Robot model
Retriever
Autonomous mobile tray table for home use.
- Manufacturer
- Labrador Systems
- Form factor
- service
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- labradorsystems.com ↗
Overview
Autonomous mobile tray table for home use. Navigates to preset locations delivering items to older adults or people with mobility limitations. Semi-autonomous with user-directed destinations.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Sources on file
- 3 sources, view all
Key facts
Products
First deployment
Product
Funding
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
2
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Not disclosed
- Price
- $2K (manufacturer target)as of 2022-01-04
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Pricing
One-time purchase
$1,500 USDmanufacturer targetas of 2022-01-04
Source: TechCrunch — Labrador set to deliver a robotic helping hand
Monthly subscription
$99 - $149 USDmanufacturer targetas of 2022-01-04
Source: TechCrunch — Labrador set to deliver a robotic helping hand
Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.
Prices verified as of Jan 4, 2022
Deployments (1)
- Retriever at San Franciscooperational
Labrador Retriever home pilot program for older adults and people with disabilities in California.
Retriever on the deployment map
Where Retriever is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Nationwide, Labrador Systems partner to pilot new generation of...
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Introducing the Labrador Retriever Robot at CES 2022
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Price point recorded: $1,500Jan 4, 2022
Manufacturer target
- Price point recorded: $99-$149Jan 4, 2022
Manufacturer target
Safety record
No incidents on record for Retriever.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (3)
Common questions
- What is Retriever?
- Autonomous mobile tray table for home use. Navigates to preset locations delivering items to older adults or people with mobility limitations. Semi-autonomous with user-directed destinations.
- How much does Retriever cost?
- Retriever is listed at $1,500 on the DEPLOY registry. This is a manufacturer target price, not a confirmed consumer price.
- Is Retriever actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Retriever is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Is Retriever autonomous or teleoperated?
- Not verified as fully autonomous. Retriever's capabilities on the DEPLOY registry are recorded as teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-only, or vendor claims (Fetches items), not independently confirmed to run without a human in the loop.
- Who makes Retriever?
- Retriever is made by Labrador Systems, based in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Where is Retriever deployed?
- 1 verified deployment of Retriever is on the DEPLOY registry, including at San Francisco.
- Can you buy Retriever?
- Retriever is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
- What are alternatives to Retriever?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable service robots to Retriever include Tally, Lio, Autonomous UV-C Disinfection Robot, Locus Origin.
- How does Retriever compare to Tally?
- Retriever and Tally (Simbe Robotics · 13 deployments) are both service robots on the DEPLOY registry. Retriever has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Retriever a top service?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Retriever ranks in roughly the top 52% of service models tracked by the registry.
- What is Retriever's maturity stage?
- Retriever is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is Retriever safe?
- Retriever has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
- What is the Labrador home assistant robot?
- The Labrador Retriever by Labrador Systems is an assistive home robot that uses advanced 3D vision to navigate homes autonomously. It navigates between rooms, through doorways and tight spaces, providing physical and practical assistance for individuals with mobility challenges. Labrador raised $3.1M in funding.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-08
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-08
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: service
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Retriever.Recent coverage
Retriever in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Retriever from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Japan’s asteroid sample retriever rapidly buzzes remote space rock
Zipped just 800m past Asteroid Torifune as part of very extended mission - and sent back a pic, too
Labrador Previews New Solutions for Home Health at CES 2023
Labrador Systems today returned to CES® presenting new demonstrations of its award-winning personal robot at two locations within the Venetian Expo. The Labrador® Retriever will…
Labrador Systems Introduces a New Generation of Assistive Robots
Labrador Systems introduced its personal assistive robots, funded by SOSV/HAX, Amazon's Alexa Fund, and iRobot Ventures.
The Top 10 Robotics Stories of 2022
It’s not often that we see a new autonomous home robot with a compelling use case. But this year, Labrador Systems introduced Retriever, a semi-autonomous mobile table that can…
Robotic retrievers: One possible answer to the caregiver crisis
A California technology company hopes to begin deploying Labrador Retrievers into the homes of seniors by the end of 2023 to help them safely age in place. These caregiver…
Labrador Systems deploys its first assistive elder-care robots
Labrador Systems deployed its first Retriever Pro assistive robots for elderly care, bringing assistive freedom to people with mobility limitations.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/labrador-retriever.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/5b1407d7-20cf-4c21-b93a-0143185a024d
- Revision history: /models/labrador-retriever/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Retriever draws attention at the 26th percentile but verifies reality at the 32nd percentile among service robots. Hype Gap -5.9, 14th widest among service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 23, 2026