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0 pointsnextweek23y ago0 comments

I look at these robots and see the business case that they could be used to take care of the elderly. They could literally do the heavy lifting in care homes, leaving caregivers to do the more gentle tasks.

There’s a big market there that would only grow, given current demographics.

I don’t see the Tesla bot catching up with Boston Dynamics any time soon.

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prmoustache3y ago

Can't most of the "heavy lifting" be done by more specialized machine anyway? I mean besides electric beds and chairs there isn't much left. I'd rather give powered exosqueletons to caregivers if they need more power to lift an overweight person than use a robot for that application anyway.

ben_w3y ago

Maybe, but based on what I saw in my mother and grandmother in their old age, I think androids in general (not just Boston Dynamic) have a long way to go just on the "accidentally terrifying" front, let alone capabilities. Even for me, things like the following video are the wrong side of uncanny valley:

https://youtu.be/uXlQuTRSmzc?t=270

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