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- Set the table - Gather & sort laundry, maybe even put in the washing machine - Gather dishes and maybe put them in the washer All chores easy for an able b

- Set the table - Gather & sort laundry, maybe even put in the washing machine - Gather dishes and maybe put them in the washer All chores easy for an able bodies human. But imagine having some disability or getting older. Getting back that autonomy in your life is definitely worth the money. Heck, if I have to pick between playing with my newborn son or doing the above and the likes, I'd trade my car for a robot that can do this.

spyckie2 6y ago
I would hesitate to use this robot for dishes. Maybe sorting laundry but not folding them. And I don't know if it can actually set the table fast enough. You'd be surprised at how much dexterity and precision all these things need. I doubt this robot can handle that.
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
If you have the money, why not just hire a help? Hire your neighbour, not some billionaire. There's social ways and means for a situation like that. But oh no, having people around and paying them a decent wage smells like socialism! Anti-individualism! Better to pay 20K for a half-assed robot that can only do a fraction of what needs to be done than to pay someone's wage, right?
- macrolime 6y ago
  Call your neighbor every time you need to put some dishes in the dishwasher or do some laundry? You could have a maid but then you need to have them around all the time or you need a lot of space. Also many places in Europe it's essentially illegal to have a maid.
  - patrickaljord 6y ago
    How is it illegal to have a maid in EU? Never heard of this one so genuinely curious. It's super expensive for sure but not illegal at least here in France.
    - macrolime 6y ago
      Maybe this is mostly in Northern Europe. There's certainly companies providing cleaning services, but you may find thats it's essentially impossible to find locals who will clean and cook for you every night. The alternative is then an au pair, but they're allowed to do only limited housework and some people have even gone to jail for having multiple au pairs working as maids, tough technically for breaking immigration laws by having multiple au pairs, it's judged harshly because a lot of people believe the concept of maids is nothing but oppression of poor women.
  - kwhitefoot 6y ago
    > illegal to have a maid Utter bollocks!
    - macrolime 6y ago
      I said essentialy. There's certainly companies providing cleaning services, but you may find thats it's essentially impossible to find locals who will clean and cook for you every night. The alternative is then an au pair, but they're allowed to do only limited housework and some people have even gone to jail for having multiple au pairs working as maids, tough technically mostly for breaking immigration laws for having more than one au pair.
      - kwhitefoot 6y ago
        > it's essentially impossible to find locals Presumably you aren't offering enough money. Anyway that is a far cry from illegal. Au pairs are not maids.
easytiger 6y ago
I'd imagine getting a robot to do laundry from start to finish in the way my housekeeper does effectively impossible. I'm not au fait with how the complexity of automated tasks is estimated ala algorithmic complexity, but I imagine is pretty much beyond impossible. Especially given living space constraints in most homes

spyckie2 6y ago

I would hesitate to use this robot for dishes. Maybe sorting laundry but not folding them. And I don't know if it can actually set the table fast enough. You'd be surprised at how much dexterity and precision all these things need. I doubt this robot can handle that.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

If you have the money, why not just hire a help? Hire your neighbour, not some billionaire. There's social ways and means for a situation like that. But oh no, having people around and paying them a decent wage smells like socialism! Anti-individualism! Better to pay 20K for a half-assed robot that can only do a fraction of what needs to be done than to pay someone's wage, right?

macrolime 6y ago
Call your neighbor every time you need to put some dishes in the dishwasher or do some laundry? You could have a maid but then you need to have them around all the time or you need a lot of space. Also many places in Europe it's essentially illegal to have a maid.
- patrickaljord 6y ago
  How is it illegal to have a maid in EU? Never heard of this one so genuinely curious. It's super expensive for sure but not illegal at least here in France.
  - macrolime 6y ago
    Maybe this is mostly in Northern Europe. There's certainly companies providing cleaning services, but you may find thats it's essentially impossible to find locals who will clean and cook for you every night. The alternative is then an au pair, but they're allowed to do only limited housework and some people have even gone to jail for having multiple au pairs working as maids, tough technically for breaking immigration laws by having multiple au pairs, it's judged harshly because a lot of people believe the concept of maids is nothing but oppression of poor women.
- kwhitefoot 6y ago
  > illegal to have a maid Utter bollocks!
  - macrolime 6y ago
    I said essentialy. There's certainly companies providing cleaning services, but you may find thats it's essentially impossible to find locals who will clean and cook for you every night. The alternative is then an au pair, but they're allowed to do only limited housework and some people have even gone to jail for having multiple au pairs working as maids, tough technically mostly for breaking immigration laws for having more than one au pair.
    - kwhitefoot 6y ago
      > it's essentially impossible to find locals Presumably you aren't offering enough money. Anyway that is a far cry from illegal. Au pairs are not maids.

easytiger 6y ago

I'd imagine getting a robot to do laundry from start to finish in the way my housekeeper does effectively impossible. I'm not au fait with how the complexity of automated tasks is estimated ala algorithmic complexity, but I imagine is pretty much beyond impossible. Especially given living space constraints in most homes