For $200 you can claim a numbered place in line for Voxel, a two-legged “droid butler” that tidies your home, fetches your keys and waters your plants. Tuesday Labs, a New York City startup, opened reservations for the Voxel Series-1 on October 20, 2026, and estimates the robot will cost about $20,000 when it ships in 2028.
The more interesting document is the one most people won’t read. Tuesday Labs’ reservation agreement says the Voxel in its launch videos is “a concept and development prototype,” that the company expects to “substantially redesign” the hardware before delivery, that the $20,000 figure “is not binding,” and that the robot doesn’t have the FCC equipment authorization it needs before it can be delivered. That’s a lot of open questions for a first production run that won’t ship for at least two years.
- Price: an estimated $20,000, which Tuesday Labs says is not binding and may change. A $200 fully refundable reservation holds a numbered Series-1 unit.
- Delivery: “expected to begin in 2028 and may be later,” U.S. addresses only, possibly starting in select areas.
- Status: reservations opened October 20, 2026. The robot shown is a concept prototype, and Tuesday Labs expects to substantially redesign it.
- The catch: no FCC equipment authorization yet, no published height, weight or battery life, and your deposit isn’t held in escrow.
What Tuesday Labs says Voxel will do
Tuesday Labs’ Voxel page lists four jobs. “Home Reset” puts things back where they belong. “Find” tells you where Voxel last saw your phone or wallet. “Fetch” brings you a book, a drink or your keys. “Tend” waters your plants. Those are company descriptions of a robot that isn’t finished, and the page doesn’t say how much of that Voxel does on its own today or how often a person steps in.
The hardware list is more specific than the chores. Tuesday Labs says Voxel has two seven-degree-of-freedom arms with fully actuated wrists, ending in simple one-degree-of-freedom grippers rather than fingered hands. It walks on Z-shaped legs with “impact-aware” feet, which the company says keep each footstep about as loud as “an adult walking in loafers across wood flooring.” Stereo RGB cameras handle objects up close while a wide-field camera keeps the room in view. Voxel talks back with tones and spoken language, and a panel on the robot lets you stop it, send it home, change its volume and set its operating mode.
Is it a humanoid? Sort of. The Verge’s Andrew Liszewski described it as “a mostly humanoid design with a few liberties”: the boxy torso doubles as a head, the animated pixel eyes sit low on the body and the knees bend backward. Tuesday Labs leans into the character angle. It says it works with illustrators, character designers and animators, and its team page lists experience from Boston Dynamics, Tesla and Pixar, with backing from Y Combinator and FCVC. Chief executive Ros Shinkle describes himself on X as a former staff roboticist at Boston Dynamics.
What’s missing is the spec sheet most buyers would ask for first. Tuesday Labs hasn’t published Voxel’s height, weight, battery life, payload or the speed of any task, and its software section says only “Today, tidying. Over time, a broader household routine.”
Engineering Voxel means crafting character into the machine.
Inside Tuesday Labs, world-class engineers team up with legendary Hollywood animators to shape how he moves, communicates, and lives in the home.
The team drew from their favorite characters in film and literature,… pic.twitter.com/KoWk1h9lCb
— Tuesday Labs (@roboticscorp) October 20, 2026
Video: Tuesday Labs. A four-minute behind-the-scenes video on how the team designs Voxel’s character, from the official Tuesday Labs account on X, posted October 20, 2026 (watch on X). It shows prototypes and design work, not a finished robot doing chores.
The Voxel price is an estimate, and the terms say so twice
The reservation page puts it plainly: “Voxel’s estimated price is $20,000, with the option to pay over time.” The agreement adds that the estimate “may change, including as we finalize our supply chain,” and that the final price, taxes and delivery fees will be confirmed before you order. The monthly payment plan is “expected” and would need separate approval. If you do buy, the $200 goes toward the purchase price.
That puts Voxel in the same bracket as the most concrete consumer humanoid offer around. 1X lists NEO at $20,000 to own or $499 a month, also behind a $200 refundable deposit, and says U.S. deliveries start in 2026. The difference is that 1X has a listed sticker price and a factory it says is producing robots. Tuesday Labs has an estimate and a prototype, and it is asking for reservations two years ahead of its own delivery target. At the other end of the market, Flourish Robots asks $3,555 for its rolling Flourish 1, sold “as is” with no warranty, as we found in its terms of sale.
What your $200 actually buys
A reservation is “not a purchase,” the agreement says. It’s the right to buy a Voxel from the first production run, under a separate purchase contract you can accept or decline when ordering opens. You can cancel for a full refund at any time before you order, and Tuesday Labs can also decline or cancel reservations, including “to avoid over-subscription.”
A few clauses are worth knowing before you pay:
- Your deposit isn’t kept separately, in escrow or in a trust account, and earns no interest.
- Your edition number is painted on your unit if you buy, but it “does not determine when your Voxel is delivered.” Tuesday Labs sets the delivery order.
- Reservations can’t be sold or transferred without the company’s written approval, and you can defer only once, giving up your number.
- Disputes go to individual arbitration, with a class-action and jury-trial waiver, unless you opt out within 30 days.
- If Voxel doesn’t get FCC equipment authorization, your reservation is cancelled and refunded.
Demand, at least among early fans, seems real. By early Wednesday, Tuesday Labs’ X account was reposting buyers celebrating edition numbers in the 60s, including No. 063. The company hasn’t said how many Series-1 units it plans to build. Once Series-1 is fully reserved, it says, it will open unnumbered “priority reservations” for the next production run, delivered after Series-1.
Why a home robot with cameras needs more than two sentences on security
Voxel is meant to walk around your home with several cameras and listen for your voice. The reservation page’s security answer is two sentences: “Security is a priority for Tuesday Labs. Protections built into the stack will be regularly updated to maintain device security.” It doesn’t say where video is processed, whether a remote operator can ever see through the robot, or how long data is kept. Those are fair questions for any home robot, and with deliveries at least two years away, Tuesday Labs has time to answer them before anyone has to decide.
The next concrete checkpoint is the one the company can’t control: an FCC equipment authorization filing. Until there’s one, and a final spec sheet to go with the final price, the $200 buys a number and a refund right, not a robot.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Tuesday Labs Voxel cost?
Tuesday Labs estimates Voxel at $20,000, with an expected option to pay monthly. The company says the estimate isn’t binding and may change as it finalizes its supply chain, and it will confirm the final price, taxes and delivery fees before you order.
When will Voxel ship?
Deliveries are expected to begin in 2028 and may be later, according to the reservation agreement. They’re limited to U.S. addresses and may start in select areas first.
Is the $200 Voxel reservation refundable?
Yes. Tuesday Labs says you can cancel at any time before you place an order and get the full $200 back. The money isn’t held in escrow and earns no interest, and if you buy, it’s applied to the price.
What can the Voxel robot do?
Tuesday Labs says Voxel will tidy up and put things back, help you find misplaced items, fetch things like books and keys, and water plants. The company calls the current robot a concept prototype and expects its features and hardware to change before delivery.
Is Voxel a humanoid robot?
Partly. It has two legs and two seven-jointed arms, but its torso doubles as a head, its eyes sit low on its body and it uses simple grippers instead of hands. Tuesday Labs calls it a “droid butler.”
Sources
- Tuesday Labs, “Reserve” page (reservation, $200 payment, 2028 shipping, price and FAQ answers): tuesdaylabs.com/reserve
- Tuesday Labs / Adagy Robotics, Inc., “Voxel Reservation Agreement” (estimated price, concept prototype, redesign, FCC authorization, escrow, arbitration): tuesdaylabs.com/reservation-terms
- Tuesday Labs, “Introducing Voxel” robot page (functions and specifications): tuesdaylabs.com/robot
- Tuesday Labs, company page (team background, Y Combinator and FCVC backing): tuesdaylabs.com/company
- Tuesday Labs on X, launch-date teaser (October 19, 2026), character video (October 20, 2026) and edition-number reposts (October 21, 2026): x.com/roboticscorp
- Ros Shinkle on X, “Introducing Voxel, a droid butler made by Tuesday Labs,” October 20, 2026: x.com/make_robot_go
- Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, “The $20,000 Voxel bot will help you find misplaced things around your home,” October 20, 2026: theverge.com
- 1X, NEO order page (price and delivery comparison, as rechecked in our NEO status article on October 19, 2026): 1x.tech/order
All Tuesday Labs pages accessed October 22, 2026, at about 10:20 AM ET.
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