I Watched Tau Robotics’ Humanoid Robots Clean My Apartment

What happened

MIT Technology Review reporter Grace Huckins describes hiring Tau Robotics’ humanoid cleaning service in San Francisco. The robots are remotely piloted for many tasks, and their movements generate training data; the company says they can vacuum and mop without human help. In Huckins’s second visit, a robot cleaned the kitchen and toilet, though it still struggled with stairs and left some tasks unfinished.

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The story so far

MIT Technology Review reporter Grace Huckins hired Tau Robotics’ humanoid cleaning service in San Francisco and found that a robot cleaned her kitchen and toilet, but struggled with stairs and left some tasks unfinished. The company says its robots can vacuum and mop without human help, though they are remotely piloted for many tasks. Their movements also generate training data.