HomeKids' AI companion robot
Miko 3
Miko is a small talking robot for children that plays games, answers questions and teaches. The Miko 3 is basically a 6-inch tablet built into a plastic robot body. The Gadgeteer review, 27 Mar 2025
- Evidence
- Independently reported
- Human help
- None reported
- Last milestone
- 7 Nov 2025
01Can I get it?
Yes, in places
- Where it works today
- Sold to families in many countries; in late 2025 it went on sale at Costco in North America. Inc42, 7 Nov 2025
- Published price
- $299 list, plus an optional Miko Max subscription of $180 a year or $14.99 a month as of 27 March 2025 The Gadgeteer review, 27 Mar 2025
- Human help
- Our sources report it working without human help.
02Track record
What has actually happened
Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.
03Safety and incidents
What has gone wrong
US Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal opened an inquiry after their staff found that thousands, possibly tens of thousands, of the Miko 3's audio replies to children, going back to December 2025, were left publicly downloadable online. The lawmakers said Miko then removed the data. Sen. Blackburn press release, 13 Feb 2026
On video
What it looks like, at stage 4
Videos from the maker show the robot at its best. The stage comes from the dated record above, not from what a video shows.
How to Apply the Max Coupon Code?
Freeze Dance with Friends
When playtime needs a little magic 🪄
App of the Week: Dance Master 🪩
Dance Breaks Are Fun! 🪩
Homework help in 2 seconds? 🤔How we placed it
The rule, not an opinion
Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.
- 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.
- 4
Paying customersThis robot
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
Placed by: A reviewer at The Gadgeteer tested the $299 Miko 3 and said they would find it hard to recommend to most families, especially once the subscription is added (27 March 2025).
- 3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
- 2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
- 1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.
What we couldn't confirm. Miko's own site lists '700K+' units sold, but only as a label with no quotable sentence, so it is left out of the milestones. Miko's reply to the senators was not found.
Sources
- 01The Gadgeteer review, 27 Mar 2025
- 02Inc42, 7 Nov 2025
- 03TechCrunch, 22 Aug 2022
- 04YourStory, 26 Apr 2018
- 05Sen. Blackburn press release, 13 Feb 2026
Cite this page
Robotics Verdict. “Miko 3 (Miko (Emotix)): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/miko. Checked 19 October 2026.
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