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[Qu3tzal]

In the demo video, for every basic task it needs some setup by a human (see how they fixed stuff on the stretchable arm for every action other than picking-up something) and all the interesting tasks were teleoperated.

I don't care about teleoperation, for a home robot I want automation.

[DoofusOfDeath → Qu3tzal]

That reminds me of a book I read as a kid: "My Trip to Alpha I" by Alfred Slote [0].

[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3201020-my-trip-to-alpha...