[koolba]

Robots? Assuming you already have 7+ days worth of clothes simply hire a maid to come by once a week.

With a human you never have to worry about software upgrades, charging batteries, or wake up in a cold sweat in fear of your hired help violating Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics.

[greedo]

Humans are quite capable of violating the laws of robotics too!

[pksadiq]

> Humans are quite capable of violating the laws of robotics too!

Well, that could mean that robots may too violate the laws of robotics!

[robotresearcher]

The question was “why can’t you automate it?”.

[koolba]

Automate doesn’t have to mean a machine is handling it. It means you don’t have to handle it. Human automation is a valid tool, in particular for things like housework.

[robotresearcher]

Automate usually does mean to use machinery.

I open a car factory. It is fully automated.

See?

Besides, the original question is totally boring if you allow human automation. Of course I can hire someone to do labour. No one needs that explained to them.