Andromeda Robotics · care humanoid
Abi
A brightly coloured companion humanoid for aged care with a screen face, arms for gestures and a legged body on a small base; it chats in many languages, recognises residents and leads activities. Specs are not published; the base type is read from maker photos.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Abi is on the market today.
Real-world use
Trialled at Benetas' St George's home in Melbourne from May 2024; now in all 22 mecwacare aged-care homes in Victoria and, from 2026, a US memory-care community.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Andromeda RoboticsCompany · founded 2022 · Melbourne, Australia (also operating in the US)US$3 million seed led by Purpose Ventures; A$23 million Series A (September 2025) led by Forerunner Ventures with Main Sequence, Rethink Impact,…
What it has been shown doing
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Works on site22 Abi companion robots working full-time across mecwacare aged-care homes in Victoria · Apr 2026 · mecwacare.org.au
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention Abi gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- 2 reported deployments
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- Hands
- Arms for gestures; one cylinder-shaped hand blows bubbles (Upstart Media via maker). No grasping hands described.
- Sensors & vision
- Stereoscopic cameras for computer vision and depth sensing; recognises residents' faces.
- AI & software
- Andromeda's own AI and machine-learning models with a dialogue engine for emotive conversation; remembers past conversations, speaks about 90 languages and runs autonomously.
- Other details
- About 4 ft tall and brightly coloured. Sold on contracts priced by the number of robots, with onboarding, staff training and support; the upgraded version is called Genesis Abi.
Lineage
Every Andromeda Robotics humanoid in order.
Watch Abi
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Deployed in aged care in Australia and the US; total unit count not published
- Where it is sold or used
- Melbourne, Australia
- Customers and pilots
- mecwacare (Abi in all 22 homes, Victoria), Benetas (trial at St George's, Altona, 2024), Allity (Bolton Clarke) trials, Eskaton Village Carmichael (first US site, California)
Where it works
2 reported deployments.
- Deployed
mecwacare · Melbourne · 22 units
Abi companion robots work in all 22 mecwacare aged-care homes in Melbourne and regional Victoria, chatting with residents and leading activities. One Abi in each of mecwacare's 22 homes across Melbourne and regional Victoria (April 2026) Andromeda calls the robot Abi without naming the version. Andromeda Robotics
- Deployed
Eskaton · Eskaton Village Carmichael (memory care) · Carmichael · since 2026
Abi joined a memory-care community in Northern California, its first US site, with a UC Davis nursing school study under way. Andromeda calls the robot Abi without naming the version. Andromeda Robotics
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Andromeda raises A$23 million and launches Genesis Abi
Forerunner Ventures led the Series A, and the first Genesis Abi went to a mecwacare home in Victoria, with US expansion planned.
Inside Ageing - Benetas trials Abi in Melbourne
Benetas began a three-month trial of Abi at its St George's home in Altona, monitoring residents' experience and staff views.
Australian Ageing Agenda
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | AbiAndromeda Robotics |  D1ZEALS (Omakase Robotics division)Same jobs: care, social · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Mirokaï (Miroki / Miroka)Enchanted ToolsSame job: care · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Tara Gen-1 (Tara Greet / Tara Learn / Tara Care)iHub Robotics (I Hub Research and Robotics, Kochi)Same job: social · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024-05 | 2026-08-05 | 2023-06 | 2024 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Pilot use | Commercial |
| Height | — | 159 cm | 130 cm | — |
| Weight | — | 110 kg | 30 kg | — |
| Joints | — | 21 | 28 | — |
| Speed | — | 3.6 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | 5 kg | 3 kg | — |
| Battery | — | 8 h | — | — |
| Price | — | $33,000 | $32,400 | — |
Sources
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