The HD-1 is Arcturus's attempt to enter the consumer market — a bipedal household maintenance automaton standing 1.7 meters, designed for home repair tasks: …

The CN-1 is a childcare automaton built on a low-slung quadruped frame with a padded upper chassis and a pair of gentle manipulator arms designed to lift, ca…

…ts, and the CN-1 childcare platform, creating an integrated domestic management system. Critics note that this ecosystem lock-in means Crucible eventually controls ever…

The CK-3 is a kitchen-mounted automaton — a pair of articulated arms extending from a ceiling rail system, with interchangeable tool-tip hands for chopping, …

The GN-6 is a gardening automaton built on a six-wheeled low-profile chassis with a retractable tool arm carrying interchangeable heads: pruning shears, soil…

The HC-2 is a squat, disc-shaped cleaning platform roughly a meter in diameter that navigates residential spaces on six stubby rubber-padded legs. It vacuums…

…ment has begun issuing warrants for LP-1 processing logs in domestic violence and assault cases. Hearthstone did not design a surveillance tool. They accidentally built…

The WM-5 is a load-carrying domestic automaton — a squat four-legged platform the size of a large dog with a flat cargo surface on its b…

The EC-4 is an elderly care automaton disguised as a motorized wheelchair — or perhaps it is a wheelchair that became an automaton. The frame is a heavy-duty…

…t hydraulic joints with studied, deliberate grace. Meridian Domestic designed the MV-9's gait and posture by motion-capturing actual human butlers from old-money estate…

…it the size of a footstool that feeds, waters, and monitors domestic animals when owners are away. It dispenses food on schedule from internal reservoirs, maintains wat…

…nd condition assessment. The VL-2 is not a general-purpose domestic unit. It does exactly one thing: it manages clothes. Meridian Domestic built it for clients who own…

The SC-3 is not a mobile automaton — it is a building management system with a voice. Ringo's Seneschal is installed as the central nervous system of luxury …

The DW-3 is an educational automaton — a tabletop unit the size of a small television with a holographic projection array and natural language interaction ca…

The PA-5 is a personal assistant automaton — a slender humanoid platform standing 1.6 meters, finished in matte black casing with a featureless ovoid head co…

Elevator in my building goes to 14. Building has 12 floors. Pressed 14 once. Doors opened to a hallway with carpeting from the 1970s and a smell like my gran…

Planted tomatoes on the roof. They grew overnight. Not fast — they were already grown. Like they'd been there for months. The soil was warm and the roots wen…

…We don't have a daughter. The Children Paradox manifests in domestic spaces. Census data consistently shows more children than births can account for, and some appear t…