[lallysingh]

If a robot can do basic cleaning, laundry, and dishes, that's worth a lot to a lot of people. Dual-professional households have the money, and not having to do this housework could save some marriages.

[SpicyLemonZest]

I don't think it actually is worth a lot to people. I know dual-professional households who don't even use their dishwasher consistently, and multiple companies have gone bankrupt trying to bring automated laundry folding (which does exist in industry) to the consumer market.

[NetMageSCW]

There are a lot of maid services that imply (to me) otherwise.

[demosito666]

Robot vacuum with a mop, washing machine, tumble dryer and dishwasher reduce housework to like an hour per week, ie 30 min/person/week. This can be higher if you live in a big house, but if your marriage can’t tolerate 30 mins of house work a robot will not solve it.

[solid_fuel]

> Dual-professional households have the money, and not having to do this housework could save some marriages.

Dual-professional households could hire a maid and pay for marriage counseling and still save money compared to a $20k robot plus whatever a subscription would run.

[Saline9515]

Maids are unaffordable in most rich countries that do not have access to ultracheap foreign labor or/and have stringent labor regs.

[stickfigure]

Nobody has yet demonstrated a stationary robot that can do these things.

They're all legs. The impressive demos are just show, not useful.