Here's what I want robots to do:
1) Wash my dishes, dry them and put them away completely automatically.
2) Wash and dry my clothes, fold them and put them away completely automatically.
These two things would save me hours of work per week. FoldiMate simply isn't even close to being good enough, but I'd be willing to spend about that much for a robot that could do #2.
I can vacuum my floor by myself and greet people at the door, thank you. I have no use for drones, or bipedal robots, or some kind of other walking robot at all. Alexa and similar provide nothing to me that I've been able to ascertain.
I wouldn't mind some kind of thing that can hold stuff and follow me around (and up and down stairs) on occasion, but that suitcase isn't going to do it.
Anybody who can crack either #1 or #2 is going to break the robotics industry wide open.
1) Wash my dishes, dry them and put them away completely automatically.
2) Wash and dry my clothes, fold them and put them away completely automatically.
These two things would save me hours of work per week. FoldiMate simply isn't even close to being good enough, but I'd be willing to spend about that much for a robot that could do #2.
I can vacuum my floor by myself and greet people at the door, thank you. I have no use for drones, or bipedal robots, or some kind of other walking robot at all. Alexa and similar provide nothing to me that I've been able to ascertain.
I wouldn't mind some kind of thing that can hold stuff and follow me around (and up and down stairs) on occasion, but that suitcase isn't going to do it.
Anybody who can crack either #1 or #2 is going to break the robotics industry wide open.