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I watched a humanoid robot clean my apartment. It felt like a taste of the future.

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Briefings

A journalist booked a humanoid robot cleaning service in San Francisco from Tau Robotics for $30/hour, expecting a future where robots perform all tasks autonomously. The robot successfully cleaned the kitchen, folded a t-shirt, and reattached a toilet brush, but struggled with stairs due to signal delay and overheating, requiring human intervention. The company charges less for data collection but still requires human pilots for remote control, with no evidence of fully autonomous cleaning yet.

Key points

• Tau Robotics charges $30/hour for a single robot cleaning service in San Francisco, with prices rising to $60/week for two robots.
• The robot successfully completed tasks like folding a t-shirt and reattaching a toilet brush, but failed on stairs due to overheating and signal delay.

Context

Tau Robotics is a startup developing autonomous cleaning robots that collect data to train AI models. The article describes a journalist's experience with a remotely piloted robot in San Francisco, highlighting both its successes and technical limitations like overheating and connectivity issues.

Limitations

Evidence is limited to a single personal experience in San Francisco; no broader market data, failure rates, or long-term autonomous capabilities are provided. The article does not state whether the robot is fully autonomous or if other cities have similar services.

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