Tuesday Labs
Tuesday Labs is a New York City robotics lab and design studio building humanoid robots for the home. It was founded in 2023 by Rosalind Shinkle, a former staff robotics engineer at Boston Dynamics who worked on perception and grasping for Spot's arm, and it started out as Adagy Robotics, a Y Combinator Winter 2024 company offering remote human help for robots that got stuck. As Tuesday Labs it turned to its own household robot and raised seed funding from FundersClub and Ludlow Ventures, with a team of about seven people. Its first product, Voxel Series-1, is a mustard-yellow bipedal robot with Z-shaped reverse-knee legs that let it crouch close to furniture, two 7-DOF arms with simple grippers and illuminated pixel eyes. At launch it is meant to reset a room, find misplaced items, fetch objects and handle scheduled chores such as watering plants, while cooking, laundry and childcare are excluded. Tuesday Labs works with Pixar-experienced animators and trains Voxel's movement from their 3D reference animation. In October 2026 it opened $200 refundable reservations for the first 999 units, at an expected price of about $20,000, with US deliveries targeted for 2028.
💡Notable Achievement: Voxel was designed with Pixar-experienced animators, and its walking is trained from their 3D reference animation.
What Does Tuesday Labs Do?
Tuesday Labs builds Voxel, a characterful two-legged home robot that tidies rooms, finds lost things, fetches items and waters plants, with movement shaped by Pixar-trained animators.
“A home robot with personality.”
Home Tasks
Reset, find, fetch and tend at launch.
Character Design
Animators shape how Voxel moves and expresses itself.
Animation-Trained
Reinforcement learning reproduces 3D reference motion.
What Can Tuesday Labs Robots Actually Do?
Cross-portfolio operational capabilities, manipulation tasks, and environmental competencies
Bipedal household robot.
Household Help
Tidying, finding misplaced items, fetching and plant care.
Tuesday Labs Robots
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Voxel Series-1
Manufactured by Tuesday Labs
Voxel Series-1 is a bipedal household robot from Tuesday Labs, a New York City startup founded in 2023 by former Boston Dynamics engineer Rosalind Shinkle. Tuesday Labs introduced it on October 20, 2026 with a short film titled "A gentleman in training" and opened fully refundable $200 reservations for a robot it expects to cost about $20,000, with deliveries targeted for 2028. Voxel has a mustard-yellow body with a pixel-eyed face panel and dusty-rose arms. Each arm has 7 degrees of freedom with fully actuated wrists and ends in a 1-DOF gripper, and its Z-shaped legs bend backward at the knee so it can crouch and change working height. Stereo RGB cameras and a wide-field camera let it recognize objects and watch a whole room, and it builds a persistent 3D model of where things belong in the home. At launch it is meant to reset a messy home by putting belongings back, find misplaced items and report where it last saw them, fetch objects on request and water plants on a schedule. Its walking is trained with reinforcement learning from 3D reference animation made by animators with Pixar experience, with impact-aware feet to keep footsteps quiet. Cooking, laundry and childcare are not planned for launch, and Tuesday Labs says hardware and capabilities may change before delivery.
Tuesday Labs Software & AI Ecosystem
Developer platforms, fleet management portals, autonomy intelligence, and enterprise integrations
Animation-driven RL
Motion from 3D reference animation
A DeepMimic-style approach trains Voxel to match animator-made clips while adapting to slopes, pushes and trips.
Persistent home map
Remembers where things are
A 3D model of the home helps Voxel report where misplaced items were last seen.
Tuesday Labs Timeline & Milestones
Evolutionary history, landmark prototypes, major acquisitions, and commercial roadmap
Tuesday Labs founded as Adagy Robotics
Former Boston Dynamics engineer Rosalind Shinkle founds the company in New York, first operating as Adagy Robotics.
Source: techtimes.com
Adagy Robotics launches in Y Combinator W24
Adagy Robotics launches in Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch as a remote intervention service that rescues stuck robots.
Source: x.com
Voxel Series-1 reservations open
Tuesday Labs opens $200 refundable reservations for Voxel Series-1, a bipedal home robot expected to cost about $20,000, with deliveries targeted for 2028.
Source: interestingengineering.com
Tuesday Labs Competitors by Category
Direct industry rivals grouped by specific robotics domain
What Makes Tuesday Labs Different?
Editorial AnalysisOrigin of Bots objective strategic assessment, engineering moats, and commercial hurdles
Key Strengths & Moats
- ✓Founder with Boston Dynamics manipulation experience.
- ✓Distinctive character-led design.
- ✓Clear, narrow launch task list.
Core Strategic Focus
Bipedal home robot.
Road Ahead & Challenges
- •Development prototype; hardware will change.
- •Deliveries not until 2028.
- •Tiny team against well-funded rivals.
Tuesday Labs vs Key Competitors
Strategic capability matrix across platform categories, commercial readiness, and target markets
Category / Focus
- Voxel Series-1
- Bipedal home robot
- NEO Home Robot
- Home humanoid
- Memo
- Home robot
- Figure 03
- General-purpose humanoid
Primary Use
- Voxel Series-1
- Tidying, finding and fetching items
- NEO Home Robot
- Household chores, object retrieval
- Memo
- Dishwashing, laundry folding
- Figure 03
- Laundry handling, dish handling
Weight
- Voxel Series-1
- Not listed
- NEO Home Robot
- About 30 kg
- Memo
- 77 kg
- Figure 03
- 61 kg
Release Year
- Voxel Series-1
- 2026
- NEO Home Robot
- 2025
- Memo
- 2025
- Figure 03
- 2025
| Strategic Dimension | Voxel Series-1 | NEO Home Robot | Memo | Figure 03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category / Focus | Bipedal home robot | Home humanoid | Home robot | General-purpose humanoid |
| Primary Use | Tidying, finding and fetching items | Household chores, object retrieval | Dishwashing, laundry folding | Laundry handling, dish handling |
| Weight | Not listed | About 30 kg | 77 kg | 61 kg |
| Release Year | 2026 | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 |
Corporate Ecosystem & Ownership Structure
Parent company relationships, historical acquisitions, and global operating facilities
FundersClub
Seed investor in Tuesday Labs.
Ownership & Acquisition History
Seed investor in Tuesday Labs.
Seed investor in Tuesday Labs.
Founder; former staff robotics engineer at Boston Dynamics.
Backed the company in its Winter 2024 batch, when it was Adagy Robotics.
Global Facilities & Operating Hubs
Tuesday Labs Headquarters
HQNew York, New York, United States
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What is Tuesday Labs?
Tuesday Labs is a New York City robotics lab and design studio founded in 2023 that builds humanoid robots for the home. Its first product is Voxel Series-1, a bipedal robot for tidying and fetching.
What is Voxel Series-1?
Voxel Series-1 is Tuesday Labs' bipedal home robot. It has Z-shaped reverse-knee legs that let it crouch near furniture, two 7-DOF arms with simple grippers, illuminated pixel eyes and stereo plus wide-field cameras.
What can Voxel do in the home?
At launch Voxel is meant to reset a room by putting things back, find misplaced items such as a phone or wallet, fetch objects on request and handle scheduled care such as watering plants. Cooking, laundry and childcare are excluded.
How much will Voxel cost and when does it ship?
Tuesday Labs expects Voxel to cost about $20,000. Reservations for the first 999 numbered units cost $200, are fully refundable and limited to US addresses, and deliveries are targeted for 2028.
Who founded Tuesday Labs?
Rosalind Shinkle founded Tuesday Labs in 2023. She was a staff robotics engineer at Boston Dynamics working on perception and grasping for Spot's arm, and holds engineering and robotics degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.
Was Tuesday Labs previously called Adagy Robotics?
Yes. The company started as Adagy Robotics in Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch, offering a remote intervention service in which human operators rescued stuck robots, before renaming itself and building its own home robot.
How does Tuesday Labs use animation to train Voxel?
Pixar-experienced animators create 3D reference animations of how Voxel should move, and reinforcement learning closely related to DeepMimic trains the robot to reproduce those motions while adapting to slopes, pushes and trips.
Who has invested in Tuesday Labs?
Tuesday Labs went through Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch and has raised seed funding from FundersClub and Ludlow Ventures. The amount has not been disclosed, and the team is about seven people.
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