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1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order

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Re: 1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order

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Post by atourgates »

leetharris wrote: post #33
denysvitali wrote: post #2

Keynote / Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTYMWadOW7c . Mind blowing.

Incredible technology, but that was an insufferable video. Still very cool, I might preorder one!

I hope you do!

I'm skeptical of v1 of this technology, but I could imagine a mature version of this technology could be great.

And $500/mo for essentially an always-available housekeeper seems very reasonable.

Where I live, having a housekeeper come for a few hours once a week costs about $100 a week, or $400/mo. Having a robot that could potentially always be there to:

* Tidy up.

* Clean

* Do laundry

* Help with other stuff

Seems well worth $500/mo. I don't expect that V1 of this technology will be able to effectively do all that stuff, but I'm hopeful that v2 or v5 might be able to.

On a related note, "folding laundry" seems to be a really hard challenge for machine learning to solve. Solutions like "Foldimate" kind of work if you individually hand it every piece in the right way - but nothing seems to be cable of having a human dump a bin of washed clothes in and spitting out nicely folded laundry. And everything so far that's promised to do that seems to be vaporware.

Re: 1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order

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Post by denysvitali »

xnx wrote: post #45
denysvitali wrote: post #2

Keynote / Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTYMWadOW7c . Mind blowing.

What part blows your mind?

The fact that it feels like we're really getting there. The product is not perfect, and most importantly not shipped yet, but it's one of first humanoid robots I saw with a price tag and customer focus.

Point being, we might be at an iPhone-like pivotal moment for home robots.

Re: 1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order

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Post by gigel82 »

So, like a large scale scam to get your "downpayment" ?

How would remote human operators scale, especially for the $20k "ownership" model? I presume the actual hardware probably costs them at least $10k to make, so after about 400 hours of "remote operator use", it's all loss on the company?

I suspect they have a limit on use, or a pay-to-use-remotely thing they neglected to announce.

Re: 1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order

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Post by yesfitz »

xattt wrote: post #25
yesfitz wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Per the keynote video, the bodysuit is machine washable. As long as 1X stays in business or enthusiasts exist, I have to imagine there will be some option to clean/replace the head covering on the $20,000 robot.

I just think about how things are when they are brand new versus their in-use appearance. Think about a MacBook that’s a couple of years old. Glossy letters on the keycaps, a couple of sneeze splatters on the screen, some cosmetic scratches.

I actually stopped using a phone case because I liked the dings and scratches on my phone. The wear made it feel like my device.

As for cloth, I feel similarly about my worn flannel shirts and some chunky-knit sweaters, but not car seats or white shirts with some tomato-sauce stain on them.

Assuming this style of robot catches on, the designers or enthusiasts may find ways to make the cloth wear feel cozy instead of ratty.

Re: 1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order

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Post by Hamuko »

xnx wrote: post #50
denysvitali wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From their FAQs: > Initially, NEOs cooking capabilities will be restricted from use. NEO can provide you with great recipes or help with the cleaning up instead.

Huge risk having it operate in a kitchen: open flame, hot liquids, spills, sharps, etc.

The main risk I was thinking of was poisoning you.

Re: 1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order

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Post by xnx »

denysvitali wrote: post #53
xnx wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What part blows your mind?

The fact that it feels like we're really getting there. The product is not perfect, and most importantly not shipped yet, but it's one of first humanoid robots I saw with a price tag and customer focus. Point being, we might be at an iPhone-like pivotal moment for home robots.

Don't be too confused by the shape. The 1X isn't so different from the robots of the 1980s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-LrNAKWZfI

Re: 1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order

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Post by Hamuko »

rozap wrote: post #49

Oof. The roomba guy said that the form factor of robots inform customer expectations. I keep thinking about that and wincing when I see these humanoid robots. Even if there's impressive engineering that goes into them, people are going to expect they can do human things. When they can't, they're going to be disappointed. I expect my robot vacuum to vacuum the floor, because it's a little wheeled disc on the floor. It…

I'm wondering how many people will attempt to get it to give them a handjob. After all, the form factor does have hands.

Re: 1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order

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Post by [deleted] »

easton wrote: post #14

> For any chore it doesn’t know, you can schedule a 1X Expert to guide it, helping NEO learn while getting the job done. Is this a humanoid robot that's controlled by someone in a call center remotely doing your laundry? Putting aside ethical reservations about how much they are probably paying per task, that feels like wash and fold with extra steps.

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