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Re:Shift will clean homes for free to train future robots by tikhonj on Friday May 29, 2026 @06:48PM (#48330341)
My guess is that they're currently nowhere near robust or effective enough to make that realistic. They need to bootstrap somehow, if only get good enough to convince hotel management that their approach will be realistic in the future.
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Re:Shift will clean homes for free to train future robots by thalesac on Friday May 29, 2026 @08:15PM (#48331008)
in that case they could operate the robots remotely just like self driving cars sometimes
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Re:Shift will clean homes for free to train future robots by ASalazarMX on Friday May 29, 2026 @07:18PM (#48330641)
This is my take too. Hotels wouldn't be happy if a robot knocked a water jar on the carpet, or scratched a wall, but a home owner? We're doing it for free and you asked for it!

Hotel's girl management might be more undertanding than I assume, though.

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Re:Shift will clean homes for free to train future robots by ForHackernews on Friday May 29, 2026 @07:12PM (#48330579)
>girl management

autocorrect glitch?

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Re:Shift will clean homes for free to train future robots by tikhonj on Friday May 29, 2026 @07:19PM (#48330659)
Haha, yes, meant to write "hotel management". I'll update the answer to fix that.
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