New robot launches & preorders
Launch pages age badly; a launch tracker doesn't. Every robot below is in its preorder or batch phase — ship promises are recorded with dates, and the page changes when reality does.
| Robot | Status | The promise (as recorded) |
|---|---|---|
| Microduck | PREORDER | introductory preorder price, ≈€340 + tax/shipping; 4 colorways |
| Robomate | PREORDER | kit or assembled, same price; import VAT/duty applies outside UK. Batch cadence — verify current batch before citing ship dates |
| Loona DeskMate | PREORDER | pre-order/early retail |
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№ 0001 Open Platforms
Microduck
Anas machinalis
PREORDER
The roller-skating open-source duckling.
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№ 0003 Kits
Robomate
Pugnax tabularis
PREORDER
Robot football, in kit form, for the price of a board game habit.
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№ 0005 Desk Buddies
Loona DeskMate
Collega vigilans
PREORDER
The defining specimen of 2026's 'embodied coworker' subcategory.
Also on the watchlist
Tracked but not yet purchasable through channels we'll link: Petoi Quaddle (Kickstarter, launched August 2026), Mirumi (Yukai Engineering — Japan launch done, Germany rollout announced), and the CES 2026 companion-robot wave as units actually ship. Watchlist entries get registry records the moment credible shipping exists.
The crowdfunding rule
Registry policy: no affiliate links on unshipped crowdfunding products, ever. We cover campaigns as news and track their promises — the buying link appears when robots are verifiably in customer hands. (Policy context: what happens when hardware promises fail.)