CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work

Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by flukus on Sunday January 14, 2018 @09:26PM (#16148024)

My floor isn't flat enough for my roomba clone, it get's stuck on a lip. More importanly though, my floor has all sorts of stuff on it, the clothes I wore yesterday, that box I haven't thrown out and various other random things, along with myself.

My ceiling is remarkably free of obstacles and has a lot of unused space.

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by Pxtl on Sunday January 14, 2018 @10:02PM (#16148201)

If only you had a robot to move those things you leave on the floor.

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by flukus on Sunday January 14, 2018 @11:53PM (#16148570)

That requires either some decision making from the robot or a lot of prompting me for answer's, neither of which I enjoy. A pair of shorts on the floor? I might want to wear them later, I don't want them back in the drawer or in the washing machine, I want them there to slip on when the pizza guy comes. The box I might want thrown out instantly but I could have other plans for it.

Robots need to be able to work around humans, not make more work for them.

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by itronitron on Monday January 15, 2018 @12:23AM (#16148674)

how about a robot whose job is to pick things up off the floor and attach them to hooks hanging from the ceiling? that way all of the floor-based robots would be free and clear to conduct their business

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by LandR on Monday January 15, 2018 @05:04AM (#16149632)

Hooks hanging from the ceilings. Robotic arms coming out the ceiling.

It sounds like I'd be living in some dystopian nightmare.

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