Architecture
Humanoid vs wheeled home robots
The home rewards human-scale reach and access to stairs, but also punishes weight, instability, energy use and unnecessary mechanical complexity.
| Humanoid | Wheeled | |
|---|---|---|
| Stairs | Potentially accessible | Usually inaccessible |
| Static stability | Active balance required | Generally high |
| Energy use | Legged locomotion adds cost | Efficient on level floors |
| Human-shaped spaces | Body proportions can match doors, worktops and reach envelopes | Telescoping torsos and arms can cover much of the same workspace |
| Current examples | NEO, onero H1 | Memo, Isaac 1, LG CLOiD |
What matters in a house
Most domestic work happens on level floors and around furniture designed for human reach. Stairs remain the clearest structural advantage for legs. Wheeled designs avoid the balance problem and can devote more mass, power and control budget to manipulation.