I might get one if it can change the lightbulb above the garage. If it could replace a handyman, a maid, a barber, a chef, I'd be all about it. I could teach it my brisket method and then I could have brisket every week. I'd have it dig a bunker in the back yard for when the robots rise up. I imagine we would end up like the people in Wall-E, riding around all fat in our hover chairs.

Would you want a robot to guard house, in the sense that it could notify you if something/one is creeping around the parameter? I would...

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Originally posted by mike_jackmin:
my guess is that they will be, at least initially, more attractive to companies than to households

there is a lot of manual labor that they can potentially do
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Yeah. And:
* No unions.
* No workers comp.
* No income tax.
California politicos are going to be very unhappy about that. A special session for the California legislature to “fix” it. The Omnibus Robot Worker bill.

I will pass on iRobot.

I WOULD TAKE ONE.

Cut the lawn
Trim the bushes
Wash the car
cook dinner
Wash the dishes
vacuum
Wash the floors
Do the laundry

Drive the car

I could use one now.

As a shareholder, I am all for it.