That's the right way of thinking about it.

I think that you'd design it to use human tools as a bare minimum, so a soldering station, and a 3d printer, or even milling machines and lathes if needed.

But you're right, it'll be restricted from doing that. So the idea is you buy one, jailbreak it, and then get it to build a copy of itself.

It's like asking a genie for more wishes.

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sjsdaiuasgdia 19 hours ago | parent [-]

> get it to build a copy of itself.

Where does it get the billion dollar semiconductor fab to make the chips for the copy?

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Teever 14 hours ago | parent [-]

> get it to build a copy of itself.

Get it to assemble a copy of itself from a combination of available parts and anything else that it needs to manufacture from scratch.

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sjsdaiuasgdia 14 hours ago | parent [-]

What motivation does the manufacturer have to make those parts available to you?

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Teever 9 hours ago | parent [-]

It'll probably come down to a combination of regulation from an entity like the EU and the economic reality that it's easier to make a robot that has OEM parts that a consumer can access out of your supply chain.

	▲	sjsdaiuasgdia 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You've retreated from "buy one humanoid robot and it can make as many more as you want from scratch, it's like asking a genie for free wishes" to "there could be a regulatory framework that would require the manufacturers of humanoid robots to make a retail parts pipeline that allows your humanoid robot to build another humanoid robot at a cost lower than what the manufacturer would sell one for." You didn't talk about the cost, but what's the point of having your robot assemble parts that the manufacturer will sell to you, assembled, at a lower price? It only makes sense if it's cheaper.