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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 Schiendelman » Thu, Jul 02, 2026, 3:51 PM UTC

steveBK123 wrote: post #370

Schiendelman wrote: post #365

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I am sure one of these companies will fuck up and do that. But for the most part, that kind of problem is pretty easy to avoid. Any company using computer vision knows that now, and has high standards of operation (usually by contracting with companies that then have that incentive) to stop that from happening.

Correct - they sub it out to a sub who subs it out to a sub who... Therefore the responsibility is always 5 steps removed

I get that it's funny, but that's almost never true. And the business risk is on the robotics company. That's why I'm saying maybe somewhere it happens once, but it's just like safety and Uber drivers, the scrutiny on the brand causes really good incentives. Uber is way way safer than taxis ever were, or are. Women even drive for Uber - they could never have been safe driving taxis.

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

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Post by Schiendelman » Thu, Jul 02, 2026, 3:57 PM UTC

deadbabe wrote: post #317

unlogic wrote: post #307

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It's $250 billion less that goes to the ultrarich, so that they can't purchase another $250 billion of assets.

After a certain amount of money, financial engineers can basically build all kinds of leveraged instruments that will let you buy those assets anyway.

If you assume your taxation mechanism is actually perfect and actually gets you the theoretical maximum amount of money from the ultra rich, or even the fairly rich, it's still orders of magnitude less than it costs to make sure everyone is taken care of like the scenario we were talking about above.

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

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Post by projektfu » Thu, Jul 02, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC

test6554 wrote: post #339

crnkofe wrote: post #295

While I find robots cool they just don't literally "fit" in an average flat or house I lived in majority of my life. In order to squeeze one more member into your average household the lil thing needs to justify refurbishing the entire place so it can actually operate there without being a nuisance. Reminds of how my relative spent quite a bit of time making sure an old house being renovated was flat enough so automa…

People who have the disposable income to buy $8,000 personal robotic assistants or $20,000 1X Neo are a lot more likely to live in larger spaces. I've got about 1,000 sqft per occupant in my home. Plenty of room for a C-3PO or Johnny 5.

Can Johnny 5 get between the sofa and coffee table without needing to move furniture?

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

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Post by FireBeyond » Thu, Jul 02, 2026, 4:59 PM UTC

KaiserPro wrote: post #303

aspenmartin wrote: post #294

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Curious why you feel they won’t get the tech down? I think these products are all data plays right now.

Manipulating soft bodies is exceptionally difficult to do with robotics. moving a soft object from a to b is doable, folding/separating/sorting at any kind of speed is very much an area of active research.

Combined with:

> To get it right, we designed and built our own actuators, remote actuation system, and safety systems.

I feel that there might be a degree of ... overconfidence here.

I'm curious what they felt was lacking in current commercial/industrial robotics safety systems.

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

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Post by ceejayoz » Thu, Jul 02, 2026, 6:24 PM UTC

conductr wrote: post #362

energy123 wrote: post #314

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It's not a bad business idea, but has dystopian vibes. The human doesn't have to travel to the job site, they don't need to be paid a wage that allows them to exist in an expensive city, and they can watch N screens simultaneously, intervening only when needed. Maybe 1 OOM greater throughput per human-hour. The human teleoperator is also valuable non-public training data, which is part of the learning flywheel. That…

How is it any more dystopian than any other offshoring that exist primarily as labor arbitrage? My in-laws have a full time live in housekeeper that costs $500 per month. And where she’s from, this is a huge opportunity that she went to “maid school” for and many consider excellent compensation. She’s able to send this money home and provides for many family members and has amassed a bit of a real estate empire back…

> make the same income…

Yeah, that's not the goal of these things.

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

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Post by KaiserPro » Thu, Jul 02, 2026, 6:36 PM UTC

Schiendelman wrote: post #360

KaiserPro wrote: post #303

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Manipulating soft bodies is exceptionally difficult to do with robotics. moving a soft object from a to b is doable, folding/separating/sorting at any kind of speed is very much an area of active research.

There are at least two companies out there that can fold some laundry in a controlled environment already. At this point it's just a matter of categorizing fabrics and shapes and expanding that knowledge. Two years at the outside until it can fold 80% of your laundry.

Forgive me if I am somewhat sceptical.

folding a flat, well presented tshirt, that is a known quantity, and never inside out, is fairly "easy"

in an unknown environment, with unknown clothes, that's still active area of research. Its still not that practical to navigate in a house yet.

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

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Post by 0xffff2 » Thu, Jul 02, 2026, 6:41 PM UTC

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #337

krunck wrote: post #325

"Is Isaac 1 teleoperated? Isaac 1 is autonomous for Laundry Flow and Daily Reset by default, with teleoperation assistance when needed to guarantee we complete tasks." Offline and autonomous or never in my house.

Look, I mean, would you really object to a human cleaner showing up every day and putting away your laundry? If the answer is "no" then what's the difference if the human cleaner is not physically present but instead teleoperating a robot? I mean at least the robot won't ever need to use the loo. I'm a bit fastidious like that but I don't like it when strangers sit on my loo. (Friends too. Why can't we have a robotic…

First of all, yes, I would object although I've debated whether I could get over it for myself. But it's a moot point because my partner would absolutely _never_ put up with it. And that's assuming that the human cleaner doesn't show up with a go-pro and an ill defined policy about where the video from the go-pro is going and what it will be used for

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Post by prepend » Thu, Jul 02, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC

unselect5917 wrote: post #80

prepend wrote: post #71

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Better than local servants doing chores.

Why is that better?

I’d rather not have people in my house. Much prefer someone telepresencing and seeing inside than actual people.

Mainly because I feel it’s an inconvenience for them. Personally, I’d rather telecommute than work in an office.

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Post by rurp » Thu, Jul 02, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #337

krunck wrote: post #325

"Is Isaac 1 teleoperated? Isaac 1 is autonomous for Laundry Flow and Daily Reset by default, with teleoperation assistance when needed to guarantee we complete tasks." Offline and autonomous or never in my house.

Look, I mean, would you really object to a human cleaner showing up every day and putting away your laundry? If the answer is "no" then what's the difference if the human cleaner is not physically present but instead teleoperating a robot? I mean at least the robot won't ever need to use the loo. I'm a bit fastidious like that but I don't like it when strangers sit on my loo. (Friends too. Why can't we have a robotic…

Scale matters. Just because I'm fine with one cop following one suspicious person around doesn't mean I'm fine with the government spying on all citizens at all times.

Same thing for robotics companies. A single cleaner is uploading ~zero information to a myriad of databases and training sets. An internet connected robot is almost certainly going to store immense amount of data and do god-knows-what with it.

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Post by conductr » Thu, Jul 02, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC

Schiendelman wrote: post #366

conductr wrote: post #189

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Given how incapable my robotic vacuums and lawnmowers have proven to be, even after several years of iterations, I’d almost prefer if it was all teleoperation and it would hopefully unlock a huge amount of additional tasks it could preform. This would essentially let me hire a human housekeeper at a global vs local wage which is very appealing.

Your robotic vacuums and lawnmowers are at a much lower price point that can't afford to run an LBM or computer vision to learn how to do a good job. Because those tasks are too specialized, it's unlikely anyone would pay $8000 for one that did a great job, but the technology is totally there. The key is when the robot can use all the same tools you can, the generalist robot has a value high enough to pay for this te…

I’ve paid over $3000 for a lawnmower and over $1000 for a vacuum before. So I’m already halfway there and with a fraction of the benefits as a general device.

I’d need more diligence but would certainly pay $8k on a mower that did a great job consistently. A service cost me $5000 per year so it has a reasonable break even if it’s built well. Robot mowers are pretty hands on, I’d almost rather just diy it.

I feel like this is blowing smoke a bit. If this better tech was possible it would be available, there’s always a market even if it’s at the high end. Do you have anything specific to point to? Any builders/makers that have done this? I feel like this stuff gets touted as “oh if they just had affordable lidar” or whatever then it would solve it, but IRL the variety of homes and yards is so large that it still doesnt generally perform well.