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Re:Ask HN: What is holding back robots from being deployed e... by curiousObject on Thursday November 12, 2026 @08:07AM (#50466574)
First think about the practical, legal and PR challenges of putting self-driving vehicles on public roads.

Putting autonomous robots in amongst humans is that problem, on steroids.

Re:Ask HN: What is holding back robots from being deployed e... by phyzix5761 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @08:08AM (#50466582)
In my opinion the hardware isn't there yet for general purpose robotics and the cost of training the AIs to do the work is still too high. Maybe if the AI bubble pops we'll see GPUs going for cheap so robotic AI training will accelerate.
Re:Ask HN: What is holding back robots from being deployed e... by GreenLightGo on Thursday November 12, 2026 @08:14AM (#50466634)
First of all, it's extremely expensive. It's cheaper to use biological robots (us). And automation simply isn't feasible in every field.