Prosper Robotics · home humanoid
Alfie
A London-built household 'robot butler' with two arms and a head on a torso-like column over a wheeled base, aimed at chores such as loading dishwashers, wiping tables and taking out rubbish. Founder Shariq Hashme expects early units to do only about 20% of tasks on their own, with remote assistants teleoperating the rest.
- Price
- —Not on sale. Target price GBP 5,000-10,000 plus subscription (2023); about USD 10,000-15,000 (MIT Technology Review, Dec 2024)
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A prototype humanoid from Prosper Robotics.
Real-world use
About 20 households signed up for alpha testing (2023 report)
Maker
Prosper RoboticsCompany · founded 2021 · London (Hackney), United KingdomMostly self-funded with a small undisclosed amount from angels including Alexandr Wang, Ben Mann, Simon Last and Debo Olaosebikan
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for Alfie and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
How much public attention Alfie gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- Actuators & motors
- Wheeled base with a torso-like vertical column; two arms that raise and lower for different tasks.
- Hands
- Two arms with grippers; shown wiping surfaces, rinsing dishes, loading a dishwasher and tidying.
- Sensors & vision
- Cameras and sensors feed remote operators (no detailed list published).
- AI & software
- Remote assistants (some in the Philippines) using game-style controllers handle most tasks at first; the first version was expected to do about 20% of tasks autonomously, learning from operator data. Prosper said it would blur faces and let users delete footage.
- Other details
- Two emergency-stop buttons. Character designed by former Pixar animator Buck Lewis. Off-the-shelf connectors re-engineered for a moving system to cut cost.
From the maker
Alfie is the only humanoid from Prosper Robotics in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedNot on sale. Target price GBP 5,000-10,000 plus subscription (2023); about USD 10,000-15,000 (MIT Technology Review, Dec 2024)
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- Prototypes
- Sold or delivered
- not sold (pre-launch)
- Where it is sold or used
- London (Hackney), United Kingdom
- Customers and pilots
- About 20 households signed up for alpha testing (2023 report)
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Prosper's Alfie to rely on remote assistants
MIT Technology Review said Alfie would handle about 20% of chores itself, with remote workers doing the rest, at a hoped-for USD 10,000-15,000.
MIT Technology Review - London startup builds a robot butler
Interesting Engineering reported Prosper's teleoperated home robot, a planned GBP 5,000-10,000 price and a monthly subscription.
Interesting Engineering
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useAlfieProsper Robotics |  GaryUnlimited RoboticsSame job: home · Both on wheels · Both in development |  HIVA (Haiwa)HaierSame job: home · Both on wheels · Both in development |  MemoSunday RoboticsSame job: home · Both on wheels · Both in development |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2023-06 | 2021-09-27 | 2025-07-26 | 2025-11-19 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | — | 140 cm | 165 cm | 170 cm |
| Weight | — | 40 kg | 70 kg | 77 kg |
| Joints | — | — | 44 | 20 |
| Speed | — | 4.3 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | 5 kg | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | $5,900 | — | — |
Sources
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