How it works

Simple on purpose.

You should not need to learn robotics to use a home robot. FETCH is being designed around familiar requests, familiar objects and predictable behavior.

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Studio portrait of FETCH: a rounded warm-white appliance with two dark wheels, a front carry tray, one folded arm and a small camera bar.
A compact appliance first. A robot second.
A person sitting comfortably in an armchair reading, with FETCH on the floor reaching toward a glasses case on a side table.

Request

“FETCH, bring my phone.”

Speak naturally, use the companion app, or choose a saved shortcut.

My glasses TV remote Phone Water Bring tray

Understand

It knows what you mean — and when it does not.

FETCH is designed to recognize familiar household objects and remember useful locations. When confidence is low, the right behavior is not guessing — it is asking.

FETCH

I found two pairs of glasses. Which ones would you like?

You

The reading glasses, please.

Move

Designed around the home, not the factory floor.

Slow, predictable movement. A household-scale footprint. Awareness of furniture and obstacles. Designed to stop rather than force its way through an uncertain situation.

A simple top-down apartment plan with a calm blue path showing FETCH moving between the living room, kitchen and bedroom.
The first version is intended for a single-floor home. FETCH is being designed to take the unhurried route.

Pick

A gentle grip for ordinary things.

The first FETCH prototypes focus on lightweight objects that are common, useful and relatively safe to handle.

Initial research target: objects up to approximately 500 g.

Remote Glasses case Smartphone Small box Closed bottle
FETCH reaching toward a television remote on a low wooden coffee table, tray visible below the arm.
FETCH standing on the floor beside an armchair with a smartphone resting in its built-in tray, a person reaching toward it.

Carry

Carry first. Reach second.

FETCH does not need to drive around holding an object at arm’s length. Once an item is retrieved, it can travel securely in the built-in tray.

  • More stable on the way back
  • Easier to take from a tray than from a gripper
  • Better for carrying small everyday objects
  • A simpler, calmer interaction

Return

Right back to you.

The goal is a complete interaction, not a robotics demonstration: ask for something, receive it, continue with your day.

FETCH standing beside an armchair in a bright living room, ready to return an object.