Re:Boston Dynamics employees were frustrated by Google's pla...
by notahacker on Monday May 30, 2016 @02:53PM
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Since we're talking about whether there's a mass market for domestic robots, that quote supports my point more than yours. A robotic arm consisting of non-novel technology capable of doing nothing more than bagging chips according to a set program costs $35k.
As a householder, I don't need someone to bag chips for me 24/7. Having someone spend an hour cleaning my flat once a week would be quite useful. Unfortunately, the robot arm doesn't have enough moving parts or AI to do that, and even if it could, I could hire someone on a $15 minimum wage to do that on a weekly basis for 44 years for the same price as the robotic arm.
As a householder, I don't need someone to bag chips for me 24/7. Having someone spend an hour cleaning my flat once a week would be quite useful. Unfortunately, the robot arm doesn't have enough moving parts or AI to do that, and even if it could, I could hire someone on a $15 minimum wage to do that on a weekly basis for 44 years for the same price as the robotic arm.