Building Humanoids
For Real Homes
We deploy humanoid robots today using human-in-the-loop telepresence. Every interaction trains the next generation of physical AI.
The Technical Thesis
Full autonomy in unstructured home environments is years away – for everyone. The manipulation, reasoning, and safety requirements are unsolved problems. Many humanoid companies show visions of home robots, but build applications for commercial spaces.
We took a different path: deploy to homes now with human operators, generate real-world data at scale, and use that data to progressively automate. This isn’t a workaround – it’s the fastest route to physical AI that works.
Every teleoperation session creates training episodes. Every home deployment creates massive data variability.
First Home Test in 2023
We’ve built 3 generations of hardware since.
Robody — The Hardware
Designed for homes, proven in the field
Safety Isn’t a Spec — It’s the Starting Point
The robot is intentionally weak: 1.5kg per arm won’t win any lifting competitions, but it’s enough to pour tea, carry a plate, or hand someone their medication—and gentle enough that physical contact with a person is never a risk.
In real apartments, you’re always navigating around something, so the robot inevitably bumps into tabletops, doorframes, cabinets. That’s why the whole body is wrapped in a soft skin that absorbs impacts, fully enclosed with no exposed joints or mechanisms where a curious hand could get pinched.
And because Robody will live in someone’s home for years, it should feel like it belongs there. It wears clothes—families dress it how they like. And it has a face. Not a screen, not a blinking light, but a face that moves, expresses, and makes eye contact.
You Cannot Can Be at Two Places at Once
Robody’s telepresence system is built around embodiment, not remote control. The operator experiences a true first-person perspective: the VR headset streams stereoscopic video directly from Robody’s fisheye camera array.
Every hand motion is mapped one-to-one onto the robot’s end-effector. The result is a control loop that feels less like “operating a machine” and more like inhabiting a body.
Performance
Typical glass-to-glass latency stays under 200 ms on standard residential internet.
Teleoperation from China
Live control of our Robody in Munich from Shenzhen, over 9000km.
Robody in the Kitchen
Preparing meals in a real home kitchen environment.