StarBot Flex

StarBot Flex is a foldable, wheeled service humanoid that the Santa Barbara start-up StarBot placed in its 2026 product line for restaurants, hospitality and retail. The maker states a height of 5 ft 9 in, roughly 175 cm, and that is the only measurable figure it has released.

Weight, degrees of freedom, arm payload, driving speed and battery runtime are not published; the company says final specifications and availability will be announced. At the same time its timeline marks a September 2026 release, which sits awkwardly next to the missing spec sheet, so buyers should treat the model as a prototype until a data sheet appears.

Flex follows the first-generation StarBot Nova and keeps the idea of a wheeled robot moving among guests, adding a folding body meant to simplify transport and storage between shifts. As with its other robots, StarBot confirms an emergency stop and a speed limit tuned to each deployment, and advertises assembly entirely in the United States. No customers are named and the price is on request.