I feel like an iPhone of robotics is pretty irrelevant at the moment. We can't even build a single-chore robot at the moment that replaces a human. The softwa

I feel like an iPhone of robotics is pretty irrelevant at the moment. We can't even build a single-chore robot at the moment that replaces a human. The software side of "chore-robots" is totally beyond anything that currently exists. Think about the basic task of washing/folding/putting away clothes. The AI would need * Full 3D spatial navigation * Be able to identify what is clothing * Be able to reliably pick up clothing * Be able to open doors to get around the house * Somehow know how to operate every model of washer/dryer, including different possible placements of the machines * Somehow know how to fold any clothing item * Somehow know where to put the folded clothes (be able to open any kind of dresser?) If you wanted to solve this you'd probably start with things like "well maybe there's a designated clothes bin that comes with the product that the robot understands" or "well maybe we make the user mark out exactly the space where they want the clothes placed" But then you're leaving general AI territory at that point and heading back in regular robotics territory where the solution is to put the problem "on rails" as much as possible.