[thelastgallon]

> It calls for an entirely different kind of robotic perception, feedback, and control.

Nearly every surgeon used advanced robots to assist with surgeries. My uncle does kidney transplants and he uses robots, so do most surgeons.

For robots to be developed, someone must pay for it. Doctors get skill++ with the surgery robots. There may be vasectomy robots that assist with circumcision, or some actively being developed that doctors would pay for. That would be a far more interesting development than changing diapers. Unless extremely competent and skilled people ( +1000/hour) need them for their work, they won't be developed, so I don't think a diaper changing robot is being developed.