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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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