Section15 robots tracked
Robots for aging at home
Companions, lifting and walking aids, medication helpers and more for living at home for longer. How far each has got, and what to ask before buying for a parent.
12 of 15 have paying customers or regulator clearance. The rest are pilots, pre-orders or demos.
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01How far each has got
From demo to everyday
Each robot sits on the same five-step ladder, worked out from dated, sourced milestones. A stage says how far it has got, not how good it is.
- 1Demo only
- 2Pre-orders
- 3Pilot
- 4Paying customers
- Assistive robot armsKinova, Assistive Innovations
- Automatic pill dispensersHero Health, Spencer Health Solutions (Custom Health), Philips
- ElliQIntuition Robotics
- Everyday exoskeletonsHypershell, Dnsys, Skip (with Arc'teryx), WIRobotics
- ObiObi
- PAROPARO Robots (Intelligent System Co.)
- Patient transfer robotsFUJI (Hug), RIKEN with Sumitomo Riko (RIBA, ROBEAR research)
- Self-driving wheelchairsWHILL, LUCI
- StretchHello Robot
- Telepresence robotsDouble Robotics, OhmniLabs (Symbotic), temi
- 5Regulator-cleared or mass market
02Every robot
The full list
Furthest along first. Open any robot for its track record, the maker's promises and every source.
- Medical exoskeletonsLifeward (ReWalk), Wandercraft, Ekso Bionics (owned by Wandercraft since Oct 2026) · Powered walking leg bracesIn rehab centres around the world (Wandercraft says more than 700 use its Atalante X or EksoNR), and on prescription for home use in the US (ReWalk Personal, Indego Personal, Wandercraft Eve).
- Robotic companion petsAgeless Innovation (Joy for All) · Robotic cats and dogsSold to the public; New York's state aging office has handed them out free to socially isolated older adults since 2018, and says other states have copied the program.
- Assistive robot armsKinova, Assistive Innovations · Wheelchair-mounted robot armSold through medical equipment suppliers. In California, Medi-Cal (the state health plan for low-income people) has covered these arms since September 2024; some other insurers still refuse to pay.
- Automatic pill dispensersHero Health, Spencer Health Solutions (Custom Health), Philips · Home medication dispenserSold by monthly subscription in the US (Hero), and supplied through care and health programmes in the US and parts of Europe (Spencer).
- ElliQIntuition Robotics · Tabletop companion robotSold by subscription in the US; New York State's Office for the Aging also gives units to older adults in participating counties.
- Everyday exoskeletonsHypershell, Dnsys, Skip (with Arc'teryx), WIRobotics · Wearable walking-assist exoskeletonSold online to the public worldwide, mostly marketed to hikers but also to older people who want help with stairs and walking. The biggest seller, Hypershell, says it had sold nearly 40,000 in more than 70 countries and regions by early 2026.
- ObiObi · Robotic feeding aidSold in the US and, the maker says, in over 20 countries; US veterans who qualify can get one at no cost.
- PAROPARO Robots (Intelligent System Co.) · Therapy robot sealUsed in nursing homes and hospitals; sold in the US since 2009.
- Patient transfer robotsFUJI (Hug), RIKEN with Sumitomo Riko (RIBA, ROBEAR research) · Patient lifting robotSold to care homes across Japan through nursing-care dealers (FUJI's Hug). The best-known lifting robots, RIBA and ROBEAR, stayed research prototypes and were never used in care homes.
- Self-driving wheelchairsWHILL, LUCI · Autonomous wheelchairWHILL runs its self-driving wheelchair service at more than 25 airports and other sites, including Tokyo Haneda, Singapore Changi, Paris-Orly and Anchorage in Alaska. It says riders have taken more than 1 million trips.
- StretchHello Robot · Home helper robotSold to labs and researchers only; Stretch 4 is not yet for sale to individuals for home use.
- Telepresence robotsDouble Robotics, OhmniLabs (Symbotic), temi · Remote-driven video robotUsed by some senior living operators and retirement villages, often in small numbers or trials. At Maplewood Senior Living in the US, doctors drive a temi robot into residents' rooms for remote check-ups.
- Labrador RetrieverLabrador Systems · Home assistive robot cartA business version (Retriever Pro) went to a handful of senior care and insurance groups in late 2022. No source shows the home version on general sale; the maker's site still asks buyers to reserve one.
- JennieTombot · Robotic puppy companionTombot's website says the first batch is sold out and the company is still preparing its first puppies for delivery. It gives no price yet.
- GR-3Fourier · Care-focused companion humanoidFourier showed GR-3 at the CES tech show in Las Vegas, presenting it as a care robot for homes, public spaces and assisted living.
