THE ROBOT REPORT

Startup opens pre-orders for $3,555 home robot it says you can train with a phone

Flourish Robots says it has started pre-orders for Flourish 1, a $3,555 wheeled home robot with two arms that owners teach by moving a smartphone while the robot copies the motion. The company says the first 50 units are for sale now, with deliveries starting in December 2026. The Robot Report says the robot runs on a Raspberry Pi and sends its heavier AI work to cloud computers.

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Why this matters

For the 806

A robot that folds into a family budget at $3,555 is still a lot of money for most households here, and this one is a first batch of 50 hand-built units, not a store shelf product. The maker's claims about what it can do in a real house have not been tested by anyone outside the company. If you want a machine to do dishes or work outside in the weather, this one is not waterproof and won't.

What we know

  • Flourish Robots says Flourish 1 costs $3,555 and pre-orders for the first 50 units opened September 29.
  • The company says deliveries begin in December 2026.
  • Flourish says owners teach a task in 30 minutes by holding a phone and demonstrating the motion, with no coding.
  • The Robot Report says the robot has a six-wheel base, two arms rated at 1.5 kg (4 lb.) each, a small lidar near the floor, and a wrist camera on each two-finger gripper.
  • The Robot Report says a Raspberry Pi runs the robot to keep parts costs down, with cloud GPUs used for training skills and higher-level thinking, requiring a network connection or a user's own computer.
  • The Robot Report says Flourish 1 is not waterproof, will not wash dishes or a dog in this generation, and is suited to tidying, trash and wiping tables, not intricate assembly.

What we don't know

  • Only one authoritative outlet found so far — no second independent source yet.
  • Exact event date not confirmed — publicationDate used as the best-known date.
  • It is unknown whether the robot performs the listed chores reliably in real homes, since no independent testing is described.
  • It is unknown what ongoing cost, if any, the cloud training and inference carry for owners.
  • It is unknown how the company's press release claim about loading a dishwasher squares with The Robot Report's statement that the robot will not do dishes.
  • It is unknown whether units will be sold beyond the first 50, or on what timeline.
  • It is unknown how video and motion data from inside a customer's home is stored or protected.

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