Matic Robot Vacuum Gets Multimodal Control: Point and Speak, Fully On-Device
thisdudelikesAI · x · 2026-08-14
Home robotics startup Matic announced Cues, a new multimodal interaction system for its robot vacuum, which previously received a rare 10/10 score from Wired.
- Core Features: Supports voice wake and gesture control. Users can point at a mess and say "Hey Matic, clean this." The robot uses audio and vision to locate the target in 3D space and clean it. It also features a voice-following mode.
- Technical Highlights: All processing, including trajectory calculation and 3D map matching, runs locally on an NVIDIA Jetson Orin without requiring a cloud connection.
- Business Context: The robot starts at $1,245. The company has raised $115M and spent 9 years developing this intuitive home robot.
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