The idea of a screen that follows you around is somewhere between creepy and useless. Remember the Amazon home drone, the Ring Always Home Cam?[1] Robots have

The idea of a screen that follows you around is somewhere between creepy and useless. Remember the Amazon home drone, the Ring Always Home Cam?[1] Robots have to do something useful. For homes, that's mostly clean, cook, or launder. Those are hard, unstructured tasks. Robot vacuums are at last semi-useful, though expensive. Automated laundry machinery exists, but the amount of machinery you need is way too much for the home. Robotic soiled-side sorting.[2] Robotic wash and dry, including load and unload [3]. Robotic clean-side sorting and folding.[4] Hospitals and hotels buy such systems. There were Foldimate and Laundroid for the home, but they cost too much. Robotics woks are a thing in China. They add ingredients at specified points in the cycle. There's a home version that takes a plastic container with multiple compartments and a bar code with the instructions. But they're just another kitchen appliance. [1] https://ring.com/always-home-cam-flying-camera https://ring.com/always-home-cam-flying-camera [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-03OAHvn54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-03OAHvn54 [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9s4HiaRDaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9s4HiaRDaA [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpTuwKu5fY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpTuwKu5fY0