For $3,555 you can reserve one of 50 numbered home robots that its maker says will learn a chore from you in half an hour. Flourish Robots’ own terms of sale add that the Flourish 1 is “an experimental product,” sold “as is,” with no warranty and no returns once it’s delivered.
That’s a big gap between the pitch and the paperwork, and it’s the part most coverage skipped. The Flourish 1 price is a fraction of what 1X asks for NEO, and CNET called it the cheapest humanoid robot its reviewer had heard of. It also comes with a home page that asks for a $1,555 deposit and a contract that says payment is “taken in full at the time of order.” Here’s what the robot is, what Flourish has promised and what you’d be agreeing to.
What $3,555 buys
Flourish Robots, which emerged from stealth on September 29, calls the Flourish 1 a “home robot.” Coverage has called it a humanoid, but it rolls. The Robot Report describes a six-wheeled base, two arms with two-fingered grippers and a camera on each wrist, and a small lidar near the floor. The Robot Report also reports that the computer inside is a Raspberry Pi, which keeps the cost down but means the heavy AI work happens elsewhere (more on that below).
| Spec | What Flourish says |
|---|---|
| Price | $3,555, first 50 units, numbered 01 to 50 |
| Delivery | Ships December 2026, which the terms call “a good-faith estimate” and “not a guaranteed date” |
| Height and weight | 3 ft 7 in (about 1.1 m) and 44 lb (about 20 kg) |
| Reach | Floor to 35 in |
| Payload | 3.3 lb listed on the product page; the terms say it can’t handle objects over 1.5 kg (the same weight), and The Robot Report says that’s per arm |
| Runtime | 12 hours (The Robot Report says that’s arm operation) |
The company’s list of chores includes picking up shoes, clothes and toys, loading the dishwasher, wiping tables, watering plants, fetching items and clearing a cat litter box. The terms spell out what it can’t do: work around water, handle sharp objects or climb stairs. It’s also “not a childcare, eldercare, medical, or security device.”
Teaching it means driving it first
The selling point is the training. You build a task in the app, then hold your phone and move it as if you were doing the job, and the arms mirror you. Flourish says you do that a few times for about 30 minutes, and an hour later the robot is ready to do the task on its own and on a schedule. It’s teleoperation, with you as the operator, followed by a round of cloud training. (Our explainer on teleoperation versus autonomy covers why that distinction matters when you read a robot demo.)
Flourish CEO Antoine Marcel told CNET that in normal operation no human is remotely controlling the robot. He also said the robot learns the task rather than a fixed path, so shoes “don’t need to be in exactly the same place every day.”
How well that works is a company claim. Flourish’s site says “a year ago a taught task worked 60% of the time. Today it’s 80%. Tomorrow we’re going for 99.” It doesn’t say which tasks, how many trials or whose homes. The Robot Report says the company was founded in January, so it’s also unclear what “a year ago” measured. Flourish’s terms add that product videos and demonstrations “are illustrative” and that the robot “will sometimes fail at tasks it performed correctly the day before.”
A $1,555 deposit, or $3,555 today?
The home page button says “Reserve for $1,555,” and the pricing box says “$1,555 deposit today, fully refundable until shipping.” The terms of sale say something else: “Payment is taken in full at the time of order.” Both pages were live when we checked on Sunday, October 11. The terms are dated September 8, three weeks before the launch, which may explain the mismatch. Flourish hasn’t said which one governs.
The reserve button opens a Stripe payment page. We didn’t start a checkout, so we can’t say what it charges. The terms do give one firm protection: you can cancel for a full refund at any time before your unit ships, and if the December date slips Flourish has to offer a revised date or a refund under the Federal Trade Commission’s mail-order rule. Once the robot is delivered, the terms say “all sales are final.” There’s no trial period.
The fine print on kids, cameras and the cloud
Marcel told CNET, “It’s a product launch, not a paid beta.” The terms call the robot “experimental” and “not a finished consumer appliance.” They also say the robot can’t be used in any commercial, industrial, medical or care setting and that owners must supervise it around children, animals and vulnerable adults. One line is blunt: “The robot works around your children. It does not look after them.” Marcel told CNET the robot is designed to stop moving when it detects a person or animal entering its working area. The terms don’t mention a safety certification, and we didn’t find one.
The cloud is part of the deal. The product page says six months of cloud compute are included, then $50 a month, optional, or you can use your own GPU. The Robot Report says the robot needs a network connection for “thinking.” Flourish’s privacy policy says live operation sends camera data to its servers, where it’s processed and not stored, while recordings you approve when teaching a task are kept and used to improve the models. Deleted recordings leave backups within 14 days, but the policy says data already folded into a trained model “cannot be individually extracted.” Decline to record and you can’t teach new tasks.
How the price compares
None of these are like-for-like. Prices are each maker’s published figure, checked October 11.
| Robot | Published price | Form |
|---|---|---|
| Flourish 1 | $3,555, 50 units, December estimate | Wheeled, two arms |
| Unitree R1 | $4,900 (R1 Air) to $5,900 in Unitree’s store feed (our price guide) | Walking humanoid |
| Astribot T1 | “Starting at” $18,000 (our Astribot report) | Wheeled, two arms, for developers |
| 1X NEO | $20,000, or $499 a month, with a $200 deposit; US deliveries “start 2026” (our NEO status page) | Home humanoid |
CNET’s Ajay Kumar wrote that the price “strikes me as optimistic on the company’s part, especially given what sounds like a limited production run of just 50 units.” Marcel told CNET the robots are “already in the manufacturing and assembly process” and that batteries, with a lead time of about two months, are the main supply-chain risk. He also said Flourish isn’t selling the units at a loss. For a wider look at what’s realistic, see our guide to humanoid robots for home use.
What nobody has shown yet
We haven’t found an independent test, an unedited video of a full chore from start to finish, or a safety certification. Flourish hasn’t said how many units are built today. The first real evidence will be December: whether the first 50 owners get a robot on time, and whether the 80% claim survives someone else’s kitchen.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Flourish 1 cost?
Flourish Robots says the Flourish 1 costs $3,555 for the first 50 units. The home page asks for a $1,555 deposit, refundable until shipping, while the terms of sale say payment is taken in full at the time of order. Taxes, duties and shipping are extra unless stated at checkout.
Is the Flourish 1 a humanoid robot?
Flourish calls it a home robot. It has a head, a torso and two arms but moves on a wheeled base rather than legs, so some outlets call it humanoid-style. Our piece on bipedal versus wheeled humanoids explains the trade-off.
When will the Flourish 1 ship?
Flourish says deliveries begin in December 2026. Its terms call that a good-faith estimate, not a guarantee, and promise a revised date or a full refund if shipping slips.
Does the Flourish 1 come with a warranty?
No. The terms say it’s sold “as is” with no warranty, and that all sales are final after delivery. You can cancel for a full refund before it ships.
Does the Flourish 1 need the internet?
Mostly, yes. The Robot Report says the robot needs a network connection for higher-level “thinking,” and the privacy policy says live camera data is sent to Flourish’s servers. Owners can run the workloads on their own computer instead.
Sources
All accessed October 11, 2026.
- Flourish Robots, product page (price, specs, deposit, “what it can’t do”): flourish-robots.com
- Flourish Robots, Terms of Sale (last updated September 8, 2026): flourish-robots.com/term-of-sales
- Flourish Robots, Privacy Policy (last updated September 8, 2026): flourish-robots.com/privacy-policy
- Flourish Robots, “Flourish Robots Launches Flourish 1, a $3,555 Home Robot Built to Give People Their Potential Back” (press release, September 29, 2026): PR Newswire
- Mike Oitzman, “Meet Flourish One, the Raspberry Pi-powered humanoid built for busy parents,” The Robot Report (September 29, 2026): therobotreport.com
- Ajay Kumar, “This $3,555 Humanoid Robot Learns New Chores in 30 Minutes, Startup Says,” CNET (September 29, 2026): cnet.com
- 1X, order page (price check, October 11, 2026): 1x.tech/order
- Unitree, store product feed (price check, October 11, 2026): shop.unitree.com
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