Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, clever robot design

Re:Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, cl... by caseysoftware on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @09:42AM (#23831834)

And humans can't come over during a pandemic.

For high risk people, this might be a good alternative for normally-simple tasks they can't do by themselves.

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Re:Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, cl... by jdironman on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @10:06AM (#23832093)

Now I just picture someone passing away quietly only to be found weeks or even months later in a still immaculately clean house.

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Re:Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, cl... by greeniron on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @10:38AM (#23832473)

or in a more Black Mirror-esque reality, maybe after the human dies the robot no longer detects a heart rate or pulse and considers the corpse as trash and just disposes of it automatically.

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