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Worth buying? Maybe. Actually bought and distributed? No. Again, hardware just doesn't roll out that fast, and you're talking about trying to distribute exp
by horsawlarway 3mo ago
Worth buying? Maybe.
Actually bought and distributed? No.
Again, hardware just doesn't roll out that fast, and you're talking about trying to distribute expensive hardware to a population with a 47k median yearly wage.
I've built robots. Even if the software expense is ~$0... you're not going to escape the fact that a robot that can do anything remotely similar to household work is just going to be expensive. Like, several thousand dollars in actuators and sensors alone, not counting any compute.
LLMs are a SaaS - Robots are delivered hardware. The graveyard is littered with software folks who thought they could deliver hardware like it was software.
- djhn 2mo agoI agree. Not to mention safety. To be useful they’re gonna have to be capable and powerful. If they’re good enough to be useful, they will be dangerous. Advanced household robots are closer to fully autonomous cars and airplanes than roombas. The code is safety critical. Imagine something capable of flooding or burning down a building with hundreds of people if left to the vibe coders?