> Seriously, look at the UR5, when was the last time you loaded a dishwasher with 0.1 millimeter precision? Or which kitchen appliance did you use for 35.000 ho

> Seriously, look at the UR5, when was the last time you loaded a dishwasher with 0.1 millimeter precision? Or which kitchen appliance did you use for 35.000 hours at full capacity? Or what clothes weigh 5+ kilograms? The author underestimates the physical requirements for most tasks we do day to day. 0.1mm precision is roughly the accuracy you need to put a #8 screw into a clearance hole toleranced for a loose fit. One might think when loading a dishwasher that you don't need to be precise because the dish can go "anywhere", but in reality that's just because a human fundamentally understands where plates can and can't go, and can adjust their movements accordingly. If you are trying to place a dish on a granite countertop, and the plate goes 0.1mm into the countertop, you're going to notice. Such a robot arm would just barely be able to peel a potato. 5kg of payload may sound like a lot, but it really isn't. For starters, that doesn't include the weight of the end effector. Then this is the max load that the robot can support, but if you need to manipulate something quickly and precisely, that further reduces max payload. Holding a single item of clothing should still be fine, but what about say pulling on an item of clothing out from under a pile of laundry? Or how about lifting a pot of water off a burner on your stove? Pouring a glass of milk from a gallon jug would be close to the limit of what such an arm can handle.