Cartwheel Robotics · home humanoid
Yogi
A compact, toddler-proportioned biped with a soft silicone body, designed as a friendly home companion by a small team led by former Boston Dynamics and Disney engineer Scott LaValley. It stayed a prototype: the Nevada startup said in February 2026 that it was closing after failing to raise money for production.
- 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
A discontinued humanoid from Cartwheel Robotics.
Real-world use
None for Yogi; one Speedy variant was reported as headed to an unnamed customer in 2025.
Maker
Cartwheel RoboticsCompany · Nevada, USAAbout $3 million in outside capital; earlier bootstrapped with engineering-services revenue.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current humanoids.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
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.
- Hands
- unknown
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- AI & software
- Cartwheel experimented with AI-generated whole-body motion so that behaviours vary even in identical situations.
- Other details
- Toddler proportions with a big head and rounded lines. A simpler sister prototype, Speedy, was the near-term commercial platform, with a customisable torso for museums and science centres.
From the maker
Yogi is the only humanoid from Cartwheel Robotics in the atlas.
Watch Yogi
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
- Built
- Prototype only; built by a seven-person team in under a year.
- Sold or delivered
- Not sold.
- Where it is sold or used
- Nevada, USA
- Customers and pilots
- None for Yogi; one Speedy variant was reported as headed to an unnamed customer in 2025.
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Cartwheel Robotics shuts down
Founder Scott LaValley said the startup closed after failing to find investors to fund manufacturing of Yogi; it had raised about $3 million.
Mike Kalil - Cartwheel pitches humanoids people love
IEEE Spectrum profiled Cartwheel's Yogi and Speedy prototypes and its plan for friendly home humanoids.
IEEE Spectrum
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 | YogiCartwheel Robotics |  K-BotK-Scale LabsSame job: home · Both walk · Both past robots |  NEO Gamma1X TechnologiesSame job: home · Both walk · Both past robots |  NEO Beta1X TechnologiesSame job: home · Both walk · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2025-05 | 2025 | 2025-02-21 | 2024-08-30 |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued | Retired | Retired |
| Height | — | 140 cm | 165 cm | 165 cm |
| Weight | — | — | 30 kg | 30 kg |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | $8,999 | — | — |
Sources
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