[marinmania]

It does either get very exciting or very spooky thinking of the possibilities in the near future.

I had always assumed that such a robot would be very specific (like a cleaning robot) but it does seem like by the time they are ready they will be very generalizable.

I know they would require quite a few sensors and motors, but compared to self-driving cars their liability would be less and they would use far less material.

[fragmede]

The exciting part comes when two robots are able to do repairs on each other.

[marinmania]

I think this is the spooky part. I feel dumb saying it, but is there a point where they are able to coordinate and build a factory to build chips/more of themselves? Or other things entirely?

[pryelluw]

2 bots 1 bolt ?

[ta988]

But this still has a massive cost. Replacing or repairing an actuator isn't cheap, in material and in time of unavailability.