# Companions.wiki

> An independent, source-aware field guide to companion robots: capabilities, limitations, privacy, ownership cost, availability, and real-world fit.

Catalogue: 14 robots, 102 structured claims, 42 source records.
Factual review cutoff: 2026-07-14. Last editorial modification: 2026-07-17.

## Rights and interpretation

- Original Companions.wiki text, editorial ratings, and structured data are licensed CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Attribute the specific page or endpoint and indicate changes.
- Third-party sources, quotations, product marks, and media retain their separate rights and licenses; inspect each media record before reuse.
- Cross-origin read access is permitted. CORS does not alter CC BY attribution duties or any third-party restrictions.
- A null, missing, or 'Not disclosed' value means the reviewed public record did not establish a reliable answer; it is not a favorable assumption.
- Claims identify support type, confidence, verification date, source IDs, and resolved source URLs. Source records preserve publisher, type, independence, access date, and locator where available.
- Manufacturer documentation establishes what a maker publishes; it is not independent proof of performance or benefit.

## Machine-readable endpoints

- [Versioned robot catalogue JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots): complete records with claims, source URLs, offers, revisions, and media provenance.
- [Expanded research catalogue JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/catalog): the broader research index with availability, delivery evidence, autonomy, and sources per record.
- [Full text corpus](https://companions.wiki/llms-full.txt): one source-aware text record per robot.
- Per-robot JSON: https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/{slug}
- Per-record JSON: https://companions.wiki/api/v1/catalog/{slug}
- Research catalogue (HTML): https://companions.wiki/catalog
- Revision RSS: https://companions.wiki/feed.xml
- Sitemap: https://companions.wiki/sitemap.xml

## Robot dossiers

- [aibo ERS-1000](https://companions.wiki/robots/aibo-ers-1000): Sony’s expressive quadruped learns routines, recognizes familiar faces, maps its environment, and develops an individual behavior profile over time. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Partial; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/aibo-ers-1000))
- [EBO X FamilyBot](https://companions.wiki/robots/ebo-x): EBO X maps the home, self-balances, follows people, returns to charge, supports remote audio/video, and combines family reminders with alerts and AI conversation. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Partial; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/ebo-x))
- [Eilik](https://companions.wiki/robots/eilik): Eilik reacts to touch, movement, and nearby Eiliks with animated emotions, small games, idle behaviors, and choreographed social scenes. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Partial; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/eilik))
- [ElliQ](https://companions.wiki/robots/elliq): ElliQ pairs an expressive swiveling head with a tablet for conversation, reminders, wellness activities, games, messages, and video calls. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Partial; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/elliq))
- [EMO](https://companions.wiki/robots/emo): EMO walks on two feet, recognizes faces, localizes sound, responds to touch, plays music and games, and offers small assistant features such as timers and weather. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Vendor-reported; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/emo))
- [Jennie](https://companions.wiki/robots/jennie): Jennie is an articulated plush robotic puppy planned to respond to touch and voice, make puppy sounds, and connect to an app for customization and interaction tracking. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Vendor-reported; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/jennie))
- [KAMOMO](https://companions.wiki/robots/kamomo): KAMOMO responds to touch, voice, and gestures; changes behavior with use; and can be customized with eye styles, fur, and face accessories. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Vendor-reported; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/kamomo))
- [Loona Petbot](https://companions.wiki/robots/loona-petbot): Loona recognizes faces, gestures, and sounds; roams on an expressive two-wheel body; docks itself; and blends play, family content, coding, and remote-camera features. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Vendor-reported; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/loona-petbot))
- [LOVOT 3.0](https://companions.wiki/robots/lovot-3): LOVOT uses gaze, warmth, touch sensitivity, voice localization, and autonomous wheeled movement to invite affection and build household-specific behavior. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Partial; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/lovot-3))
- [Miko 3](https://companions.wiki/robots/miko-3): Miko 3 combines a screen, camera, microphones, voice interaction, learning content, games, parental reports, and short-range wheeled movement for children roughly ages 5–10. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Partial; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/miko-3))
- [MiRo‑E](https://companions.wiki/robots/miro-e): MiRo‑E combined an expressive animal-inspired body with ROS, Python, C++, Blockly, cameras, microphones, touch sensing, and wheeled mobility for education and social-robot research. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Partial; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/miro-e))
- [Moflin](https://companions.wiki/robots/moflin): Moflin recognizes touch and characteristics of familiar voices, develops a changing emotional profile, and expresses itself through soft movement and sounds. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Partial; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/moflin))
- [PARO](https://companions.wiki/robots/paro): PARO is a tactile baby-seal robot that responds to touch, light, sound, temperature, and posture with movements and seal-like vocalizations. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Partial; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/paro))
- [Qoobo](https://companions.wiki/robots/qoobo): Stroking the rounded cushion triggers expressive tail movements. Petit Qoobo adds sound response and a heartbeat-like pulse for a deliberately simple tactile ritual. (facts reviewed 2026-07-14; page modified 2026-07-17; evidence Partial; [JSON](https://companions.wiki/api/v1/robots/qoobo))