Decide if a home robot is worth it for you
Voxel is a two-legged home robot from Tuesday Labs, built to tidy up, fetch things, water plants and remember where it last saw your phone. Here's what it really is today, plus a prompt that helps you decide whether a home robot is worth it for you.
By Alan Brown
🤖 This $20,000 robot butler will find your keys for you.
- 🏢 It's called Voxel, from Tuesday Labs in New York, founded by former Boston Dynamics engineer Ros Shinkle, who worked on Spot's robot arm.
- 🦿 It walks on two Z-shaped legs, has two arms and sees your home through stereo cameras. It's built to tidy rooms, fetch things like drinks, water your plants and remember where it last saw your phone or wallet.
- 🎨 Animators with Pixar experience designed how it moves, so it comes across as polite, a little anxious and obsessed with doing chores right.
- 🗓️ You can reserve one now with a fully refundable $200 deposit. The estimated price is about $20,000, with US deliveries planned for 2028: www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/tuesday-labs-voxel-home-robot-reservations
Context & limitations
The robot in the launch video is a prototype and Tuesday Labs expects to substantially redesign the hardware before delivery. The $20,000 price and 2028 date are estimates, and reservations need a US delivery address for now.
Do this yourself
A $20,000 robot that won't ship until 2028 is a big, early bet. This prompt walks through what you'd actually use it for, what it can't do yet, and the privacy questions to ask before you put down a deposit.
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