Robots for home are rapidly dropping in price.
The San Francisco-based startup Weave Robotics launched its first humanoid-style home helper, named Isaac, in 2024, priced at $59,000 or $1,385 monthly. They followed that with a more refined iteration, the Isaac 0, in early 2026 priced at $7,999 or $450 for a monthly subscription.
The YCombinator-backed startup just introduced its most advanced and cheapest robot yet, the Isaac 1.
The wheeled robot has a collapsible base that shrinks to 3 feet or under 1 meter. Its exterior is changeable fabric for a furniture-like aesthetic. Its battery lasts 8 hours per charge.
According to Weave, it excels at locating and picking up dirty clothes, handling hampers, folding clothing, and putting items away. It operates autonomously via a companion smartphone app for on-demand or scheduled tasks. It’s powered by Weave’s inhouse AI that combines imitation learning, vision, touch sensing, and multi-step planning. There’s an option to fall back to teleoperation for tricky scenarios, and updates are available over-the-air.
The Isaac 1 is priced at $7,999 outright or $449 per month, which undercuts 1X Technologies’ NEO humanoid that costs $20,000 grand or $499 per month. NEO, however, has the advantage of legs so it can go up and down stairs. Isaac also has basic robot grippers, while NEO’s five-fingered dexterous hands are among the most advanced coming to market.
Shipments are planned for fall 2026 for California buyers, with wider availability in 2027.