SwitchBot KATA Friends enters Japan's TAIS welfare-equipment directory
SwitchBot registered both KATA Friends AI companion-robot models in Japan's TAIS welfare-equipment information system for care-provider and municipal evaluation.
Evidence notes
- The white Noa model received TAIS code 02364-000006 and the grey Nico model received 02364-000007.
- The directory lists product specifications, functions and a ¥129,800 retail price for care providers, municipalities and welfare-equipment specialists.
- TAIS registration is an information-system listing and does not itself confer long-term-care insurance reimbursement or local subsidy eligibility.
Company context
SwitchBot is a consumer home robotics and smart-home brand built around retrofit automation devices, household robots, robot vacuums, smart locks, sensors and home-control hubs. The company sells products under the SwitchBot brand and has expanded from switch and curtain automation into embodied home robotics, including mobile home robots, robotic arms and a wheeled humanoid household robot concept.