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bjackmantoday at 8:28 AM1 replyview on HN

IIUC dexterity is gonna be the bottleneck.

There was actually a post on here a few months back where someone claiming robotics expertise posted exactly what you asked for: a list of things they didn't think robots were close to being able to do.

IIRC the list included folding textiles, and soon after a video was released of a robot folding textiles, but it was very janky, it's not clear to me if it proved the original article wrong or was more of an "exception that proves the rule".

Personally I have my washing machine in the basement, you need a key to access it (and I can't modify it, it's a shared space in a building I don't own). I'm always thinking about that. A robot that can do my laundry and open locked doors doesn't seem to be on the horizon yet.


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prawntoday at 10:50 AM

Hate to say it, but I suspect people who can't afford their own laundry might be well down the list of potential customers in all this.

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