We have Roombas. I saw a number of Husqvarna lawn robots in Sweden (I've seen none in the U.S. so far). But neither of these are exactly flying off the shelves.

Humanoid robots feel like they're decades away for being something people would want.

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nradov 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I've owned several Roomba type robots, both actual Roombas and competing brands. None of them have really saved any time or labor. They always get stuck under furniture or tangled on charger cables. They don't work on stairs. And clearing dog hair from the roller is a huge hassle. I fully expect to still be paying a human cleaning service decades from now.

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euroderf 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> And clearing dog hair from the roller is a huge hassle.

I'd like to get a robovacuum/vacuubot but I'd assume that cat hair fouls things up just as much as dog hair does.

	▲	sonofhans 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Not really. A golden retriever has hair longer than any cat does, and of course large dogs shed much more.

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ajdude 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> I fully expect to still be paying a human cleaning service decades from now.

I'm curious if a cleaning service wasn't an option, would the Roomba be worth the saved time compared to doing the cleaning yourself?

I also own a Roomba, but I don't have a cleaning service so my options are either do 100% of the cleaning or let the Roomba do its thing and manually take care of the difference.

For me it's just one less room I have to sweep.

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fluidcruft 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have vacuum robots. I'm considering a lawn robot. My suburban city has two large ones mowing the parks, had never heard of them previously. Mostly worried about pets and critters.

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rapsey 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> But neither of these are exactly flying off the shelves.

Roombas and lawn robots are all extremely popular.

	▲	jsbisviewtiful 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Robot vacuums are popular but maybe they were referring to the iRobot brand, which is rapidly failing.

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stackedinserter 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Of course there always be "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home" people, that's life.

Roomba is pretty mediocre at a single job it's kind of able to do.

Humanoid robots _potentially_, _hypothetically_ can do anything that human can do because they are designed for environment, tools and equipment that we designed for our bodies.