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Weave Robotics launches Isaac 1, a $7,999 home robot with fall 2026 deliveries

14 pointsby ryanmerkettoday at 6:12 PM20 commentsview on HN

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ifdefdebugtoday at 7:15 PM

> 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.

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ceejayoztoday at 7:12 PM

> 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.

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NDlurkertoday at 7:49 PM

Teleoperation looks like a great business opportunity. Hire voyeurs for cheap and sell to exhibitionists.

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para_parolutoday at 7:37 PM

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.

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nh23423fefetoday at 7:14 PM

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?

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droidjjtoday at 7:17 PM

Product page: https://www.weaverobotics.com/isaac-1

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pupppettoday at 7:31 PM

RadioShack where are you, you should be selling these.

johndenverscartoday at 7:30 PM

I wonder how this thing would hold up against a dog

rvnxtoday at 7:21 PM

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 ?
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sandworm101today at 7:18 PM

No legs? Call it what it is: Dalek

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redsocksfan45today at 7:21 PM

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