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> A toilet cleaning robot would have a spinning brush like a drill and would circle the bowl of the toilet a couple of times. But that robot can't refill its c
by adwn 10y ago
> A toilet cleaning robot would have a spinning brush like a drill and would circle the bowl of the toilet a couple of times.
But that robot can't refill its consumables, it can't mop up the floor, and it can't deal with the mess after your semi-demented grandpa missed half the bowl. This solution is useful for a large rest stop with a dozen toilettes and thousands of customers per day (and employees that do the above tasks), and utterly useless for your own home.
> IMO there's no purpose to making a robot have the same physical constraints as a human. Our bodies are pretty shitty when you think about it. Robots can be much more elegant.
Our bodies have a huge advantage: they are incredibly flexible, and surprisingly strong for their dexterity. No robot we have ever built even comes close. You can have lots of robots in your home (Roomba, toilet bowl cleaner, dish washer, sandwich maker, a kitchen machine, uuh, is there anything else you can automate?) and you'll still need a human doing a lot of work. Or you can have a single human working half-time in your home, and you don't need a single robot. Give me a robot that can do 90% of all household chores, and I'm sold.
- freehunter 10y agoBut now you're getting into scope creep. What was asked for was a robot that could clean toilets, or a robot that could make a sandwich.
- asdfasdfa11112 10y agoWasn't the original discussion about robots replacing human labor? A single human can do those things. I think it's another discussion whether we can make robots who each do one thing well. Roomba, etc. Besides the space constraints with multiple robots, I think it's clear there are significant advantages in having just 1 entity that can perform all the required cleaning tasks. Much like single-purpose hardware has given way (mostly) to software, except in areas with interesting requirements (GPu etc.)