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by tuatoru 44 days ago
The robotics Turing test: change the nappies of the designer's and company owners' baby daughters or grand-daughters.
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I'd already be fine with some decent laundry folding in general.
I think the idea is that before they sell it to the public they should trust it with their own loved ones.
There's a video of the founder of Figure robotics trusting it enough to let it do laundry next to his kids

https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1950685253447913798

The first phase is likely don't let the kids go near it since it could easily hurt a human by accident.

Is it automated or is it like when they demoed that neo humanoid robot and it was actually just a dude driving it with vr goggles.
Notably it does not show the robot turning on the washing machine?
That requires the ProMax subscription at $2500/month.
Stockton Rush trusted his submarine with his own life.
> He criticized the Passenger Vessel Safety Act of 1993 as "needlessly prioritiz[ing] passenger safety over commercial innovation".

:-)))

Or to put it another way, before selling it for laundry folding, make sure it won't fold the baby that was left on the wrong table.
Other fun things. Living in apartment with only the robot doing any tasks or picking up any inputs like arriving packages.