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A Chinese company is selling a humanoid robot for $1,370. Will most future humanoid robots be widely owned by everybody? (www.humanoidsdaily.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today

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NOETIX's Bumi Robot isn't as impressive as humanoid robots by industry leaders like Boston Dynamics and Unitree, but its price is. If a Chinese company can sell humanoids at this price, then it will be able to do the same in 2030 & 2035 when they are much more advanced.

People often wonder how the future economy will function when AI & robots are capable of most jobs. What if that future economy also has most of us owning several robots, too?

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[–] modernangel@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Tech has to get a whole lot more secure, reliable, and personalized before I would consider buying a robot. I want to know my robo-butler isn't going to report me to the thought police if I grumble about my job or my city council. I want to know that common-sense features and updates won't be paywalled behind a subscription model. I want to know I won't have to sit through ads every 2 minutes while it does its chores. I want to know that yet another massive data breach won't provide criminals with an interior map of my house and images of every friend and family member who's ever visited my home.

[–] iloveDigit@futurology.today 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I want a removable battery in my robot.

Both for the obvious, paranoid, silly reason, and also for other reasons that actually make sense.