No one said the humanoid robot revolution would be easy — startups are facing roadblocks on their drive to create a true chore helper. The first robot vacuum I ever owned was a Neato Robotics XV Signature Pro in 2015, and it couldn’t distinguish a mouse from a sock. I learned this the hard way when I returned from a trip and found that my robot vacuum had run over a glue trap and suctioned up a dead mouse. Then it ran out of battery and simply sat there, festering, until I got home and gagged at the stench. I threw the entire robot vacuum into the trash and didn’t have the courage to buy another for years. In 2018, I tried the Ecovacs Deebot N795. It was worlds better in terms of app support, cleaning, self-docking and charging. It was also quieter than the Neato, which sounded like a fighter jet taking off. But it still suffered from a fundamental weakness afflicting robots: It was lousy at recog
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No one said the humanoid robot revolution would be easy — startups are facing roadblocks on their drive to create a true chore helper. The first robot vacuum I ever owned was a Neato Robotics XV Signature Pro in 2015, and it couldn’t…
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