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> we might finally start to see some progress in this area. You just ignored that the washing machine itself is a special purpose robot. Same with the dishwas
by robotresearcher 8y ago
> we might finally start to see some progress in this area.
You just ignored that the washing machine itself is a special purpose robot. Same with the dishwasher. Some progress already happened.
Go back a generation or two in the US, or live like the majority of people in the world, and you'd notice that laundry and dishes are very usefully semi-automated today.
- rileyphone 8y agoThey aren't robots because they aren't cybernetic at all. Sensory input and response loops are at the core of what a robot is, not automating things.
- robotresearcher 8y agoThey have feedback loops. Temperature, time and speed control. It's an automated, feedback controlled, electro-mechanical labour saving home appliance. It doesn't matter if you call it a robot or not: progress has been made.
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