Zeroth Robotics popped up at CES 2026 with a big lineup and a clear buying story. If you’re trying to track the Zeroth M1 home robot without getting distracted by flashy concepts, M1 is the only model with firm pricing and timing.
It says M1 is a roughly 15-inch humanoid built for day to day routines. The pitch is reminders and light assistance for older adults living at home, support for parents managing schedules and play, plus a creator angle for people who want to customize a personal robot over time.
Zeroth expects US preorders in Q1 2026 starting at $2,899, with general availability planned for April 2026.
What Zeroth is showing at CES
At CES, they’re demoing M1 and W1, a wheel-based assistant meant for homes and light commercial spaces. The other three robots are presented as previews of concept capabilities.
That split matters because the company is introducing five names at once. M1 is the one it’s putting a preorder window on, and W1 is the next closest look at something that could follow it into real spaces.
A five-robot slate, one clear starter
The soft spotlight is the WALL-E lookalike W1, described as an expressive, programmable companion created for families and classrooms, plus high-engagement spaces like theme parks and retail. It’s familiar, it’s cute, and it will probably pull cameras. Unfortunately, not yet available to purchase US just yet.
Still, the spine of the announcement is range. Zeroth also introduced A1, a quadruped aimed at universities, engineers, and research teams, and Jupiter, a full-size humanoid built for real-world task execution that combines autonomous mobility with remote operation. Samsung has also been dabbling in some robotics that show what autonomous mobility look like in action.
What to watch before April
Zeroth is promising M1 can grow after launch through software updates and new behaviors. The question is how much it can do on day one, and how clearly the company communicates its safety approach and limits as preorders approach.
While consumer robots are leaning conservative in capability, these robot demos show what the future brings, blunder and all.
