{"id":"futuring-2","manufacturer":"Futuring Robot","model":"Futuring 2","country":"CN","description":"Futuring 2 (F2) is the second-generation home robot from Futuring Robot, a Chinese startup focused on household embodied AI. It is meant for tidying and cleaning, help with children, older people and pets, and home monitoring. It debuted in April 2026.","catalog_status":"in-development","specifications":{"height_cm":170,"weight_kg":60,"payload_kg":15,"dof":30,"speed_ms":1.5,"battery_h":3},"capabilities":["sort","obstacle","recover"],"source":{"url":"https://www.futuring-robot.com","verified_at":null,"verified_fields":[],"review_status":"requires_current_source_check"},"evidence":{"manufacturer_review":null,"mera_field_test":{"status":"not_published","report_url":null,"measured_at":null},"verification_note":"A manufacturer documentation check does not verify field performance, inventory or MERA compatibility."},"knowledge":{"summary":"Futuring 2 (F2) is the second-generation home robot from Futuring Robot, a Chinese startup focused on household embodied AI. It is meant for tidying and cleaning, help with children, older people and pets, and home monitoring. It debuted in April 2026.","sections":[{"h":"History and launch","p":["Futuring Robot was founded in 2022 and began in-home pilots with its first-generation F1 in the second half of 2025. The F2 debuted in April 2026 and received a new software brain in May 2026.","The company said a lighter next-generation design would go on official sale in the second half of 2026."]},{"h":"Software and AI","p":["Futuring describes an AVLA approach (vision, language and action) paired with a World Action Model called Self-Evolving WAM that simulates and evaluates actions. It claims long-horizon task decomposition, two-handed manipulation and multimodal perception.","Working with a Shanghai Jiao Tong University lab, it reports 0.01 mm positioning precision with no degradation after 1,000 hours of continuous running."]},{"h":"Deployments","p":["Gasgoo reported more than 300 homes and 30,000 service hours in March 2026, and more than 500 paying households and 50,000 hours by July 2026, with a 97% satisfaction rate claimed by the company. Tasks include tidying, English tutoring, homework supervision, chess and security patrols.","Hardware specs for the F2 (height, weight, DoF, battery) were not published in the sources we found, so the catalog values should be treated as unconfirmed."]},{"h":"Company","p":["In 2026 the company announced three rounds: a RMB 200 million angel round led by ZhenFund (January), a round of several hundred million yuan led by Boyu Capital (March) and a Pre-A round of nearly RMB 1 billion (July). Team members come from Stanford, MIT, Tsinghua, Peking University and others."]},{"h":"Price and availability","p":["No official F2 price was found. Prototypes were offered through paid rental."]}],"timeline":[["2022","Futuring Robot founded"],["2025","In-home pilots begin (second half of the year)"],["2026-01","RMB 200 million angel round"],["2026-03","Round led by Boyu Capital"],["2026-04","F2 debuts"],["2026-07","Pre-A round of nearly RMB 1 billion"]],"faq":[["What can the Futuring F2 do?","According to the company: tidying and cleaning, child, elder and pet care, English tutoring, chess and home patrols."],["How much does the Futuring F2 cost?","No official price has been published; prototypes were rented to households."],["When was Futuring 2 launched?","April 2026."],["How much funding has Futuring Robot raised?","Three rounds in 2026: RMB 200 million, several hundred million yuan and nearly RMB 1 billion."]],"sources":[{"title":"Seeds | Third Round This Year, Futuring Robot Closes Nearly 1 Billion Yuan Financing","publisher":"Gasgoo","url":"https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/seeds-third-round-this-year-futuring-robot-closes-nearly-1-billion-yuan-financing-2079937877461934081","date":"2026-07-22"},{"title":"Seeds | Futuring Robot Raises Hundreds of Millions in Funding Two Months After Last Round","publisher":"Gasgoo","url":"https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/seeds-futuring-robot-raises-hundreds-of-millions-in-funding-two-months-after-last-round-2031215995933282304","date":"2026-03-09"},{"title":"Futuring Robot home page","publisher":"Futuring Robot","url":"https://futuringrobot.com","date":"2026-10"}],"updated":"2026-10-10"},"mera":{"rental_with_operator":false,"sale_in_offer":false,"availability":"confirmation_required","shop_url":null},"url":"https://merarobotics.com/blog/humanoids/futuring-2","inquiry_url":"https://merarobotics.com/en/start?service=purchase&robot=futuring-2"}