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Product launches, deployments and evidence updates that change the household-robot picture.
Tau Robotics is offering invite-only one-hour humanoid cleanings in San Francisco for $30. Its terms say a trained human controls every visit in real time, while the recorded footage trains models intended for later autonomy.
Roborock’s UK store currently lists the Saros Z70 at £998.99, making it one of the few consumer robots sold here with an arm that can move selected objects.
SwitchBot’s UK store lists the K20+ Pro at £599.99. It combines a compact cleaning robot with a modular mobile platform for cameras and other household accessories.
Sunday Robotics reports 99.1% autonomous success across 785 laundry-folding attempts in diverse unseen homes, covering nine garment types.
1X published new technical detail on NEO’s hands, including 25 degrees of freedom and tendon-driven actuation aimed at household manipulation.
Figure’s Helix 02 demonstration combines walking, wiping, toy collection, pillow handling and container use in one long-horizon living-room task.
Weave Robotics began limited California shipments of its stationary laundry-folding robot, giving the category a rare example of real household deployment.
Roborock’s Saros Rover uses two independently controlled wheel-legs to climb and clean stairs, including curved and carpeted designs. The launch date remains unconfirmed.
LG used CES 2026 to show CLOiD handling domestic tasks including laundry and kitchen work with two multi-jointed arms and five-finger hands.