The idea that shiny robots will be landscaping your yard in 10 years is a pipe dream. Show me the robot, even the prototype, that can (for example): -identif

The idea that shiny robots will be landscaping your yard in 10 years is a pipe dream. Show me the robot, even the prototype, that can (for example): -identify a tree that needs straightening -dig it out without damaging the root system -reseat the tree -fill in the hole -drive stakes in the ground to keep it straight -tether the tree to the stakes -identify when the tethers are choking the tree and retether -identify when the stakes when no longer necessary and remove them Even the likes of Boston Dynamics can barely make a robot that walks. Even in sectors like manufacturing, where automation has "almost" taken over and the market massively rewards the elimination of human, labor, you still need people to mollycoddle the machines, people to carry the rejects to the crusher, people to drive the forklifts and load the trucks. I suspect that people that pigeonhole all blue collar jobs into "done by idiots, ergo easily automated", have never worked in such a job. We've had machines for centuries now, and we're only just beginning to tackle the hard problem of making computers flexible enough to handle all the edge cases.