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> They will always be expensive, bulky, and creepy.

This is an incredibly bold claim, and mostly just sounds like your personal opinion towards humanoid robots. Why do you expect economies of scale to not apply here?

> No one will want one in their homes.

I am literally prepared to pay a car's worth of money for a robot, humanoid or otherwise, that can meaningfully take care of the drudgery of household chores.

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> humanoid or otherwise

I think that's the key. I like my Roomba, and I didn't have to take out a loan to get it. Humanoid robots will always be more expensive than a Roomba. Short of heavy subsidies, no amount of scale will change that.

yeah but what if your roomba could flawlessly do your dishes and laundry and clean the windows and take out the trash? I'm with mrshadowgoose. I'd buy that for car $ (probably before I'd buy a car)

Even a car-priced robot would be a paradigm shift. No subsidies needed.

Citation needed.

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