#home-robotics
#home-robotics
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fromThe Verge
2 months agoThis $7,999 robot will fold (some of) your laundry
If you have a spare $7,999 (plus a $250 deposit), hate folding laundry, and happen to live in the Bay Area, one-and-a-half-year-old startup Weave has the robot for you: Isaac 0. It takes Isaac 0 around 30-90 minutes to fold a load of laundry, Weave says. That's all it does - it's stationary and needs a regular wall outlet - and it can't tackle large blankets, bed sheets, or inside-out garments.
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fromBusiness Insider
3 months agoMan uses $4,999 autonomous snow blower to clear his driveway during winter storm: 'I'm inside sipping a coffee'
A 230-pound Yarbo autonomous snow blower cleared a 6,000 sq.ft. driveway during Winter Storm Fern while its owner watched inside, recharging autonomously.
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fromBusiness Insider
4 months ago5 ground-breaking (and strange) products you could soon buy from the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show
CES 2026 showcased over 4,000 exhibitors featuring practical, affordable consumer tech such as AI pets, stair-climbing robot vacuums, and rollable gaming laptops.
fromEngadget
4 months agoCES 2026 offered a lonely vision of the future
Buy enough of the devices it's presently working on and you'll exist in an environment of "ambient care," coddled by the machinery in your home. It sounds positively utopian: When the sensors in your bed know you've not slept well and are getting a cold, a robot will wake you with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. When you're in a rush to get to work, the robot will make you a sandwich for you to eat on the go,
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fromBusiness Insider
5 months agoThis startup bucked mainstream robotics training methods to teach a robot how to load the dishes
Sunday Robotics built Memo, a mobile home robot that autonomously clears tables, loads dishwashers, handles fragile items and performs household tasks using glove-based training.
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fromFortune
6 months agoNot even blue-collar jobs are safe from automation-the era of robots is here and for $20K you can already buy your first robo housekeeper | Fortune
An AI humanoid housekeeper, Neo, is available for $20,000 (or $499 six-month rental) to perform selected household chores with mixed results and safety limits.
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fromZDNET
8 months agoThe 9 coolest gadgets I saw at IFA Berlin 2025 (including picks you can actually buy)
IFA 2025 showcased standout consumer tech innovations that prioritize practical, non-AI advancements such as motion-aware lighting, lightweight AR glasses, and improved robotic convenience.
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