[DonsDiscountGas]

Right but that's very task specific, and what many people want is a single robot which can do many different tasks, and do so without modifying the existing environment. I would love a robot which could cook and clean and do laundry (including folding) but I still need to live in the same space it would use. The most obvious way to do that is a humanoid robot, which is why nanny companies are working on it, and here he's arguing that's not going to work.

[Cthulhu_]

The other obvious way to do it is to centralize it, have a lift in your house that brings up meals and clean laundry to order, where you can put your dirty dishes in when you're done, and a central space where staff and robots take care of things.

I'm actually surprised or interested that this isn't more of a thing, it doesn't take any high tech either. I suppose people like having their own stuff, or people can't be trusted, or it's prohibitively expensive to outsource food / laundry (even if especially in the US ordering food or eating out is very common).