marketed and sold, but may not be modified except for certain software and firmware updates allowed under a blanket waiver in place until at least 1 January 2029." } ] }, { "slug": "weave-isaac-1", "name": "Isaac 1", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/robots/weave-isaac-1", "summary": "A mobile two-armed home robot from US company Weave Robotics that picks up, folds and puts away laundry and tidies beds, toys and clutter, with remote teleoperation assistance when needed. It is on preorder in the US, with first deliveries to California planned for fall 2026.", "vendor": { "name": "Weave Robotics", "country": "US", "url": "https://www.weaverobotics.com/" }, "status": "preorder", "teleop_assisted": true, "confidence": "vendor-claim", "updated": "2026-09-27", "tags": [ { "slug": "laundry", "label": "Laundry", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/laundry", "capabilities": [ 0 ] }, { "slug": "tidying", "label": "Tidying up", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/tidying", "capabilities": [ 1 ] } ], "generality": { "execution": "unknown", "initiation": "app", "gating": "unknown", "gating_note": "The vendor has not said whether a broader model sits underneath the two named Flows or whether Laundry Flow and Daily Reset are the product's whole repertoire.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, "capabilities": [ { "claim": "Laundry Flow: finds and picks up dirty clothes, including from a loaded hamper, and folds clothes and puts them away; may also load or unload a washer/dryer depending on home setup.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-4", "src-5" ] }, { "claim": "Daily Reset: makes beds, fixes pillows and blankets, and returns children's toys, pet toys, shoes and other clutter to their place.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-5" ] }, { "claim": "New capabilities are added over time through over-the-air software updates.", "maturity": "claimed", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] } ], "availability": [ { "region": "US", "state": "preorder", "price": { "amount": 7999, "currency": "USD", "note": "Outright price; a $449/month subscription is also offered, secured with a fully refundable $250 deposit." }, "released": null, "evidence": [ "src-1" ] } ], "availability_checked": { "as_of": "2026-09-27", "statement": "The vendor names no market outside the United States. It says deliveries go to California first, from fall 2026, with broader US availability following through 2027.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, "market_access": [ { "region": "US", "regime": "fcc-covered-list", "state": "unknown", "note": "FCC's Covered List rule for foreign-produced advanced robotic devices took effect 2026-07-28. A domestic end product (US manufacture plus a domestic-component-cost share of 65% through 2028) is not covered. The vendor states Isaac 1 is \"designed and assembled in San Francisco\", but does not publish its domestic-component share, which the test also requires. Models that received FCC equipment authorisation before that date may still be imported, marketed and sold, but may not be modified except for certain software and firmware updates allowed under an FCC waiver until at least 1 January 2029; a product not authorised by that date is not grandfathered. No source states whether Isaac 1 received FCC authorisation before that date, so whether the rule affects it is unestablished.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-6", "src-7" ] } ], "global_release_statement": { "text": "First shipments begin in fall of 2026. Deliveries to California come first, with broader U.S. availability following through 2027.", "source": "src-1", "retrieved": "2026-09-27" }, "gates": { "multi_task": { "pass": true, "note": "Two named flows covering distinct chore types: Laundry Flow (pickup, fold, put-away) and Daily Reset (bed-making, pillow/blanket, toy/shoe/clutter return).", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, "manipulation": { "pass": true, "note": "Vendor specifies two 6-DoF arms and 1-DoF hands (simple grippers), with stated reach and height range.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, "ai_autonomy": { "pass": true, "note": "The vendor states: \"Isaac 1 is autonomous for Laundry Flow and Daily Reset by default, with teleoperation assistance when needed to guarantee we complete tasks.\" The Robot Report describes the same split independently (\"designed to iterate autonomously by default, using remote teleoperation assistance only when necessary\"). New Atlas's coverage of the predecessor Isaac 0 describes it folding several garment types (t-shirts, shorts, long-sleeves) without intervention while harder garments (pants, undergarments, pillowcases) go to a short human correction. Tasks are started from a phone app. No named model, training approach or description of recovery from error has been published.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-2", "src-3" ] }, "home_path": { "pass": true, "note": "Fully refundable $250 deposit; $7,999 up-front or $449/month once shipped; first shipments in fall 2026 to California, with broader US availability through 2027.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] } }, "specs": { "height_range": "3'0\" - 5'9\" (collapsible)", "vertical_reach_in": 80, "horizontal_reach_in": 38, "footprint_in": "20.5 x 22 (W x D)", "battery_life_h": 8, "charge_time_h": 2, "connectivity": "Wi-Fi", "dof": "neck: 2, arms: 2x6, hands: 2x1, torso: 2, base: 3" }, "sources": [ { "id": "src-1", "publisher": "Weave Robotics", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.weaverobotics.com/isaac-1", "retrieved": "2026-09-27" }, { "id": "src-2", "publisher": "The Robot Report", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/weave-robotics-launches-isaac-first-mobile-humanoid-robot/", "retrieved": "2026-09-19", "note": "Independent launch report describing Isaac as autonomous by default, with remote teleoperation assistance when needed." }, { "id": "src-3", "publisher": "New Atlas", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://newatlas.com/robotics/weave-robotics-isaac-robot-fold-laundry-teleoperation/", "retrieved": "2026-09-19", "note": "Describes the predecessor Isaac 0 folding several garment types autonomously while routing harder garments to a brief human correction." }, { "id": "src-4", "publisher": "Weave Robotics", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://x.com/weaverobotics/status/2072362542698287535", "retrieved": "2026-09-19", "note": "Vendor post on the Isaac 1 launch. It states the predecessor Isaac 0, a separate laundry-folding product, 'has been shipping across California for months' and has 'folded for 2000+ hours'; these are vendor figures about Isaac 0, not independently verified. No Isaac 1 unit had been delivered." }, { "id": "src-5", "publisher": "The Gadgeteer", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/07/31/weave-isaac-1-robot-folds-laundry/", "retrieved": "2026-09-19", "date": "2026-07-31", "note": "Independent coverage of the Isaac 1 launch, consistent with vendor claims on Laundry Flow and Daily Reset. Not a hands-on test: no unit had shipped at publication." }, { "id": "src-6", "publisher": "Sidley Austin LLP", "kind": "independent", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.sidley.com/en/insights/newsupdates/2026/08/fcc-adds-all-foreign-produced-advanced-robotic-devices-to-the-covered-list", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "date": "2026-08-07", "note": "Law-firm summary of the FCC Covered List decision: the domestic-content test, the conditional-approval route, and the limits on changes to robots authorised before 2026-07-28." }, { "id": "src-7", "publisher": "Wiley Rein LLP", "kind": "independent", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.wiley.law/alert-FCC-Adds-Foreign-Produced-Power-Inverters-and-Advanced-Robotic-Devices-to-the-Covered-List", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "date": "2026-07-30", "note": "Law-firm summary of the FCC decision: models authorised before 2026-07-28 may still be imported, marketed and sold, but may not be modified except for certain software and firmware updates allowed under a blanket waiver in place until at least 1 January 2029." } ] }, { "slug": "sunday-memo", "name": "Memo", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/robots/sunday-memo", "summary": "A two-armed home robot from US company Sunday Robotics, shown clearing a table, loading and running a dishwasher, folding socks and brewing espresso. It is not on sale anywhere; the vendor is recruiting households for an invite-only beta programme launching in late 2026.", "vendor": { "name": "Sunday Robotics", "country": "US", "url": "https://www.sunday.ai/" }, "status": "announced", "teleop_assisted": false, "confidence": "vendor-claim", "updated": "2026-09-27", "tags": [ { "slug": "laundry", "label": "Laundry", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/laundry", "capabilities": [ 2 ] }, { "slug": "dishes", "label": "Dishes", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/dishes", "capabilities": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "slug": "cooking", "label": "Cooking and drinks", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/cooking", "capabilities": [ 4 ] }, { "slug": "tidying", "label": "Tidying up", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/tidying", "capabilities": [ 3 ] } ], "generality": { "execution": "adaptive", "initiation": "demonstration", "gating": "unknown", "gating_note": "Vendor's own framing centres on learning from human demonstration (the Skill Capture Glove) rather than natural-language instruction; no statement found on how open-ended in-use tasking is.", "evidence": [ "src-3" ] }, "capabilities": [ { "claim": "Clears the table after a meal: collects utensils, plates, cups and wine glasses, clears napkins, and dumps food scraps.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, { "claim": "Loads and runs the dishwasher.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, { "claim": "Folds socks from a pile of laundry.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, { "claim": "Puts away shoes.", "maturity": "claimed", "evidence": [ "src-3" ] }, { "claim": "Brews an espresso shot with crema.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] } ], "availability": [], "availability_checked": { "as_of": "2026-09-27", "statement": "Memo is not on sale in any market. The vendor says it will not be available for purchase until its beta testing is complete, and has named no market or price; its invite-only beta programme is launching in late 2026.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-2", "src-4" ] }, "market_access": [ { "region": "US", "regime": "fcc-covered-list", "state": "unknown", "note": "FCC's Covered List rule for foreign-produced advanced robotic devices took effect 2026-07-28. A domestic end product (US manufacture plus a domestic-component-cost share) is not covered. No source states where Memo is manufactured or its domestic-component share. Models that received FCC equipment authorisation before that date may still be imported, marketed and sold, but may not be modified except for certain software and firmware updates allowed under an FCC waiver until at least 1 January 2029; a product not authorised by that date is not grandfathered. No source states whether Memo received FCC authorisation before that date, and it is not yet purchasable anywhere, so whether the rule affects it is unestablished.", "evidence": [ "src-5", "src-6" ] } ], "global_release_statement": { "text": "Memo will not be available for purchase until after we complete our beta testing in 2026.", "source": "src-1", "retrieved": "2026-09-27" }, "gates": { "multi_task": { "pass": true, "note": "Five distinct vendor-listed tasks across kitchen, laundry and tidying: clearing the table, running the dishwasher, folding clothes, putting away shoes, brewing espresso.", "evidence": [ "src-3" ] }, "manipulation": { "pass": true, "note": "Dual arms reaching 7ft or to ground level, vendor-described compliant control.", "evidence": [ "src-3" ] }, "ai_autonomy": { "pass": true, "note": "Vendor states the robot is trained on ~10M episodes captured in 500+ real homes via a patented \"Skill Capture Glove\" -- an explicit imitation-learning / learned-policy approach tasked by demonstration, not fixed programming.", "evidence": [ "src-3" ] }, "home_path": { "pass": true, "note": "Not yet for sale, but a named, dated, invite-only \"Founding Family\" beta programme, free to participating households and launching in late 2026. No price has been announced; the vendor's own estimate of the cost to build one Memo by hand today is USD 20,000, and it says large-scale manufacturing will reduce costs by at least 50%.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-2", "src-3" ] } }, "specs": { "reach": "ground level to 7 ft with arms; typically operates at 4 ft", "speed_relative_to_human": "~50%, for safety and precision" }, "sources": [ { "id": "src-1", "publisher": "Sunday Robotics", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.sunday.ai/", "retrieved": "2026-09-27" }, { "id": "src-2", "publisher": "Sunday Robotics", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.sunday.ai/beta-program", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "note": "Vendor beta-programme page: invite-only, no cost to participate, launching late 2026." }, { "id": "src-3", "publisher": "Sunday Robotics (GlobeNewswire)", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/11/19/3191274/0/en/Sunday-Launches-Memo-the-Robot-That-Actually-Learns-Your-Home.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-14" }, { "id": "src-4", "publisher": "Humanoids Daily", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/sunday-robotics-raises-165m-to-transition-from-demos-to-real-world-deployment", "retrieved": "2026-09-19", "date": "2026-03-12", "note": "Independent report that all demonstrations were lab-based as of March 2026, with a stated goal of placing units in real homes by Thanksgiving 2026." }, { "id": "src-5", "publisher": "Sidley Austin LLP", "kind": "independent", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.sidley.com/en/insights/newsupdates/2026/08/fcc-adds-all-foreign-produced-advanced-robotic-devices-to-the-covered-list", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "date": "2026-08-07", "note": "Law-firm summary of the FCC Covered List decision: the domestic-content test, the conditional-approval route, and the limits on changes to robots authorised before 2026-07-28." }, { "id": "src-6", "publisher": "Wiley Rein LLP", "kind": "independent", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.wiley.law/alert-FCC-Adds-Foreign-Produced-Power-Inverters-and-Advanced-Robotic-Devices-to-the-Covered-List", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "date": "2026-07-30", "note": "Law-firm summary of the FCC decision: models authorised before 2026-07-28 may still be imported, marketed and sold, but may not be modified except for certain software and firmware updates allowed under a blanket waiver in place until at least 1 January 2029." } ] }, { "slug": "1x-neo", "name": "NEO", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/robots/1x-neo", "summary": "A bipedal humanoid home robot from 1X Technologies that folds laundry, tidies shelves, opens doors and fetches items, with a remote human operator available for chores it has not learned. It is on preorder in the US at $20,000, with first deliveries planned for 2026.", "vendor": { "name": "1X Technologies", "country": "US", "url": "https://www.1x.tech/" }, "status": "preorder", "teleop_assisted": true, "confidence": "vendor-claim", "updated": "2026-09-27", "tags": [ { "slug": "laundry", "label": "Laundry", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/laundry", "capabilities": [ 0 ] }, { "slug": "tidying", "label": "Tidying up", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/tidying", "capabilities": [ 0 ] }, { "slug": "fetching", "label": "Fetching and carrying", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/fetching", "capabilities": [ 1 ] }, { "slug": "reminders", "label": "Reminders and scheduling", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/reminders", "capabilities": [ 3 ] } ], "generality": { "execution": "adaptive", "initiation": "natural-language", "gating": "verified-list", "gating_note": "NEO attempts the tasks it has been trained on autonomously. For anything else the vendor states: \"For any chore that NEO doesn't yet know, owners can schedule a 1X Expert to guide it through unknown tasks.\" Chores are requested with \"a simple verbal command\" or \"the click of a button\".", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-3" ] }, "capabilities": [ { "claim": "Folds laundry, organizes shelves, and tidies spaces.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-4" ] }, { "claim": "Opens doors, fetches items, and turns off lights on request.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, { "claim": "Uses \"Audio Intelligence\" to recognize when it is being addressed and \"Visual Intelligence\" to use what it sees to enhance interactions.", "maturity": "claimed", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, { "claim": "Retains memory across conversations and helps with scheduling, reminders, grocery lists, and tracking language lessons.", "maturity": "claimed", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] } ], "availability": [ { "region": "US", "state": "preorder", "price": { "amount": 20000, "currency": "USD", "note": "Early-access outright price; a $499/month subscription is also offered, secured with a $200 refundable deposit." }, "released": null, "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-4", "src-6" ] } ], "availability_checked": { "as_of": "2026-09-27", "statement": "The vendor names no market other than the United States, saying only that it will \"expand to other markets starting in 2027\". No price, date or order route has been published for any other market.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, "market_access": [ { "region": "US", "regime": "fcc-covered-list", "state": "unknown", "note": "FCC added foreign-produced advanced robotic devices to the Covered List effective 2026-07-28. A domestic end product (US manufacture plus a domestic-component-cost share of 65% through 2028) is not covered at all. NEO is built at 1X's own factory in Hayward, California, which would place it outside the rule if it also meets the domestic-content share, but no source states NEO's domestic-component percentage. Models that received FCC equipment authorisation before that date may still be imported, marketed and sold, but may not be modified except for certain software and firmware updates allowed under an FCC waiver until at least 1 January 2029; a product not authorised by that date is not grandfathered. No source states whether NEO received FCC authorisation before that date.", "evidence": [ "src-2", "src-5", "src-7" ] } ], "global_release_statement": { "text": "1X will start delivering NEOs primarily in the U.S in 2026 and expand to other markets starting in 2027.", "source": "src-1", "retrieved": "2026-09-27" }, "gates": { "multi_task": { "pass": true, "note": "Vendor product page lists 6+ distinct chore types: laundry folding, shelf organising/tidying, door opening, fetching items, turning off lights, plus a scheduling/list-assistant layer.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, "manipulation": { "pass": true, "note": "Bipedal humanoid with hands; laundry-folding and object handling shown in vendor material.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, "ai_autonomy": { "pass": true, "note": "Vendor states routine/trained tasks run autonomously on-device via 1X's in-house \"Redwood\" AI model -- a learned policy trained on teleoperated demonstration data, confirmed by independent press coverage of the model's release. Tasks outside the trained set are completed by a remote human operator (\"1X Expert\"): autonomy for known tasks, with a human fallback for the rest.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-3" ] }, "home_path": { "pass": true, "note": "Open pre-orders, published price ($20,000 outright or $499/month subscription), stated 2026 US shipping window expanding to other markets in 2027.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-2" ] } }, "specs": { "mass_kg": 29.9, "lift_capacity_kg": 68, "lift_capacity_note": "One vendor page gives \"over 150 pounds (68 kg)\"; the vendor's specification page gives \"Lift: 154 lbs\", as did October 2025 press coverage of the pre-order launch (154 lb, 69.8 kg).", "height": "5'6\"", "battery_wh": 842, "runtime_h": 4, "quick_charge": "6 minutes of charging per hour of runtime", "carry_capacity_kg": 24.9, "hand_dof": 22, "noise_level_db": 22 }, "sources": [ { "id": "src-1", "publisher": "1X Technologies", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.1x.tech/discover/neo-home-robot", "retrieved": "2026-09-27" }, { "id": "src-2", "publisher": "1X Technologies (GlobeNewswire)", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/04/30/3285118/0/en/1x-opens-neo-factory-in-hayward-ca-america-s-first-vertically-integrated-humanoid-robot-factory-with-consumer-shipments-planned-for-2026.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-14" }, { "id": "src-3", "publisher": "The Robot Report", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/1xs-neo-humanoid-gains-autonomy-with-new-redwood-ai-model/", "retrieved": "2026-09-15", "note": "Independent report of 1X's named in-house AI model, Redwood, and the autonomy it gives NEO." }, { "id": "src-4", "publisher": "The Robot Report", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/1x-announces-pre-order-launch-neo-humanoid-robot/", "retrieved": "2026-09-19", "date": "2025-10-30", "note": "Independent report of the pre-order launch: price, weight, lift and carry figures, and the 2026 US / 2027 international shipping timeline. It does not independently verify NEO's functional claims." }, { "id": "src-5", "publisher": "Sidley Austin LLP", "kind": "independent", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.sidley.com/en/insights/newsupdates/2026/08/fcc-adds-all-foreign-produced-advanced-robotic-devices-to-the-covered-list", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "date": "2026-08-07", "note": "Law-firm summary of the FCC Covered List decision: the domestic-content test, the conditional-approval route, and the limits on changes to robots authorised before 2026-07-28." }, { "id": "src-6", "publisher": "1X Technologies", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.1x.tech/neo", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "note": "Vendor specification page: height, weight, lift and carry figures, degrees of freedom, battery capacity and run-time." }, { "id": "src-7", "publisher": "Wiley Rein LLP", "kind": "independent", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.wiley.law/alert-FCC-Adds-Foreign-Produced-Power-Inverters-and-Advanced-Robotic-Devices-to-the-Covered-List", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "date": "2026-07-30", "note": "Law-firm summary of the FCC decision: models authorised before 2026-07-28 may still be imported, marketed and sold, but may not be modified except for certain software and firmware updates allowed under a blanket waiver in place until at least 1 January 2029." } ] }, { "slug": "switchbot-onero-h1", "name": "onero H1", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/robots/switchbot-onero-h1", "summary": "A household robot from SwitchBot, whose parent company Wonderlabs is based in Shenzhen, demonstrated loading a washing machine and claimed to load and run a dishwasher. It is not yet on sale; the vendor lists it as \"Coming Soon\" at USD 9,999 in the US and EUR 9,999 in its EU store.", "vendor": { "name": "SwitchBot (Wonderlabs)", "country": "CN", "url": "https://www.switch-bot.com/" }, "vendor_origin_note": "SwitchBot runs a full Japanese consumer operation (switchbot.jp), but its parent company, Wonderlabs, is based in Shenzhen, China.", "status": "announced", "teleop_assisted": false, "confidence": "vendor-claim", "updated": "2026-09-27", "tags": [ { "slug": "laundry", "label": "Laundry", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/laundry", "capabilities": [ 0 ] }, { "slug": "dishes", "label": "Dishes", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/dishes", "capabilities": [ 1 ] } ], "generality": { "execution": "adaptive", "initiation": "unknown", "gating": "unknown", "gating_note": "The vendor describes its \"Omni Sense VLA\" system as integrating vision, depth, touch and language, but has not said how a user starts a task (voice, app or free-form instruction) or whether the robot will attempt tasks beyond laundry and dishwashing.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, "capabilities": [ { "claim": "Loads a washing machine: grasps laundry, pushes it in, and opens/closes the door.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-5", "src-6" ] }, { "claim": "Loads and runs a dishwasher.", "maturity": "claimed", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, { "claim": "Works alongside vacuum/mopping robots, handling tasks \"above\" floor level while those robots handle the floor.", "maturity": "claimed", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, { "claim": "Continuously optimizes its movements, learning from every household task it performs.", "maturity": "claimed", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] } ], "availability": [ { "region": "US", "state": "announced", "price": { "amount": 9999, "currency": "USD", "note": "Listed as 'Coming Soon' on the vendor's page, with no way to order." }, "released": null, "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, { "region": "EU", "state": "announced", "price": { "amount": 9999, "currency": "EUR", "note": "Listed as 'Coming Soon' in the vendor's EU store, with no way to order." }, "released": null, "evidence": [ "src-10" ] }, { "region": "JP", "state": "announced", "released": null, "note": "The vendor's Japanese press release says the products it showed at CES 2026, including onero H1, are also planned for sale in Japan in stages. No Japanese price or date has been published.", "evidence": [ "src-11" ] } ], "availability_checked": { "as_of": "2026-09-27", "statement": "Beyond the United States, the EU and Japan, the vendor has published no price or date for onero H1 in any market.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-10", "src-11" ] }, "market_access": [ { "region": "US", "regime": "fcc-covered-list", "state": "unknown", "note": "Onero H1 is made by a Shenzhen-based company (Wonderlabs) and listed for eventual US sale at USD 9,999. As a foreign-produced advanced robotic device it falls under FCC's Covered List rule, effective 2026-07-28. Models that received FCC equipment authorisation before that date may still be imported, marketed and sold, but may not be modified except for certain software and firmware updates allowed under an FCC waiver until at least 1 January 2029; a product not authorised by that date is not grandfathered. No source states whether Onero H1 received FCC authorisation before that date, or whether SwitchBot has sought a Department of War conditional approval or a domestic-content exemption, the other routes to lawful import and sale in the US. The vendor's page still reads \"Coming Soon\" with no way to order.", "evidence": [ "src-8", "src-9" ] } ], "global_release_statement": null, "gates": { "multi_task": { "pass": true, "note": "Vendor states laundry and dishwashing tasks -- two distinct chore types. Independent CES 2026 press coverage (Engadget, Verge) confirms a laundry-loading demo; dishwashing is vendor-claimed but was not independently observed on the show floor.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-6" ] }, "manipulation": { "pass": true, "note": "Observed loading a washing machine at CES 2026 and IFA 2026 (independent press); vendor and press describe grasping, pushing and door-opening.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-5", "src-6" ] }, "ai_autonomy": { "pass": true, "note": "Vendor names its own \"Omni Sense VLA\" system explicitly as a vision-language-action model integrating vision, depth, touch and language.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, "home_path": { "pass": true, "note": "Vendor's own product page reads \"Coming Soon\" with no active add-to-cart, but independent CES coverage (Engadget, Forbes) reports SwitchBot stating preorders will open \"this year\" for \"under $10k,\" and vendor-sponsored Japanese press describes purchase applications opening from Japan with a 2026 general release. Together these describe an announced release window, though ordering is not yet open.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-3", "src-4", "src-6", "src-7" ] } }, "specs": {}, "sources": [ { "id": "src-1", "publisher": "SwitchBot", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.switch-bot.com/products/onero-h1", "retrieved": "2026-09-27" }, { "id": "src-2", "publisher": "SwitchBot", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.switch-bot.com/pages/events-ces-2026", "retrieved": "2026-09-14" }, { "id": "src-3", "publisher": "Impress Watch", "kind": "press", "language": "ja", "url": "https://www.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2076885.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-14", "date": "2026-01-09" }, { "id": "src-4", "publisher": "Kadenfan / Impress Watch (SwitchBot-sponsored content)", "kind": "press", "language": "ja", "url": "https://kaden.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/topic/special/2080073.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-14", "date": "2026-01-28" }, { "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" }, { "id": "src-6", "publisher": "Engadget", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.engadget.com/home/smart-home/switchbot-came-to-ces-with-a-laundry-robot-you-might-actually-be-able-to-buy-153000025.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-15", "note": "CES 2026 report of SwitchBot stating preorders would open this year at under $10k." }, { "id": "src-7", "publisher": "Forbes", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/paullamkin/2026/01/04/switchbots-onero-h1-robot-wants-to-clean-your-home/", "retrieved": "2026-09-15", "date": "2026-01-04", "note": "Independent CES 2026 coverage." }, { "id": "src-8", "publisher": "Sidley Austin LLP", "kind": "independent", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.sidley.com/en/insights/newsupdates/2026/08/fcc-adds-all-foreign-produced-advanced-robotic-devices-to-the-covered-list", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "date": "2026-08-07", "note": "Law-firm summary of the FCC Covered List decision: the domestic-content test, the conditional-approval route, and the limits on changes to robots authorised before 2026-07-28." }, { "id": "src-9", "publisher": "Wiley Rein LLP", "kind": "independent", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.wiley.law/alert-FCC-Adds-Foreign-Produced-Power-Inverters-and-Advanced-Robotic-Devices-to-the-Covered-List", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "date": "2026-07-30", "note": "Law-firm summary of the FCC decision: models authorised before 2026-07-28 may still be imported, marketed and sold, but may not be modified except for certain software and firmware updates allowed under a blanket waiver in place until at least 1 January 2029." }, { "id": "src-10", "publisher": "SwitchBot", "kind": "vendor", "language": "en", "url": "https://eu.switch-bot.com/products/onero-h1", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "note": "Vendor's EU store page: lists onero H1 at EUR 9,999 as 'Coming Soon', with no way to order." }, { "id": "src-11", "publisher": "SWITCHBOT株式会社 (PR TIMES)", "kind": "vendor", "language": "ja", "url": "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000148.000057002.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "date": "2026-01-08", "note": "Vendor's Japanese press release on its CES 2026 line-up, including onero H1, stating that the products shown are also planned for sale in Japan in stages. It gives no Japanese price or date." } ] }, { "slug": "gigaai-shiguang-s1", "name": "SeeLight S1", "name_local": "拾光S1", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/robots/gigaai-shiguang-s1", "summary": "A household robot from the Chinese company GigaAI, shown in demonstrations cooking, clearing dishes into a dishwasher and folding laundry. It is not on sale anywhere; units have been placed in Wuhan homes on a free trial basis.", "vendor": { "name": "GigaAI / 极佳视界 (湖北极佳视界机器人)", "country": "CN", "url": "https://www.gigaai.cc/" }, "status": "beta", "teleop_assisted": false, "confidence": "unconfirmed", "updated": "2026-09-27", "tags": [ { "slug": "laundry", "label": "Laundry", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/laundry", "capabilities": [ 3 ] }, { "slug": "dishes", "label": "Dishes", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/dishes", "capabilities": [ 2 ] }, { "slug": "cooking", "label": "Cooking and drinks", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/cooking", "capabilities": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "slug": "tidying", "label": "Tidying up", "page": "https://anzubo.com/en/tasks/tidying", "capabilities": [ 4, 5 ] } ], "generality": { "execution": "adaptive", "initiation": "natural-language", "gating": "unknown", "gating_note": "Co-founder Zhu Zheng is quoted in press saying a user can give the robot a natural-language command and it will interpret the request. No published statement says whether the robot will attempt tasks outside a validated set.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-6", "src-7", "src-8" ] }, "capabilities": [ { "claim": "Retrieves food and heats it in the microwave to prepare breakfast.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-7", "src-8" ] }, { "claim": "Chops vegetables and fries eggs while cooking.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-10" ] }, { "claim": "Clears dishes from the table and loads a dishwasher.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-7", "src-8" ] }, { "claim": "Removes laundry from a dryer, folds it, and puts it away in a wardrobe.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-7", "src-8" ] }, { "claim": "Organizes books.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-7", "src-8" ] }, { "claim": "Makes a bed and opens curtains.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-10" ] }, { "claim": "Responds to natural-language commands: co-founder Zhu Zheng is quoted describing it as \"not completing pre-written scripts... A user can give it a natural-language command, and it can interpret the request,\" and press describes it adapting when furniture layout changes and continuing a task if interrupted.", "maturity": "demonstrated", "evidence": [ "src-7", "src-8" ] } ], "availability": [ { "region": "CN", "state": "announced", "released": null, "note": "Not for sale. Wuhan families can apply for a free home trial. The Wuhan municipal government's May 2026 announcement puts selection of the first users in the third quarter of 2026, with the list published and the trial phase begun in the first half of 2027; a June 2026 report describes one household visited with a unit and says the 100-household trial was due to open in the third quarter of 2026. Other reports describe 100 units already in homes by June 2026, and the sources disagree. In September 2026 the company described a 100-unit order for real households, with operation at scale planned for the third quarter of 2026.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-7", "src-11", "src-12", "src-13" ] } ], "availability_checked": { "as_of": "2026-09-27", "statement": "The home trial is limited to households in Wuhan, and the vendor has named no market outside mainland China.", "evidence": [ "src-11", "src-12" ] }, "market_access": [], "global_release_statement": null, "gates": { "multi_task": { "pass": true, "note": "Press reports cooking, washing and folding clothes, and clearing tables as demonstrated tasks -- three distinct types.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-2" ] }, "manipulation": { "pass": true, "note": "Press describes physical handling of clothing and dishware during demonstrated tasks.", "evidence": [ "src-1" ] }, "ai_autonomy": { "pass": true, "note": "Press (X/RoboHub) describes the robot as \"world-model driven,\" reading the task, planning a motion path, and executing with arms and body; separately, Chinese press describes it \"adapting its strategy to fabric type and object placement rather than running preset scripts.\" Both are press paraphrases and no vendor-published statement confirms either, but two independent outlets describe a learned policy rather than fixed programming.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-6" ] }, "home_path": { "pass": true, "note": "Aimed at households in Wuhan through a free trial that families apply for. The Wuhan municipal government's May 2026 launch report says the first 100 units go first to Optics Valley talent apartments for scenario testing and then into homes, with first-user selection in the third quarter of 2026, and the list published and the trial phase begun in the first half of 2027; a June 2026 reporter visit found a unit in use in one household. Other June 2026 reports describe 100 units already in homes, and the sources disagree on this. A wider family rollout is reported as planned for the first half of 2027. No vendor-published source confirms any of this. Under either account there is a household programme with an announced timetable, which meets this criterion.", "evidence": [ "src-1", "src-7", "src-10", "src-11", "src-12" ] } }, "specs": {}, "sources": [ { "id": "src-1", "publisher": "科技日报", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://www.stdaily.com/web/gdxw/2026-05/21/content_520170.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-14" }, { "id": "src-2", "publisher": "新浪财经", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://finance.sina.com.cn/wm/2026-05-26/doc-inhzfwqk1296914.shtml", "retrieved": "2026-09-14" }, { "id": "src-3", "publisher": "搜狐 (press-release repost)", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://www.sohu.com/a/1026306159_100171209", "retrieved": "2026-09-14" }, { "id": "src-6", "publisher": "RoboHub (X/Twitter)", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://x.com/XRoboHub/status/2057395287736701072", "retrieved": "2026-09-15", "note": "Independent English-language description of the robot as world-model driven: it reads the task, plans a motion path and executes it." }, { "id": "src-7", "publisher": "eWeek", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.eweek.com/news/giga-ai-seelight-humanoid-robots-home-trial-apac-china/", "retrieved": "2026-09-19", "date": "2026-06-07", "note": "Report of a 100-unit home trial described as already under way, with a direct co-founder quote on natural-language, non-scripted operation." }, { "id": "src-8", "publisher": "Interesting Engineering", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/china-humanoid-robot-enters-real-homes", "retrieved": "2026-09-19", "date": "2026-06-08", "note": "Account of the 100-unit trial, task list and natural-language operation, consistent with eWeek; also notes performance limits (slow book-organizing and garment-folding, difficulty with cups)." }, { "id": "src-10", "publisher": "South China Morning Post", "kind": "press", "language": "en", "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3354371/commercial-humanoid-robots-china-may-soon-do-laundry-make-beds-care-elders", "retrieved": "2026-09-19", "date": "2026-05-21", "note": "Independent report of cooking (chopping and frying), bed-making and curtain-opening, and of a wider Wuhan family rollout planned for the first half of 2027." }, { "id": "src-11", "publisher": "Hubei Daily (湖北日报)", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://news.hubeidaily.net/pc/c_5613011.html", "retrieved": "2026-09-22", "date": "2026-06-08", "note": "Reporter’s visit to one household in Wuhan’s Guanggu district using a unit; states the 100-household Wuhan trial (free, by application) was due to open in the third quarter of 2026. The CEO gives a current per-unit cost of CNY 200,000 and a goal of under CNY 100,000 through mass production, a manufacturing cost rather than a consumer price." }, { "id": "src-12", "publisher": "Wuhan Municipal People's Government (武汉市人民政府)", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://www.wuhan.gov.cn/sy/whyw/202605/t20260521_2766942.shtml", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "date": "2026-05-21", "note": "Municipal government news report of the launch: the first 100 units go first to Optics Valley talent apartments for scenario testing and then gradually into real homes; families apply free through the vendor's WeChat channel; first-user selection in the third quarter of 2026, and the list published and the trial phase begun in the first half of 2027." }, { "id": "src-13", "publisher": "IPO早知道 (Tencent News)", "kind": "press", "language": "zh", "url": "https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260902A04M5L00", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "date": "2026-09-02", "note": "Report of company disclosures: a 100-unit order for real households in China, operation at scale planned for the third quarter of 2026, and a next-generation SeeLight S2 planned for the same quarter." } ] } ] }