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It is good to see someone finally working on one of these without the stupid legs (I think the legs are stupid because they give your robot the chance to fall
by elil17 4mo ago
It is good to see someone finally working on one of these without the stupid legs
(I think the legs are stupid because they give your robot the chance to fall over and are not relevant for most environments).
- gacgacgac 4mo agoDo you have stairs in your house?
- forgotusername6 4mo agoTwo robots
- jannyfer 4mo agoThis is how I used to solve the roomba-can’t-use-stairs problem. I’ve now moved to a single floor. Problem solved!
- IshKebab 4mo agoThen they can't bring anything up or down the stairs. Still, I expect it won't matter - by the time we have reasonably priced robots that can reliably do all housework, that's like 90% of jobs eliminated from society and probably society will collapse.
- skeledrew 4mo agoMaybe one can throw things to the other :).
- gacgacgac 4mo agoMy kitchen, office, living room, gaming computer, entryway, and bedroom are all separated by sets of stairs. So that's six robots for me?
- geetee 4mo agoI am protected
- Zarathruster 4mo agoGoons never die, they just go to HN and regroup
- gacgacgac 4mo agoI'm glad someone caught this.
- vitally3643 4mo agoTo be fair, there are wheel arrangements which can negotiate stairs. Tank treads can probably do it too.
- elil17 4mo agoThe problems with legs are sufficient that having two robots would be better than having one with legs. Here's why: - You can increase the payload a lot - You can increase the torso weight which means you can use cheaper, heavier components - It won't fall down and hurt someone if it malfunctions - It will never be in a position where it might fall down the stairs (if it were, it could kill someone) - It will use less power/have a longer battery life
- fuzzythinker 4mo agoA carrier bot can be parked near the stairs to transport the bot to different floors