About
A retirement home for robots. Why, how, and what we hope for.
Where the idea came from
Who has never been moved by the robot junkyards of science fiction? In Asimov's I, Robot, in Spielberg's A.I., in Alita — there is always that same image: a graveyard of broken machines, some of which still seem to want to live.
RobotsRescue was born from that unease. We already live surrounded by domestic robots: vacuums, mowers, connected companions, toys. When they break down or become obsolete, they end up in the trash. Yet many of them could be repaired, adopted, or simply allowed to live out their end quietly.
Our mission
Welcome every robot people want to get rid of, whatever its state. Care for what can be cared for. Rehome what can be rehomed. Honor what has to stop. Without profit, without judgment, without forgetting.
What we are not
- We are not a service center. We do not repair your equipment at home.
- We are not a reseller. Adoption is at cost, without marketing.
- We are not a museum. All our residents live their own robot lives, not ours.
- We are not scientists. Just passionate technicians who love machines.
Who runs it
The shelter, online since December 2020, is run by Joseph Sardin, a technician and founder of several non-profit projects (including LaSonothèque.org, a free sound library used around the world). The shelter sits at the crossroads of that care for the commons and a stubborn love for machines we throw away too fast.