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could_use_a_snack t1_ja8kc5p wrote

Reply to comment by paprikapeter in Robots could do 39% of domestic chores within 10 years, experts say by euronews-english

Funny, I was thinking that 39% of domestic jobs are already being done by robots.

I don't hand wash dishes very often. My machine does it

Same with clothes.

I don't sweep my floors, my vacuum sucks the dirt up into a nice little bag. Not to mention the actual robot vac.

I don't hang my clothes out to dry and collect them later, the machine dries them for me.

My coffee is ready before I get up in the morning, and toat is a lever press away.

I could go on. But are these "robots" depends on you definition. But you could make a pretty good case I think.

Point is, automation has been with us for a long time now and will continue to become more functional. But it will be over time, not a one machine "robot" solution

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paprikapeter t1_ja8ul7w wrote

Yes you are right, those things help a lot, but they help you do something. Those machines dont do it for you

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WillBottomForBanana t1_ja9gw2z wrote

Many of them do it for you. The fact that you have to load them doesn't change that.

Roombas are robots, but someone has to empty them.

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Cindexxx t1_ja9kiiu wrote

Nope, some new ones empty themselves. Sure eventually you have to empty the larger container, but as long as they don't get lost they'll return to the charger, empty, and go back out again when needed. Pretty much fully automated.

Appliances aren't robots though. You don't call a regular vacuum a robot because it picks things up for you. You wouldn't call a washing machine a robot either. It's an appliance.

Now if we had a little rolly guy that would collect dishes, wash them (in a dishwasher + spot cleaning "by hand"), and put them away, THAT'S a robot.

Same for clothes. Assuming you have regular places for you clothes it could grab them from the dirty hamper, wash, fold, and put them away.

Honestly we could probably build a robot to do those things already, we have good enough tech. When it's the same items repeatedly rather than new stuff, pattern recognition is pretty great.

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WillBottomForBanana t1_ja9lnm1 wrote

>Sure eventually you have to empty the larger container

Your just moving tasks around to pretend that they are accomplished. This is dishonest of you.

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Cindexxx t1_jaa80or wrote

But it is noticeably less work. Empty it every single time or empty it every 50 times? It's basically maintenance now. Same for a robot that could do laundry. Eventually you have to refill the soap. You don't have to do it every time though, just like once every 100 or however many loads worth of soap you can add at a time.

Robot doesn't mean it needs to be fully automated.

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WillBottomForBanana t1_ja9liek wrote

>You wouldn't call a washing machine a robot either.

I've been calling my washing machines, dishwashers and dryers robots for years.

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iStoleTheHobo t1_ja9r87v wrote

Aye, who the hell is out here wasting enough time on "domestic chores" to warrant investing in this hypothetical house-bot tech?

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