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A carefully built directory of robots designed for life at home. Each published profile includes source provenance, a verification date, and the questions the evidence cannot yet answer.
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Search by role, availability, connectivity, and developer access. Every result uses the same normalized fields and keeps its source and verification date close to the value.
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Pre-orderPollen Robotics
A small biped with open-source software, built for play, physical AI, and reinforcement-learning experiments.
AvailablePollen Robotics
An expressive open-source desktop robot sold as a DIY kit, with camera, microphones, motion, and a growing app ecosystem.
AvailableKEYi Tech
A wheeled robot pet built around animated expression, games, voice interaction, home roaming, and remote camera access.
AvailableEnergize Lab
A small expressive desktop companion that works without Wi-Fi, with touch interactions, animations, and multi-robot play.
AvailableEnabot
A compact app-driven 2K movable camera with two-way audio, motion recording, and an unusually large battery.
AvailableEnabot
A self-charging 2K movable camera for pet play, remote family check-ins, alerts, and app-based home monitoring.
AvailableLivingAI
A walking desktop robot pet with a camera, four microphones, face recognition, voice interaction, games, expressive behavior, and app-connected updates.
AvailableLivingAI
A pocket-size camera-and-voice companion with face recognition, photography, expressive reactions, offline commands, online Q&A, reminders, games, and app-managed updates.
AvailableMiko
A small wheeled learning companion with a screen, voice interaction, an HD camera, games, stories, and parent-managed content for children.
AvailableTangibleFuture
A wheeled desktop base that turns a compatible iPhone or Android phone into an expressive AI companion, wireless charger, and motion-aware desk character.
AvailableEnabot
A self-charging mobile home camera with 2.5K video, two-way audio, app driving, tracking, patrols, local storage, and optional cloud recording.
AvailableRopet
A soft customizable companion robot built around touch, local daily interactions, animated expressions, a camera and microphone, app personalization, and an optional cloud drawing feature.
Pre-order1X
A full-size humanoid designed for household assistance, with a soft body, self-charging system, Redwood AI, scheduled remote Expert Mode, and US deliveries planned to begin in 2026.
AvailableUnitree Robotics
A compact biped sold in R1 Air, R1, and R1 EDU configurations, with a one-hour listed runtime and a lower starting price than Unitree's G1 platform.
AvailableUnitree Robotics
A 132 cm research-oriented humanoid with a depth camera, 3D LiDAR, about two hours of listed runtime, and an EDU family that expands joints, computing, hands, and developer access.
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