It Cooks, It Cleans! When Will Robots Be Doing Our Chores?

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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What if you had a robot that could take care of your household chores, from doing laundry to making dinner? When the Roomba came out over 20 years ago, it seemed like other autonomous robots for the home were not far off. But no other home robot has yet become a household name. WSJ’s Charlotte Gartenberg speaks with Charlie Kemp, co-founder and chief technology officer of Hello Robot, about his company's dexterous robot called Stretch 3.They also talk about the technological hurdles we’ll have to overcome before truly helpful robots move into our homes. What do you think about the show? Let us know on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or email us: [email protected] Sign up for the WSJ's free The Future of Everything newsletter. Further reading: Elon Musk Says Tesla to Use Humanoid Robots Next Year AI Startup Making Humanoid Robots Raises $675 Million With Bezos, Nvidia in Funding Round Companies Brought in Robots. Now They Need Human ‘Robot Wranglers.’ Rise of the Restaurant Robots: Chipotle, Sweetgreen and Others Bet on Automation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	End the 25th of September. I want a future with no housework, no doing dishes or laundry.
0:37.6	I want a future with no housework,
0:41.0	no doing dishes or laundry, no making beds or tidying up, a future where I can relax
0:48.4	while technology does all the work.
0:52.0	Some of us have been waiting since 1962
0:54.8	for this kind of robot to make it into our homes,
0:57.6	like the one we saw on TV.
0:59.8	Is Jane Jepin overwhelmed with domestic duty.
1:02.8	It's just that housework gets me down.
1:05.3	Nozery.
1:07.3	Rosie cooked.
1:09.7	She cleans.
1:11.7	And she still finds time to play ball with Elroy.
1:15.0	Rosie is the ideal maid.
1:19.0	Despite the machine made, promised by the Jetsons cartoon, dynamic domestic robots are currently not a widespread fixture in homes.
1:31.0	Only the Roomba, the autonomous floor cleaner, has been a real
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