Something like this? https://www.theburnin.com/technology/toyota-ceiling-mounted-robotic-butler-2020-10-03/ https://www.theburnin.com/technology/toyota-ceiling-

Something like this? https://www.theburnin.com/technology/toyota-ceiling-mounted-robotic-butler-2020-10-03/ https://www.theburnin.com/technology/toyota-ceiling-mounted-... Thanks for enumerating the use cases. They are fun to think about. I wanted to dive into the first application you mentioned. As mentioned in my post, even the most basic manipulation tasks on human-centric objects and spaces are actually full of little details. I hope people think more on that low-level dextrous manipulation when designing robot hardware rather than the fairly high level "open door, pull package inside, close the door", which might make robotics people receptive to the idea that a humanoid is truly the only viable solution. What if your door has a step down to the porch where the package is delivered? The robot can't "just" pull a large box inside, it would get stuck. You'd need to lift it up, and at this point you'd require two arms or a gantry that can extend outside of the home above the porch. Obviously the home can be re-designed around this, but my point is that there are really two kinds of robotics - ones that try to solve a human problem, and ones that try to do everything a human can.