Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot

Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by kovarr on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @06:50PM (#50359847)

If the end-goal is robot maid, aka cooks and cleans for a household, it at minimum needs to handle stairs and uneven ground like gardens.

Something to get the laundry from each room, wash, dry, fold, put away.

Cut and cook ingredients then do the dishes.

Mow the lawn, water the plants and do basic weeding etc.

Maybe even climb a ladder to empty the gutters / clean windows.

A non-humanoid will never be able to accomplish that without dedicated implements.

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Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by tjoff on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:50AM (#50362538)

No it does not. And the type depicted will do all of that except ladders (ridiculous) with small modifications.

I really look forward to that, even if the first versions can't clean the gutters...

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Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by kovarr on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @11:33AM (#50368021)

The type depicted has one inch castor wheels lol?

It won't be going up stairs or over lawns.

It won't be dusting into the corners of rooms.

If the end goal is something that can do everything a human can do, it'll have to bare the form of a human.

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