Flourish 1

Flourish 1 is a wheeled, arm-equipped home robot from Flourish Robots, a San Francisco startup that emerged from stealth on 29 September 2026 [s3][s4]. Owners teach it chores by physically demonstrating them in a phone app, without code. The company says a new chore takes about 30 minutes to teach. Launch materials list tasks such as picking up clothes, toys and shoes, wiping tables, watering plants and clearing a litter box [s1][s4].

The product page lists the robot at 3 ft 7 in tall and 44 lb, with a 12-hour runtime and a 3.3 lb lifting limit [s1]. The page does not say whether that limit applies per arm or to the whole robot. The Robot Report describes 1.5 kg per arm [s2]. Gadget Review says the robot cannot climb stairs, should not be exposed to water, and must not carry anything above the limit [s3]. The runtime and teaching figures are company claims, and no independent testing was available at launch [s3].

Flourish offers 50 numbered pre-orders at $3,555. A $1,555 deposit is refundable until shipping, and the company says deliveries begin in December 2026 [s1][s4]. The page includes six months of cloud compute with the purchase, then $50 a month if the owner wants it, or the owner can use their own GPU [s1]. The company raised a pre-seed round led by Families Fund and did not disclose the amount [s3][s4].