13 comments

  • ifdefdebug 54 minutes ago
    > The company says the robot completes Laundry Flow and Daily Reset tasks autonomously by default, but uses teleoperation assistance when needed to guarantee task completion.

    Does that mean some random human looking at my dirty laundry in the middle of my home, the most intimate place in existence for me? No thank you.

    • johnnyApplePRNG 46 minutes ago
      Everything about this product looks terrible.

      Must operate on a perfectly flat surface. My roomba could probably handle a larger carpet curb than that top-heavy thing.

      Head and eyes appear to be at human crotch level for some reason... gross.

      What a waste of engineering talent.

  • hettygreen 8 minutes ago
    I'd love to own one of these!

    It could fold my laundry while I'm busy working from home as a teleoperator for Weave Robots.

  • xpct 1 minute ago
    Once again, the text is riddled with LLM'isms. Is this the new norm nowadays? Looking at OP's submission history, it's evident that they are utilizing HN for SEO farming purposes.

    A much better discussion would be centered around the company's own website, which contains the same information, and doesn't require an LLM mediator: https://www.weaverobotics.com/isaac-1

  • ceejayoz 56 minutes ago
    > The company says the robot completes Laundry Flow and Daily Reset tasks autonomously by default, but uses teleoperation assistance when needed to guarantee task completion.

    Suspiciously absent: a rough idea of what percentage of tasks need the assistance.

    • guiomie 32 minutes ago
      Same, I suspect its awful and their strategy is to improve and rely less on it, which would be fine to me if they'd be transparent about it.
  • NDlurker 19 minutes ago
    Teleoperation looks like a great business opportunity. Hire voyeurs for cheap and sell to exhibitionists.
    • m12k 9 minutes ago
      Connecting voyeurs and exhibitionists is already a great business idea - don’t know why we need to add robots to the mix.
      • NDlurker 6 minutes ago
        This will clean a home while the owner is away and be a teledildonics platform while they're home.
      • pclmulqdq 7 minutes ago
        That business idea is already taken. It’s OnlyFans and it has more revenue than a top 10 company on the US stock market.
  • para_parolu 32 minutes ago
    When comes to lower part it’s always bipedal (hard to balance) or wheels (low capabilities). Why no one makes 4-6 legs, insect like? That seems like an easier problem to solve while gives much better mobility.
    • ceejayoz 29 minutes ago
      Entomophobia/arachnophobia is far too common for giant bug-like robots in folks' bedrooms.
  • droidjj 51 minutes ago
  • pupppet 37 minutes ago
    RadioShack where are you, you should be selling these.
  • johndenverscar 38 minutes ago
    I wonder how this thing would hold up against a dog
  • rvnx 47 minutes ago
    Feels like they cloned the vacuum cleaner Roborock Saros Z70, and attached the arms to a pole instead of the base.

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x9TdqrvDHWY

    Especially the arm clamp is the same shape, the actions are practically the same (take object and put in basket, teleoperation with live camera).

    The type of thing you have lot of fun for 5 minutes.

    Cheaper Unitree robots that starts at 4,900 USD are impressive in comparison.

        Weave says the robot blends autonomy with teleoperation (remote assistance by a Weave specialist) to guarantee that we complete every fold
    
    Quite ridiculous. For 449 USD / month couldn't you just hire someone to clean your whole place and even sort your clothes, empty the trash, etc ?
    • throw310822 32 minutes ago
      > a Weave specialist

      Lol. Folding engineer.

  • sandworm101 50 minutes ago
    No legs? Call it what it is: Dalek
    • twoWhlsGud 32 minutes ago
      Indeed - I look forward to the spa version of this that runs around yelling "Exfoliate!, Exfoliate!" : )
  • redsocksfan45 47 minutes ago
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  • nh23423fefe 54 minutes ago
    Surrogate slavery is going to be a large business one day.

    If you are telling me that one day I'll have a robot that cooks, cleans, is a personal assistant, a therapist. Eventually it'll be a chauffeur, babysitter, and obviously sex slave.

    Why wouldn't i pay 50000 for that, besides the obvious "you are a creep" like why do I care when it's coming and market forces are going to make it an indistinguishable substitute human a la Joi from blade runner?

    • ifdefdebug 49 minutes ago
      Because your sex slave uses teleoperation assistance when needed to guarantee task completion?
      • dvh 5 minutes ago
        Is "task completion" an euphemism for "happy ending"?
      • ceejayoz 37 minutes ago
        That's gonna be a bonus for some people.
    • pseudony 47 minutes ago
      Someone or thing to help with chores would be great.

      But abject exploitation? Sex slave, even? I should hope we can find a little decency within ourselves..

    • throw310822 21 minutes ago
      > a robot that cooks, cleans, is a personal assistant, a therapist. Eventually it'll be a chauffeur, babysitter, and obviously sex slave.

      Used to be called "a wife", before emancipation.

      Seriously though, the future is made by human beings more and more isolated from each other because technology will give us all that we used to get from other people, with none of the annoyances. Each the king or queen of their solipsistic kingdom.