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Piggy Robotics

Humanoid robots that do your chores for the price of an iPhone!

Y CombinatorFall 2025ActiveIndustrialsManufacturing and RoboticsArtificial IntelligenceSmart Home AssistantsRoboticsHome Automation

What they do

Problem

Household chores require significant human time and labor, and existing humanoid robots are too expensive and hard to manufacture at scale for widespread home use.

Solution

They build low-cost, mass-producible humanoid robots powered by artificial muscles and a single pump to perform household chores at near consumer-electronics prices.

Who it's for

Households and consumers who want an affordable humanoid robot to handle everyday chores.

Founders

Richard Gong
Co-founder

Dropped out of medicine at Oxford to build humanoid robots for the home.

Chenny (Qianyi) Deng
Co-founder

Founder @ Piggy Robotics (YC F25) | PhD Candidate in Computer Science @ the University of Oxford | Ex-Tencent AI researcher | Founded the largest laser-tag arena in my city at age 13

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