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

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Re: Weave Robotics launches Isaac 1, a $7,999 home robot with Fall 2026 deliveries

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Post by jonplackett »

pj_mukh wrote: post #248
jonplackett wrote: post #245

$8000 up front + $100 a month Assuming it lasts maybe 4 years that’s $61 a week. So you could just hire a human cleaner to come once a week and have them do a way better job. Or if you prefer to compare to the subscription price of $450 a month you can now have your human cleaner come twice a week

Except this is a daily/nightly service? Atleast in my home, it’s the daily cleanup that’s operationally grating with babies and toddlers. The weekly/monthly deep cleans are downright fun.

Wanna come do my monthly deep clean?

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Post by utopiah »

21asdffdsa12 wrote: post #243
utopiah wrote: post #238

/me gets tempted then looks at his Roomba gathering dust, on itself, for years now. It's great in theory. I hate chores... but those things don't work. They work-ish in some ideal cases but a house, even a sorted one, is a mess. You have cables, clothes on the floor, etc. Cleaning up is a menial task but it's not a trivial one, both mechanically and cognitively speaking. It won't work.

It would work, if they could simplify the problem space. Install rails on the ceiling and pic and place from there..

True, basic barely noticeable adjustments for a normal home.

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Post by vrganj »

treis wrote: post #124
plasticeagle wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Slavery is better when you don't have to think about it, I suppose.

It's not slavery when you get paid for it and can quit

It's just wage slavery then :-).

You can do it OR you can starve. That's the beauty of freedom of choice under capitalism.

Re: Weave Robotics launches Isaac 1, a $7,999 home robot with Fall 2026 deliveries

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Post by TrackerFF »

pil0u wrote: post #275

Top comments discuss the price, the design, the tech, which is what I expect on HN of course. I do question: why? $8000 to pick up the laundry and fold clothes. Good god, is this what innovation and technology aspires to achieve in 2026?

At that price point, and for the limited value it delivers...I think this is aimed squarely at the upper middle-class people. Those that are rich enough to not feel any economic stress from dropping $8k at a two-trick pony, but not rich enough to have a full-time domestic cleaner. Probably also aimed at the tech conscious people.

Re: Weave Robotics launches Isaac 1, a $7,999 home robot with Fall 2026 deliveries

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Post by TrackerFF »

So here's the thing: Laundry isn't really the chore that eats up my time. It takes like a minute or two to move clothes from the basket to the machine, and seconds to turn it on. Same with moving them to the dryer afterwards.

Same with easy tidying up.

What takes time, however, is cleaning and making food.

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