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Do you have stairs in your house?
by gacgacgac 4mo ago
Do 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