Home robots
Home robots are made to work inside people's homes, doing chores like vacuuming, mopping and tidying up.
Latest, from October 31, 2026: Matic's home robot can now snap a photo on command.
Companies in this coverage include Matic and Tau Robotics.
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- Matic's home robot can now snap a photo on command
Matic shipped a "Hey Matic, cheese" voice command that has its home robot take a low-res photo and send it to the owner's app over local Wi-Fi, with no cloud upload, co-founder Mehul says. After an owner pushed back on privacy, Mehul said Matic should have explained it better and let users choose to turn it on.
- Tau Robotics offers humanoid home cleaning in SF, by invite
Tau Robotics sends two humanoid robots and a human supervisor to San Francisco homes to clean. RT reported a $60-per-visit weekly plan. Tau says the robots aren't fully autonomous and bookings are invite-only.