Flourish has opened preorders for the first 50 units of its $3,555 Flourish 1 home robot, first reported by Cnet. Flourish says users can teach household tasks through its app in 30 minutes, while the robot needs an hour after a demonstration to internalize the task before telling its owner it is ready to perform it.
Preorders began Tuesday, with deliveries for the first 50 units expected in December. An optional subscription covers cloud compute for some AI features.
Users demonstrate tasks through the mobile app by moving a phone as a proxy; Flourish says the robot mirrors the demonstration until it can perform the task autonomously. CEO Antoine Marcel says normal operation does not involve a remote human operator. Listed jobs include loading a dishwasher, watering plants, picking up clothes or toys and cleaning a cat litter box.
Marcel says the robot learns a task’s goal, not fixed coordinates: taught to put shoes in a cabinet, it can find them in different positions and adapt its movements.
Flourish says the robot should not be sent into water, cannot handle stairs and should not carry breakable items or anything heavier than 1.5 kg. Marcel says it is designed to stop if a person or animal enters its working area; the company says it works around children but does not look after them.
Ajay Kumar calls $3,555 optimistic for a 50-unit first run. He says a humanoid under $10,000 is the highest price he considers affordable to an average consumer, but unrealistic given production costs. 1x Neo is expected to cost $20,000 to own or $499 per month to rent; Weave Isaac 1 costs $7,999 up front or $449 per month as a subscription.
Flourish intends to price the robot below both rivals. Marcel says the company is not selling units at a loss, crediting its wheeled base and lightweight household arms with reducing cost and complexity. He contrasts those choices with some humanoid platforms that add legs representing tens of thousands of dollars in hardware or arms designed to carry 10 kg in industrial environments.
At $3,555, Flourish’s offer begins with a 50-unit batch it will build and assemble itself. The company says moving beyond that run will require industrializing the product and expanding manufacturing capacity.