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Small California company creates the world’s most boring robot — but it’ll save hours off your day

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Banchariya, S. (2026, October 1). Small California company creates the world’s most boring robot — but it’ll save hours off your day. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/01/us-news/california-startup-launches-robot-to-do-household-chores/

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Dyna Robotics, a small California firm based in Redwood City, recently unveiled Taku, a humanoid robot designed for mundane tasks like laundry and food preparation in various commercial settings. Standing at human height with seven degrees of freedom per arm and steerable wheels, Taku can operate independently without needing constant human supervision, a feature aimed at addressing common limitations of existing robots. The company demonstrated Taku’s capabilities through an unedited hour-long video showing the robot managing tasks in a hotel laundry room, including loading washing machines and folding towels, among others. Despite these impressive demonstrations, Dyna Robotics has not disclosed pricing or deployment details for Taku.

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Dyna Robotics, a California-based company located in Redwood City, recently unveiled Taku, a humanoid robot designed to perform everyday chores and tasks without requiring constant human supervision. Named after the Japanese word Takumi (meaning master of a craft), Taku can load washing machines, fold towels, chop vegetables, and stock shelves. Standing about as tall as an average adult, it operates at nearly human speed and is built for spaces designed for humans. The robot aims to solve the issue where existing robots need constant monitoring by handling tasks autonomously from start to finish, potentially revolutionizing how chores are done in hotels, restaurants, and warehouses.

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A California robotics company has unveiled a humanoid machine with a far less flashy mission: doing the laundry and other everyday chores. asserted

company → unveil → laundry

Redwood City-based Dyna Robotics this week introduced Taku, a “full-stack physical agent” designed to handle entire real-world workflows from start to finish. asserted

Robotics → base → finish

Named after the Japanese word Takumi (匠), meaning master of a craft, the robot is built to do the kind of mundane work that could make it useful in hotels, restaurants and warehouses. uncertain

it → name → hotels

Taku can load washing machines, fold towels, chop vegetables, stock shelves and tackle other tasks, according to the company. uncertain

Taku → load → company

Standing roughly as tall as an average adult, the machine is designed to operate in spaces built for humans. asserted

machine → stand → humans

Its arms can also move at nearly human speed, allowing it to work without dragging down the pace. asserted

it → move → pace

Lindon Gao, CEO of Dyna Robotics, said the machine addresses a major problem with existing robots: the need for constant human supervision. asserted

machine → say → supervision

“If a human still has to feed the robot, clear it, reset it, and fix everything that goes wrong, then the robot hasn’t completed a whole job,” Gao said in an announcement video. asserted

Gao → have → video

He added that people “want someone who can actually get things done end to end.” asserted

things → add → end

The robot features a human-shaped upper body with two arms, each boasting seven degrees of freedom, and a folding lower body that lets it reach both high and low surfaces. asserted

it → feature → surfaces

But don’t expect to see this machine strolling around on two legs. asserted

machine → expect → legs

Instead, it rolls on four steerable wheels, a deliberate design choice that the company says better suits the work it is meant to perform. asserted

it → roll → work

To demonstrate how the machine actually works, the company published an unedited, hour-long video of the robot handling an entire hotel laundry room on its own. asserted

company → demonstrate → own

Taku walks between washers, dryers, folding tables, and shelves placed meters apart. asserted

Taku → walk → washers

It reaches deep inside dryer drums, grabbing leftover towels from washers, twisting while holding laundry, and crouching low or reaching high to stack shelves. asserted

It → reach → shelves

Along with laundry, the robot can also handle tasks like servicing hardware or retrieving a drink from a refrigerator. asserted

robot → handle → refrigerator

The company has not shared any details about how many Taku units are ready to be deployed or what the robot will cost. asserted

robot → share → what

Small California company creates the world’s most boring robot — but it’ll save hours off your day

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