Every robot you can actually buy

The cheapest robot you are likely to own: vacuums the floor on a schedule and goes back to charge.

A small cordless pool robot that cleans the pool floor: among the cheapest from a known brand.

A small window-cleaning robot that holds onto the glass by suction and wipes it in a pattern.

Ecovacs' top window robot (IFA 2026): stronger suction, three spray nozzles and eight cleaning modes, with a station.

A corded pool robot that scrubs the floor and the walls: the classic choice from the company that started the category.

A self-cleaning litter box: after each visit a drum turns and sifts the litter into a drawer.

A robot vacuum and mop with a folding five-joint arm that picks up socks, sandals and small towels (under 300 g) before cleaning.

A laundry-folding station. A February 2026 review: it folds "some of your laundry fairly badly".

A wheeled home robot that folds laundry and tidies rooms.

A countertop robot chef: you chop and load the ingredients, it doses them, stirs and controls the heat.

A soft humanoid made for the home. For jobs it cannot do alone yet, a 1X operator can guide it remotely.

A robot mower that needs no boundary wire: it finds the edges of the lawn by satellite positioning.

An entry robot mower from the company that started robot mowing, with camera vision in the 2026 range.

A yard robot with swappable modules: snow blower in winter, mower and leaf blower the rest of the year.

The top of Husqvarna's range, for very large lawns, steered by satellite with no wire.

A talking companion for children aged 5 to 10: chats, quizzes and plays learning games.

A tabletop companion for older people: it talks, reminds about medicines and starts video calls with the family.

A small robot pet on wheels that plays, follows you and reacts to your face and voice.

Sony's robot puppy: learns tricks, recognises family members and develops its own character.

A home robot on wheels with a pop-up camera mast: patrols the house while you are away.

The industrial robot dog: inspects factories, power plants and data centres, reading gauges and spotting leaks.

A real quadruped robot for hobbyists: walks, runs, climbs steps and follows you.

The cheapest walking humanoid on sale: 1.2 m, light, able to cartwheel. A platform for developers, not a housekeeper.

A 1.3 m humanoid used by universities and labs worldwide.

Unitree's newer full-size humanoid.

A full-size research humanoid, once the fastest-running humanoid robot.

One of the cheapest collaborative arms: a 3 kg payload arm that can work next to people.

The best-known collaborative arm: picks, packs, screws and tends machines next to people.

FANUC's collaborative arm for factory work next to people.

A robotic arm that helps surgeons cut bone precisely for knee and hip replacements.

The most used surgical robot: the surgeon sits at a console and moves its thin instrument arms inside the patient.

Intuitive's newest surgical system, and the most expensive robot here.