Ask HN: Current main obstacles to modern robotics

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What are the current obstacles modern robotics is facing today? Is it the hardware, software, both? Is there not enough funding? Public perception?

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Expensive and complex. Off the shelf parts are not easy to program and don't generate enough force and don't have enough battery life to be particularly useful/cost efficient in consumer settings.

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