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The idea of it being controlled by a remote person makes me feel like a new breed of gig-jobs could be around the corner. Buy a robot, and pay someone remotely

The idea of it being controlled by a remote person makes me feel like a new breed of gig-jobs could be around the corner. Buy a robot, and pay someone remotely to do your housekeeping for you. The housekeeper could even operate it from their smartphones.

hardwaresofton 6y ago
Pay a robot[0] to operate a robot[0]. [0]: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/robot https://www.thefreedictionary.com/robot
vyrotek 6y ago
Something like this? https://futurism.com/robot-waiters-paralysis https://futurism.com/robot-waiters-paralysis
russellbeattie 6y ago
Actually, I imagine these robots connected to video game consoles so people with OCD from around the world can compete to see who can clean and organize real houses faster or more efficiently... Who needs a gig economy when you can gameify it!
- Cthulhu_ 6y ago
  Is that what Human Viscera Cleanup was training us for?
- typingmonkey 6y ago
  Until 4chan comes and makes a challenge about who can remotely burn down a house faster. I think you need someone being personally responsible that the robot does not destroy stuff and people will not do this for free.
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
Why remote? There's plenty of people nearby you can hire that can do the job better, faster, and cheaper. The only downside is that you've got a real person in your house, but honestly if that's a hangup then you need to suck it up and just do the work yourself.
- tomp 6y ago
  (1) no "foreigner in my home" cleanliness issue - especially pertinent during these dimes (2) no "will the cleaner steal my golden watch / company's data" issue - you can always just replay the video and see exactly what the operator was doing / looking at (3) ability to hire different people remotely - not just cleaners, but maybe repairmen, doctors, chefs, ...
- LarvaFX 6y ago
  Or you get a robot instead of sucking it up.
- techie128 6y ago
  This is basically my exact argument that you attacked me for just a few comments above!
- kumarvvr 6y ago
  This could provide employment to disabled persons, or those unable to travel, etc.. Slap on a VR system to the bot and I am guessing a lot of chores and stuff can be done remotely. I would imagine a set of ready made extensions for various works, would be helpful as well.
- kaken 6y ago
  It makes it posible to use chape labor from other countries. in Norway it cost 40+ usd/h for profersional cleaning services
- macrolime 6y ago
  Cheaper really depends on where you live and it often won't be faster unless they live in your house. Want to put some dishes in the dishwasher? First call someone to make an appointment, wait for them to arrive, explain what they need to do. It would end up being much slower and more effort than someone just remote controlling a robot.
cosmodisk 6y ago
I saw some demo where a guy in Germany remotely operated a large excavator on the other side of the world. I think there will be more of these in the future.
- LarvaFX 6y ago
  Oh, the latency...
  - cosmodisk 6y ago
    It would have challenges if it worked with people nearly,as then it can go south pretty quickly. However,the demo was some digging im mines,which isn't too bad if there are no peopl around.
    - a_bonobo 6y ago
      A lot of the huge equipment (trucks etc.) in Australian mines is already either remotely controlled or completely autonomous, precisely because there are no people around and the mines are so remote there are no surprises
Ajedi32 6y ago
Keep in mind the videos in the article were sped up 6-10x, and even at that speed they were painfully slow compared to what a human could do in person. If you can hire a remote operator to control a robot for half of the hourly wage that you would have to pay for someone to show up in-person to perform the same task that's still not anywhere close to economical if the robot also takes 10x as long, even if you ignore the up-front cost of the robot itself. In order for something like that to make sense the robots would either have to become comparable to humans in the speed at which they are able perform their respective tasks, or the tasks would need to be at least partially automated so that an operator can control multiple robots at once.

hardwaresofton 6y ago

Pay a robot[0] to operate a robot[0]. [0]: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/robot https://www.thefreedictionary.com/robot

vyrotek 6y ago

Something like this? https://futurism.com/robot-waiters-paralysis https://futurism.com/robot-waiters-paralysis

russellbeattie 6y ago

Actually, I imagine these robots connected to video game consoles so people with OCD from around the world can compete to see who can clean and organize real houses faster or more efficiently... Who needs a gig economy when you can gameify it!

Cthulhu_ 6y ago
Is that what Human Viscera Cleanup was training us for?
typingmonkey 6y ago
Until 4chan comes and makes a challenge about who can remotely burn down a house faster. I think you need someone being personally responsible that the robot does not destroy stuff and people will not do this for free.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

Why remote? There's plenty of people nearby you can hire that can do the job better, faster, and cheaper. The only downside is that you've got a real person in your house, but honestly if that's a hangup then you need to suck it up and just do the work yourself.

tomp 6y ago
(1) no "foreigner in my home" cleanliness issue - especially pertinent during these dimes (2) no "will the cleaner steal my golden watch / company's data" issue - you can always just replay the video and see exactly what the operator was doing / looking at (3) ability to hire different people remotely - not just cleaners, but maybe repairmen, doctors, chefs, ...
LarvaFX 6y ago
Or you get a robot instead of sucking it up.
techie128 6y ago
This is basically my exact argument that you attacked me for just a few comments above!
kumarvvr 6y ago
This could provide employment to disabled persons, or those unable to travel, etc.. Slap on a VR system to the bot and I am guessing a lot of chores and stuff can be done remotely. I would imagine a set of ready made extensions for various works, would be helpful as well.
kaken 6y ago
It makes it posible to use chape labor from other countries. in Norway it cost 40+ usd/h for profersional cleaning services
macrolime 6y ago
Cheaper really depends on where you live and it often won't be faster unless they live in your house. Want to put some dishes in the dishwasher? First call someone to make an appointment, wait for them to arrive, explain what they need to do. It would end up being much slower and more effort than someone just remote controlling a robot.

cosmodisk 6y ago

I saw some demo where a guy in Germany remotely operated a large excavator on the other side of the world. I think there will be more of these in the future.

LarvaFX 6y ago
Oh, the latency...
- cosmodisk 6y ago
  It would have challenges if it worked with people nearly,as then it can go south pretty quickly. However,the demo was some digging im mines,which isn't too bad if there are no peopl around.
  - a_bonobo 6y ago
    A lot of the huge equipment (trucks etc.) in Australian mines is already either remotely controlled or completely autonomous, precisely because there are no people around and the mines are so remote there are no surprises

Ajedi32 6y ago

Keep in mind the videos in the article were sped up 6-10x, and even at that speed they were painfully slow compared to what a human could do in person. If you can hire a remote operator to control a robot for half of the hourly wage that you would have to pay for someone to show up in-person to perform the same task that's still not anywhere close to economical if the robot also takes 10x as long, even if you ignore the up-front cost of the robot itself. In order for something like that to make sense the robots would either have to become comparable to humans in the speed at which they are able perform their respective tasks, or the tasks would need to be at least partially automated so that an operator can control multiple robots at once.