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I'm not sure that the cost to build a near-flawless, learn-anything-by-imitation humanoid would be less than the cost of a "laundromatic bot" that weights 5kg a

• falcor84 2y ago
  Obviously I'm not arguing that a humanoid will be cheaper than a laundromatic bot, but when I'm considering the full range of domestic tasks, I think it will start to make sense. Just for laundry, that would include: picking up items of all sizes, running the laundry, folding the clothes and then putting them in the closet. Other things I'd want help with include tidying (the defrag in the post), organizing my fridge&pantry and throwing away out of date items, cooking, vacuuming and mopping, and dozens of tasks that I'm sure would come to mind if I think for a bit longer. Essentially, I want a full domestic helper like Rosey from the Jetsons. I think that technologically we're getting quite close to that, with R&D examples like Atlas[0], Optimus[1], Figure[2], Mentee[3] and Neo[4]. If you're sure you'd be happy with just a laundromatic bot, that's cool, but I think that any non-humanoid approaches to domestic work are pretty much a dead-end, as they are the robotic equivalent of a non-programmable computer. [0] https://bostondynamics.com/atlas/ https://bostondynamics.com/atlas/ [1] https://www.tesla.com/AI https://www.tesla.com/AI (they apparently don't have a dedicated page) [2] https://www.figure.ai/ https://www.figure.ai/ [3] https://www.menteebot.com/bot/ https://www.menteebot.com/bot/ [4] https://www.1x.tech/androids/neo https://www.1x.tech/androids/neo