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Real or hype? Evidence-based robot verdicts

Human-reviewed autonomy verdicts for every frontier robot, weighing vendor claims against independent evidence. Green means genuinely autonomous — supervised, remote-assisted, and teleoperated each get their own color.

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3 verdicts

iRobot Roomba Combo 10 Max

Autonomous

iRobot

The iRobot Roomba Combo 10 Max is a flagship consumer robot vacuum and mop system launched in August 2024 at $1,399.99 MSRP, pairing a robot with an AutoWash dock that self-empties debris (60-day capacity), refills the mopping water tank (7-day supply), and washes/heat-dries the mop pad.

confidence 0.88⚔ 4 conflictsFloor Cleaning

1X NEO

Remote-Assisted

1X Technologies

The 1X NEO is a bipedal humanoid home robot developed by 1X Technologies (formerly Halodi Robotics), available for pre-order at $20,000 upfront or $499/month subscription, with consumer deliveries planned for 2026.

confidence 0.88⚔ 4 conflictsHumanoid Household Robots

Mobile ALOHA (Stanford)

Autonomous

Stanford University

Mobile ALOHA is a research platform developed at Stanford University (IRIS/REAL Lab) by Zipeng Fu, Tony Z.

confidence 0.82⚔ 4 conflictsHousehold Manipulation