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ROBOTS AT HOME

Meet your future
housemates.

Humanoid robots, home robots and robot pets, explained.
Discover what they can do, how they learn, and what living with them means.

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FROM THE DESK TO THE FACTORY

Meet your next obsession.

Grab and drag, swipe, or use the arrows. Tab to a robot to open its profile.

01Education

Microduck standing beside a sofa during a balance demonstration — Microduck in a frame from a manufacturer balance demonstration.Image: Pollen Robotics

Microduck

Learners who want to train behaviors in simulation and eventually run them on real hardware.

$399 introductory preorder

02Humanoid

Full-length Atlas humanoid standing beside industrial equipment — Atlas in promotional imagery supplied by Boston Dynamics.Image: Boston Dynamics

Atlas

Readers following the transition from humanoid demonstrations to customer deployments.

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03Quadruped

Spot with all four legs visible in an industrial facility — Spot with inspection equipment in a manufacturer photograph.Image: Boston Dynamics

Spot

Industrial operators and research teams that need a configurable mobile sensing platform.

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04Humanoid

Unitree G1 humanoid balancing with one leg raised — G1 platform shown. EDU hardware and accessories depend on configuration.Image: Unitree

G1 EDU

Research teams working on locomotion, manipulation and embodied AI.

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05Companion

White Reachy Mini with two antennae and round eyes — Reachy Mini Wireless. Product image supplied by Pollen Robotics.Image: Pollen Robotics / Seeed Studio

Reachy Mini Wireless

Developers and curious makers exploring how software becomes a physical presence.

Check current regional price

06Companion

EMO desktop robot with illuminated eyes and headphones — EMO. Product image supplied by LivingAI.Image: LivingAI

EMO

People comparing playful desktop companions and their ongoing ownership requirements.

From $279

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Side view of the cream-colored NEO humanoid — NEO. Product image supplied by 1X.Image: 1X

THE BIG QUESTION 01

Who is really
in control?

A compelling demo is a beginning. The interesting part is understanding what a robot can do on its own, and where people still help.

Inside robot autonomy

EXPLAINERS, BUYING GUIDES & FIELD NOTES

Find your kind
of robot.

124 companions, learning platforms and machines at work.

The people behind
the progress.

99 companies shaping robotics and 3D printing.

Good ideas need
the right parts.

Controllers, actuators and sensors, with the connections explained.

THE COMPUTE MAP

Choose the job. Then the board.

A controller with a head start.

CoreS3, Atom and StickC package ESP32 hardware with screens, buttons or sensors. Check the exact model and expansion pin map.

Explore boards ESP32

Connected control, close to the hardware.

Run firmware for sensors, communication and local I/O. ESP32, S3 and C6 have different processors, memory options and peripheral support.

Explore boards Raspberry Pi

Linux host or microcontroller? Choose first.

Pi 4, Pi 5, Zero and Compute Module run Linux. Pico runs firmware. Many robot designs pair a Linux host with a separate motion controller.

A WORKSHEET FOR YOUR SHORTLIST

Found a robot? Budget for the whole thing.

Try the ownership calculator

FROM THE JOURNAL

Start with a good question.

Buying guides01

Robot gifts for Christmas 2026: which home robots arrive in time?

Of the home robots we checked at their makers' US stores, only Loona Petbot ($429) states delivery before Christmas for a 15 November order. Prices read on 27 October 2026.

6 MIN READ

Buying guides02

EMO vs Eilik: which desk robot should you buy?

EMO costs $279 and adds a camera, voice answers and sound tracking. Eilik costs $139.99, plays by touch and works offline. Prices read on 17 October 2026.

5 MIN READ

Buying guides03

Check on your pet from work with a camera robot

A moving camera lets you find, see and talk to your pet while you are out. Enabot's three models cost $169 to $999; here is how to choose and set one up.

5 MIN READ

OUR POINT OF VIEW

The future is interesting.
The details matter.

How we look at robots