---
title: "IKEA Wants to Sell You Robotic Furniture for Your Tiny Apartment"
description: "Swedish furniture maker IKEA is partnering with American startup Ori to create a line of robotic furniture to help people save space in small apartments."
date: "2019-06-04"
modified: "2019-06-04"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/ikea-robotic-furniture"
categories:
  - "Robotics"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "furniture"
  - "IKEA"
  - "smart devices"
  - "the digest"
---

# IKEA Wants to Sell You Robotic Furniture for Your Tiny Apartment

![Swedish furniture maker IKEA is partnering with American startup Ori to create a line of robotic furniture to help people save space in small apartments.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ikea-robotic-furniture.png>)
*\<em\>Image: IKEA\</em\>*

## Furniture, Assemble!

Swedish furniture maker IKEA is partnering with American startup Ori to create a line of robotic furniture to allow people to "create their dream homes in small spaces."

https://vimeo.com/340144236

The ROGNAN lineup optimizes a limited number of square feet by turning the space into a modular and adaptable living area. A video render shows off a couch-wardrobe-combination that can hide a bed underneath itself to save space.

## Saving Space

The system can also roll back and forth thanks to a button-operated set of wheels tucked underneath. The wardrobe portion can fit a ton of your stuff without wasting a single square foot of space.

All told, the new "Transformers"-style all-in-one can tuck away a bed, a sofa, a load of storage, and even a desk in a space of roughly 115 square feet (10 square meters), [according to *Engadget*](<https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/04/ikea-is-working-on-robotic-furniture-for-small-apartments/>) — meaning even the tiniest bachelor pad could fit one of those.

## Robo-Furniture

The ROGNAN robotic furniture lineup will go on sale at IKEA stores next year. IKEA will be putting out more information and details later this summer.

The furniture maker has been in the news [quite a bit](<https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/4/18652456/ikea-unyq-area-academy-esports-gamer-uppkoppla-custom-accessories>) recently for announcing new and innovative products that push the boundaries of what we think of as furniture — or, at least, figuring our ways to make efficient use of your tiny, dystopian apartment.

**READ MORE:** [IKEA is working on robotic furniture for small apartments](<https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/04/ikea-is-working-on-robotic-furniture-for-small-apartments/>) \[*Engadget*\]

**More on IKEA:** *[The Stuff in IKEA’s Biodegradable Packaging Will Now Make Tasty Lab-Grown Meats](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/ikea-biodegradable-packaging-tasty-lab-grown-meat>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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