ROBOTMAIDS

General

Open doors

Current answer

Humanoid research and home-robot systems have demonstrated door manipulation, though handles and doors vary widely.

Period-style home scene with a modern household robot
RobotMaids editorial image · period-style scene

Door opening combines grasping, force control and whole-body motion. It matters because a robot that cannot pass between rooms has limited domestic usefulness.

What the job involves

  1. Find handle
  2. Grasp
  3. Operate latch
  4. Control door motion
  5. Pass through safely

Robots doing this job

RobotAssessment
NEO
1X
DEMONSTRATED

Sources

  1. 1X — Redwood AIManufacturer technical article · 10 Jun 2025