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jppope ◴[09 Oct 25 15:49 UTC] No.45529372[source]▶

Correct me if I'm wrong here but humanoid consumer robots are basically smoke and mirrors right now because the unit economics are so bad. Even the baxter robot was targeting small business because the lowest price point you could get was $40,000 for something that would have to work 24 hours to do something a human would do in an hour or two. Having a robot do chores at home is an even worse financial position. Anyone know more about this?

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1. pizzathyme ◴[09 Oct 25 15:55 UTC] No.45529452[source]▶

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I believe they are shooting for $20k. If (big if) they can actually get it to complete chores in some reasonable amount of time, there would be a market with families that currently employ house workers. Small market but similar play to the original Tesla being high end.

From there, it's a question of could they bring costs down.

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