Matic

1. 5

   Regulator-cleared or mass market

   A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.

2. 4

   Paying customersThis robot

   Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

   Placed by: The Verge reported that Matic had gone from 1,500 robots shipped a year earlier to 17,000 in homes (5 Oct 2026).

   Held at this stage: The FCC decision on our record exempts Matic from a ban on foreign-made robots; it is not an approval of the robot itself, and home robots like this need none. Its sales put it at stage 4.

3. 3

   Pilot

   Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

4. 2

   Pre-orders

   Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

5. 1

   Demo only

   Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. Current price shown on Matic's site in October 2026 was $1,495, but no full-length quote was captured for it. The first shipping date could not be confirmed. The FCC 'Covered List' change of July 2026 also affects other robot vacuum makers that build abroad; we did not check how.