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Re:Boston Dynamics employees were frustrated by Google's pla... by notahacker on Sunday May 29, 2016 @08:05AM (#11796057)
Cars, on the other hand, remain expensive. A robot with sufficient versatility to cook, clean and walk the dog is significantly more mechanically complex than a car and likely exposes manufacturers to similar liability issues.

And if the hardware costs mean it's not a mass market product, the software licences aren't going to be cheap either.

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Re:Boston Dynamics employees were frustrated by Google's pla... by TeMPOraL on Sunday May 29, 2016 @12:49PM (#11797030)
I doubt the price of cars is driven in big part by actual costs. Also, at least in my area, you can buy good enough used cars for as little as $400, which isn't very much money. A lot of people drive in cars that cost less than a decent PC.
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Re:Boston Dynamics employees were frustrated by Google's pla... by robotresearcher on Sunday May 29, 2016 @05:03PM (#11798212)
Cars cost more than $400 to build. The used market does not pay for the existence of things.
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