Everyday help

Built around the moments that happen every day.

FETCH is not being designed around spectacular robot demos. We are starting with small, repeated tasks that can have surprisingly large value.

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Everyday objects arranged on a linen surface: glasses, a remote, a phone, a bottle, a book, tissues and headphones.

Use case 01 — Glasses

“Where did I leave my glasses?”

A familiar object, a familiar place, and one less unnecessary trip across the room.

FETCH retrieving a glasses case from a wooden side table while someone reads nearby.

Use case 02 — TV remote

The remote is always somewhere else.

Ask FETCH to retrieve it from the coffee table, sofa area or another remembered location.

FETCH beside a coffee table, gripper reaching toward a television remote.

Use case 03 — Phone

Keep your phone within reach.

FETCH can be developed to locate a familiar phone and bring it back in its tray.

A person taking a smartphone from FETCH’s tray after the robot has returned to the armchair.

Use case 04 — Water

A small bottle. A useful trip.

Our initial research includes transporting closed, lightweight drink containers from accessible locations.

FETCH collecting a closed water bottle from a wooden sideboard in a bright apartment.

Research candidates

Small personal items

Beyond the first four tasks, we are listening for other lightweight objects that people would actually ask for.

Tissues

A pack from a table or shelf.

Medicine box

A closed box from a remembered place.

Book

A paperback left in another room.

Headphones

A small, familiar personal object.

Charger

A cable and brick within reach of the tray.

Small personal objects

Things that are useful, light and safe to carry.

Illustrative research hypothesis

Where should a home robot start?

FETCH intentionally chooses the simple, frequent corner first — tasks that happen often, and that ask a person to get up, search, or reach.

Frequent help, without the whole household

Illustrative product-research model
  1. Find remote — very often, moderate effort
  2. Bring glasses — very often, moderate effort
  3. Bring phone — often, moderate effort
  4. Bring water — often, moderate-to-high effort
  5. Carry laundry — less often, high effort
  6. Unload dishwasher — less often, high effort
  7. Make the bed — occasional, high effort
  8. Cook a meal — occasional, very high effort
  1. Find remote — very often, moderate effort
  2. Bring glasses — very often, moderate effort
  3. Bring phone — often, moderate effort
  4. Bring water — often, moderate-to-high effort
  5. Carry laundry — less often, high effort
  6. Unload dishwasher — less often, high effort
  7. Make the bed — occasional, high effort
  8. Cook a meal — occasional, very high effort

Illustrative product-research model. Actual priorities will be validated through user studies.

Focused first. Broader later.

A path, not a promise. Each stage depends on the last one becoming reliable enough to live with.

Now

Lightweight retrieval

Next

More objects and more surfaces

Later

Broader household assistance