RELEASED 2021REASSESSED 2026.08.08

temi

temi V3

Name: temi V3
Brand: temi

A telepresence robot that also drives itself. temi maps an indoor space with a 360-degree LiDAR and two depth cameras, publishes 5 cm navigation accuracy without external beacons, and goes where a spoken command sends it or follows a person on request. The screen and two-way video are the product; the autonomy is what gets the screen to the room without anyone steering.

Price$3,950 list priceRetail price not tracked

Autonomy Ladder

Why Level II.

One five-rung scale, every category, from acting only on command to working unsupervised anywhere.

VGeneralized AutonomyAny task, any setting. No consumer robot has reached it.
IVEnvironmental AutonomyCopes with everyday clutter and frees itself, shown by independent testing.
IIIConditional AutonomyFinishes whole jobs in familiar spaces; struggles at the edges.
To reach Level IIIMost sessions finish without intervention. Rescue is occasional, not routine.
IIAssisted AutonomyThis robot

temi V3 runs preset routines on its own, and the owner is its recovery system.

Navigation and control

LiDAR-based SLAM for indoor mapping. Preprogrammed patrol and obstacle avoidance. 360-degree LiDAR, two depth cameras, a 13 MP RGB camera, an IMU, and six time-of-flight sensors; published navigation accuracy 5 cm, no external beacons required.
Why this level
- temi navigates on its own inside a mapped indoor space, using a 360-degree LiDAR, two depth cameras, an IMU and six time-of-flight sensors, at a published accuracy of 5 cm and with no external devices required.
- A spoken command sends it to a saved destination and it will follow a person on request, so movement does not depend on a remote operator.
- What stays narrow is the task set: travel to named locations, follow, and present a screen, all within a space mapped in advance and all on smooth indoor floors.
- The stored classification is Level II, and it rests on that narrow task set rather than on any need for a human at the controls.
Autonomy dimension 35 / 100 · 6 sources reviewed
IManual AutomationOne action on command; no independent operation.

How we assign a level →

Behind the classification

Sources we reviewed.

Verified6 sources reviewed

Sufficient public evidence across source types to publish a non-provisional classification.

Sources reviewed

Longitudinal signal2 sourcesReviewed

Robovations dated log for this robot: 4 tracked entries spanning ~27 months.

Specification sources1 sourceReviewed

Pages the published specifications were read from.

robotemi.comrobotemi.com

Monitoring record5 sourcesReviewed

Sources behind the tracker entries following this robot.

Also monitored, nothing listed yet

Manufacturer documentationReviewed

temi official product documentation, specifications, and enterprise deployment guides.

Press & video reviewsReviewed

Tech publication coverage of temi V3 deployments in corporate and retail settings.

Owner reportsOngoing

Enterprise customer case studies documenting telepresence use in office and hospitality environments.

How we evaluate evidence →

Human Readiness

Ready Now.

One question: what does buying this robot today walk you into? The state is computed from the record, and recomputed daily.

Ready NowThis robot

temi V3 is on sale, assessed, and nothing on its record argues for waiting.
How this was derived
- Shipping past the first-90-day ownership window with a published assessment, no documented issues on record, and no announced successor.
Notes on the record
- temi V3 is sold to home buyers as well as commercial and small-business buyers, with documented pricing and a support structure.
- Setup is mapping the space and saving destinations; after that, travel is autonomous and voice-driven, and no enterprise network integration or operator training is documented as a requirement.
- Deployments are limited to single-level indoor spaces with smooth floors.
On the record
- Shipping since January 2021 · 68 months on the market
- No successor announced
- 6 sources reviewed
What would move it
A documented problem, an announced successor, or a withdrawn listing moves it out; the rating recomputes daily.
New to MarketOn sale under 90 days; the ownership record is still forming.
WaitA successor is announced and has not shipped; re-read the decision when it arrives.
Known IssuesDocumented problems stand on the record; read the case before buying.

How we assess readiness →

Robovations Score

How this number was reached

65of 100

CapableAt or above 39% of the 436 robots we scoreand 79% of the 24 scored specialty robots

DeficientLimitedCapableStrongExemplary

Measured on 8 of the 9 inputs10% not counted

Our assessment did not establish an independent source for edge-case recovery on this machine, so that input is left out of the score rather than guessed at, and the rest re-weighted to fill the space. A gap in what we have been able to verify is not evidence against the robot. Where a whole pillar has nothing measured, we publish no number at all.

What moved itpoints gained or lost against a typical robot

Carried by

Routine maintenance75+1.0

Held back by

Task completion60−1.9
Consumables57−1.0
Field failure rate64−1.0

Capability40% of the score66What it does without you.

Task completion16% of the score60

Evidence

AARP's hands-on review describes the robot following each person around separate offices with nobody driving it, carrying items on its tray between named rooms and returning to its own charging stand, but also reports "I could not get Temi to beam my calls to friends and family who downloaded the app, a very disappointing snafu that we were unable to resolve during the time of this review" and that the software "is still immature" (no automatic calendar reminders, contacts could not be added manually). The review does not state which generation it lived with, so the software complaints may be older than V3; the autonomous motion jobs work while a human closes the loop on the communication side.

Coverage and navigation10% of the score72

Evidence

VibrantAgingInsider's piece on the temi 3 for aging in place states that the robot keeps a saved location map and that "a possible need to reset the location map" is one of the problems the manual covers. The map is therefore retained between sessions rather than rebuilt each run, with a human re-establishing it after a change; no source in the pool observes systematic completeness across repeated runs.

Edge-case recoverynot countedno source verified43

Evidence

Above the middle of the scale on sensing density alone: 360 degree LiDAR plus two depth cameras plus six time-of-flight sensors is pre-contact perception dense enough to prevent the ordinary stall, and the platform stays on smooth indoor floors where the fall modes largely do not exist. It goes no further. The record carries no failure modes and no recovery behavior at all, so nothing documents what temi does when something blocks a saved route or whether it reports being stuck.

Operating envelope4% of the score75

Evidence

AARP, living with the robot at home: "the charging stand worked fine on tile or hardwood floors. But Temi had trouble rolling onto the terminal points when the dock was mired in deep shag carpet." That is one documented condition in which it degrades inside an ordinary indoor setting; the same review has it navigating a house with lidar and three camera systems without hitting walls.

Dependability40% of the score62Whether it keeps doing it.

Field failure rate16% of the score64

Evidence

Five years in market since 2021 with no recall and no failure mode documented anywhere in the record, but absence of a failure record is absence of evidence rather than absence of failure. The owner-report lane here is enterprise customer case studies, which are vendor-adjacent marketing rather than independent outcome evidence under rule 2, and nothing in the record is linked. The one named wear item, wheel replacement or tread inspection every 6 to 12 months, is a fast cadence for a machine that runs on smooth indoor floors.

Software stability14% of the score65

Evidence

The ordinary consumer-robot state exactly. The record names software updates as one of the three things the Wi-Fi connection is for, so an update channel exists and is used, and no regression pattern is reported by anyone. There is also no changelog and no independent record of what any update changed. This asserts neither stability nor instability, which is the honest reading of a silent record.

Support longevity10% of the score55

Evidence

A documented support structure and published pricing across home, commercial and small-business channels on a platform five years in market, with wheels and treads named as serviceable parts on a stated cadence. Held at the middle because none of the commitments this input measures actually appear: no warranty term, no parts pricing, no repair channel and no software support window. That matters more here than on a mechanical machine, because temi's product is a screen, a voice interface and a video service, so a withdrawn app is the end of the device.

Ownership burden20% of the score68What it asks of you.

Routine maintenance12% of the score75

Evidence

Short and light: weekly wheel inspection for debris and moisture and a screen wipe, monthly a Wi-Fi signal check across the deployment area and a patrol route clarity check, wheel or tread service and a battery health check every 6 to 12 months, and a remap when the furniture moves. Deducted for two things the design leaves with the owner: the monthly items are site management rather than machine care, and with no documented self-docking an 8 hour battery on a 2 hour charge is a daily plug-in somebody performs.

Consumables8% of the score57

Evidence

No media, no filters, no pads and no documented subscription, and the machine consumes nothing in doing its job. Held at the middle by the one real recurring part: wheels or treads on a 6 to 12 month replacement or inspection cadence, which is the fastest wear item of any non-cleaning machine scored here, with no published price. The 480 Wh pack carries no published replacement price or service path either.

middle half of the databaseits medianthis robot

Reported, not scoredneither measures how well the robot works

Five-year cost$4,500

high for a consumer-purchasable robot at $3,950 MSRP and $3,500 to $4,500 street, plus an estimated $550 over five years in wheels or treads on a 6 to 12 month cadence and eventual pack service, neither of which temi prices; no subscription is documented, though the video calling and remote access the product is built around depend on a working network

Data postureCloud-linked

Account required. Maps and telemetry leave the home; core function survives an outage.

What leaves the homeNot documented

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FIT CHECK

Will the temi V3 fit your application?

Describe your use case using the controls. Each choice reads the spec sheet for you, flagging where the temi V3 is built for your space and where it isn’t.

Deployment

Operator coverage

Floor environment

Network

A classification of fit for the conditions you set, not a recommendation. Verdicts describe engineering design intent, not test results.

SPECIFICATION

The full spec sheet.

Priced above the category median, with every figure charted against the category below.

Dimensional drawing

Key specificationsManufacturer-published

Footprint: 13.8 × 17.7 in · 39.4 in tall✓
Weight: 26.5 lbs✓
Battery: 480 Wh · Li-ion
Wi-Fi: Supported✓
Max speed: 2.2 mph✓
Payload: 6.6 lb

Where it lands · ranked across 44 specialty robotsThis robotMedianTypical range

Runtime480min

30 min960 min

Near median

Price$3,950

$29$100,000

Bottom of range

Charge time120min

30 min360 min

Near median

Weight26.5lbs

0.09 lbs132+ lbs

Near median

Position shows where the figure sits across the tracked category, not a quality judgment.

OWNERSHIP

Living with it.

Stable indoor navigation when operator-piloted; autonomous patrol mode has documented reliability but requires environment remapping after furniture changes.

Owner reports describe consistent wheel/motor performance over multi-year deployments. Navigation failures occur when dynamic obstacles (people, furniture moves) block known paths. Wi-Fi dropouts interrupt remote operation.

Owner effort~3 hrshands-on per month

ConsumablesNonereplaceable parts / yr

Reliability trend Stableowner-reported arc

What goes wrong · 4 documented · 1 self-recover

Occasional

Wi-Fi connectivity lossOperator control lag or complete loss of remote piloting capability

Self-recoversReconnect to network; robot resumes last known position

Occasional

Obstacle detection failureRobot collides with dynamic obstacles not present during map training

Owner fixOperator takes manual control or remaps the patrol route

Occasional

Wheel wear and slipReduced traction on smooth floors, navigation drift

Owner fixWheel replacement; tread inspection every 6-12 months

Rare

Touchscreen responsiveness degradationTap inputs require multiple presses

Owner fixTouchscreen calibration or replacement

Upkeep routine

Weekly52×/yr

Inspect wheels for debris and moisture; wipe touchscreen.

Monthly12×/yr

Check Wi-Fi signal strength in deployment areas; verify patrol route clarity.

Yearly1×/yr

Wheel replacement or tread inspection; battery health check.

As neededno fixed schedule

Remap patrol routes after furniture changes or layout updates.

Cost over time · past the sticker

$3,950 to buy, with no regularly replaced parts. The purchase price is effectively the full cost of ownership.

Safety notes

CautionOperator responsibility for safety: Remote pilot is responsible for collision avoidance in dynamic environments. Unattended operation on patrol routes may hit moving people or obstacles.

NoteScreen injury risk in tight spaces: Onboard screen extends slightly; risk of pinching fingers or entanglement in doorways during tight passage.

RECORD

How the assessment has moved.

Every announcement, release and reassessment behind the current classification.

Coming soon

Just launched

Active updates

Settled

Discontinued

Aug 2026 · AssessmentRobovations Score revised 63 → 65
Aug 2026 · AssessmentRobovations Score rescored under v4.2: 54 → 63
Jul 2026 · AssessmentRobovations Score revised 49 → 54
Jul 2026 · AssessmentRobovations Score recorded at 49 of 100
Jun 2026 · Updatetemi SDK v1.138.0 adds navigation zone tracking for developers
Feb 2026 · Updatetemi SDK v1.137.1 adds multi-floor map management for developers
Jul 2025 · Updatetemi robot SDK update adds map status and speed controls
Mar 2024 · NewsGains traction in hospital telepresence deployments

Editorial comparisons

How temi V3 compares.

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Goal-based

Which companion robot is right for your home?

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Common questions

What people actually ask.

6 answered

OperationCan the temi V3 work without a remote operator?

Yes. temi navigates on its own inside a space it has mapped: a spoken command such as “hey temi, go to the kitchen” sends it to a saved destination, and it will follow a person on request. temi publishes 5 cm navigation accuracy and states that no external devices or beacons are needed. Remote piloting is one way to move it, not the only one.

OperationDoes temi V3 climb stairs?

No. The wheeled platform has no stair-climbing capability. Deployments are limited to single-floor spaces or elevator-equipped buildings.

CompatibilityWhat network infrastructure does temi V3 require?

Wi-Fi, for video calls, remote access, and software updates. Mapping and navigation do not use the network or any external beacon. temi is sold to home buyers as well as businesses and publishes no enterprise-network requirement.

OperationHow long does temi V3 run on a charge?

temi publishes up to 8 hours, with no duty-cycle condition attached to that figure. No difference in power draw between remote piloting and autonomous travel is published.

OperationWhat does temi V3 carry, and how large is the screen?

The interaction surface is a 13.3-inch 1920×1080 touchscreen. The tray holds a published 3 kg (6.6 lb). There is no arm, so a person loads and unloads it.

OperationCan the temi V3 operate outdoors?

No. temi is an indoor platform with no weather sealing, and the manufacturer does not support outdoor operation.

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Living with it.

How the assessment has moved.

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What people actually ask.

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