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A $20,000 humanoid that does chores is heading to US homes this year.

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨TubbyMarmot@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

https://morningoverview.com/a-20000-humanoid-that-does-chores-is-heading-to-us-homes-this-year/

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  • snoons@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    planned $499 per month subscription

    lol

    taking bets on how long it will take for this to become abandonware

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    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Quick…

      I saw a story a while ago about a tech company renting out airbnbs as training environments for these types of bots

      They absolutely destroyed the houses, fine motor skills is insanely difficult, and the robots just kept breaking everything.

      The coders don’t understand how the human brain works (no one does really, but they’re especially ignorant). So they’re trying to to make one “thing” that controls everything instead of a bunch of subprocesses acting along guidance

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    • TubbyMarmot@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I bet it never even makes it to market. Now robots will for sure, but these first ones out of the gate types rarely make it.

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  • sylver_dragon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’d love to have a robot to handle basic home maintenance tasks. Somehow, I’m not quite willing to bet $20k and $500/month on this thing being anything more than a gimmick. I’d also be really curious what happens to my $20k robot if I cancel the subscription and/or the company goes under. Do I just end up with a really expensive object lesson is poor spending decisions?

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I mean they demoed this thing not that long ago and it was a disaster. So yeah, my expectations are low.

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    • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Pretty much. There’s basically zero chance this will not end up on the pile of products released way before they reached commercial viability.

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      • sylver_dragon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Move fast and break things.

        And by “things” they mean “functionality”.

        I’d also bet on “security” being one of those things. I can’t wait to hear about the first time some kids from 4chan take control of one of these bots.

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    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I mean, it’s 2026. I can’t imagine the robot can’t be jailbroken.

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      • dandi8@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Who's gonna hire an Indian to teleoperate it, then?

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      • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Sure, but without the giant data center running it, the robot won’t be able to do anything.

        $20k is probably decent for the amount of hardware you get, but the software is what would make this actually useful. And it’s a long bet on if they can make it work.

        Of course I wouldn’t bring anything like this into my home that connects to a remote data center, it would have to be 100% locally run.

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    • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      wait. wait. wait. theres a monthly fee as well?

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      • sylver_dragon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        What, you expect to actually own something that costs you $20k? Quit obstructing their access to your bank account. Think of the shareholders!

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  • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They’re replacing underpaid immigrant workers with underpaid overseas workers remotely controlling a robot, while some rich techbro asshole in the middle skims off almost all the money.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I do chores for less than that.

    And I’m fuckable.

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    • Toast28@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Are you though?

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      • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I am fully functional and programmed in multiple techniques.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      How much do you charge for fucking vs. chores?

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      • Slartifartblast@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        …and then doing the fucking chores?

        I’m asking for a sick friend.

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  • jwt@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Why do they keep insisting on humanoid? Just give me the crushinator to do chores for $10,000.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Because a humanoid robot can theoretically do all the things humans can do, using appliances designed for humans to operate.

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      • jwt@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Non-humanoids can theoretically do that too.

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      • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I felt like robo simian made sense for versatility. I can see some thing that is more like a carbon atom so it can naturally tripod but can go to 2 or even one limb as base and have more grasping limbs.

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  • BigTrout75@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s amazing, they can make a 20k humanoid but it’s impossible to make a 20k EV car.

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    • Triumph@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Here's the neat part: they can't.

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    • TubbyMarmot@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Fuck $20K for anything. We need an under $10K car.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Strip the cybercab of all its shitty tech and they could absolutely sell it for $20k.

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  • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I suppose for a large house, $500/mo. is what one would pay for maid service.

    I don’t believe one robot can effectively clean piss from the corner behind the toilet, AND do laundry, AND clean windows, AND dust, AND clean a shower head, AND clean a refrigerator, etc., etc.

    Imagine a robot collecting everything out of a fridge onto a counter, removing the glass shelves, cleaning them, cleaning the inside of the fridge, and then putting everything back without breaking anything, and doing it in 30 minutes. Not happening. Even if it were done completely by remote control, I don’t think it could do it.

    These things are not anywhere close to a replacement for a human, but they’ll keep pushing it.

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    • ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      $500 sounds about right for weekly maid service. That means the base price of the robot not including subscription fees, power, repairs, etc. would get you ~3 years of maid service.

      If your maid service goes out of business, you just find a new one. What are the odds this company will still be around in 3 years? Not a wager I’d be willing to make.

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  • Krusty@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    But can you fuck it?

    Asking for a friend.

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    • square@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’m the friend.

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  • ishartdoritos@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Bullshit

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    • JakenVeina@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Nah, not bullshit. Just doesn’t do them without remote human control. That falls under “features to he introduced at a later date.”

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  • atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Who’s homes?

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    • JakenVeina@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Sherlock Homes.

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    • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      *whose

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      • Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Knock knock theres? who’s

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  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They have been saying this since the 1990s, Rocky had a robot maid. Useless unless you just want something that kills anything that moves, which would be pretty cool I guess.

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  • magnetosphere@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “Our company is cooler than X because we put a ‘1’ in front of it.”

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  • vane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Image

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