https://youtu.be/Ckhf6WfXRI8?si=e77BwEgxGVDanD9F

In development at Stanford University by a team of 3 researchers  Zipeng Fu, Tony Z. Zhao & Chelsea Finn.

The Mobile version is a 2nd Generation of the ALOHA platform (A Low-cost Open-source Hardware System for Bimanual Teleoperation)

Maybe in the next several years to a decade we will have commercial level robots than can cook and do dishes. 

This is almost like the "Protectron" from Bethesda's Fallout games or various household robots from modern media.

What's your guys take on the next generation development of robots & AI?

Overhyped expensive garbage that will have the archaeologists of tomorrow questioning the sanity of our civilization

AI makes me uncomfortable.

We make them to work for us. 

Possibly one day we will be forced to work for them.

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Well along the same lines of thought we do have waiter/waitress style of robots, that essentially serve food to customers at some restaurants.

https://youtu.be/_VVZhvSjNTw?si=hfWgLq2HFkGuu_wq

And in the coming future this appears to become the norm, at least for the next generation of youths.

So adding on the mix of robots which can prep and/or cook food. Some restaurant establishments may choose to pay an upfront of $10k or so for a robot than an $18/hr wage by 2028.

It may be best to steer the next generation to tradesmen, IT technician careers or some form of computer based field.   

Well along the same lines of thought we do have waiter/waitress style of robots, that essentially serve food to customers at some restaurants.

https://youtu.be/_VVZhvSjNTw?si=hfWgLq2HFkGuu_wq

And in the coming future this appears to become the norm, at least for the next generation of youths.

So adding on the mix of robots which can prep and/or cook food. Some restaurant establishments may choose to pay an upfront of $10k or so for a robot than an $18/hr wage by 2028.

It may be best to steer the next generation to tradesmen, IT technician careers or some form of computer based field.

That’s the sales pitch. In reality the stuff breaks down regularly and nobody can get parts in a timely manner, much less someone who can actually do the repair work for a reasonable rate without some brutal service contract where you never actually own the equipment and aren’t allowed to work on it yourself. By the time you add up all the hidden costs the employees start looking like a bargain.

People? we don't need no stinking people!

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I went to the range this afternoon.
On the way home I stopped at the Aina Haina 7-11 store for a manapua and a cigar.
I ran into my former co-worker in the store.
I asked him if anybody else quit or got fired.
He listed about 4 or 5 more people that are soon to be "retired".

That’s the sales pitch. In reality the stuff breaks down regularly and nobody can get parts in a timely manner, much less someone who can actually do the repair work for a reasonable rate without some brutal service contract where you never actually own the equipment and aren’t allowed to work on it yourself. By the time you add up all the hidden costs the employees start looking like a bargain.

Reminds me of fast food chains and their equipment that breaks down.  McDonalds for example always has an issue with their ice cream machine and needs to call a specific company technician to fix it. 

The ice cream machines have earned a reputation because they shut down and require tending to when they encounter a problem (just like us, fr). It’s a major drain for franchise owners but a boon for the machine’s manufacturer, Taylor Company, which has an exclusive repair contract with McDonald’s.

-Every time an $18,000 McD’s ice cream-maker breaks down, franchisees need to call up a Taylor technician. If a non-Taylor handyperson is used, the ice cream machine’s warranty is revoked.

-Fixing the complex machinery costs $350 for every 15 minutes of service, according to Ars Technica, so it’s no wonder Taylor has generated 25% of its revenue from maintenance and repair services in recent years, as Inc. reported.

https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/08/31/the-fight-for-the-right-to-repair-mcflurry-machines

Even with the upfront risks in the future some business owners may want to gamble on these kitchen and waitstaff robots than actually hire people.

Reminds me of fast food chains and their equipment that breaks down.  McDonalds for example always has an issue with their ice cream machine and needs to call a specific company technician to fix it. 

Even with the upfront risks in the future some business owners may want to gamble on these kitchen and waitstaff robots than actually hire people.

Something interesting is going on with the franchises. I'm noticing their prices/shrinkflation are going up way faster than the mom n' pop businesses. My guess is the extended complicated supply chains and proprietary equipment compound the inflation. Fast food was always unhealthy meals for cheap, but now it's expensive garbage. My guess is a lot of them will start shutting down soon.