Cool! I hope this sort of thing continues. This specific robot is obviously pretty limited, but it seems like this sort of thing can evolve into really great robots over time. It's certainly a positive thing seeing something like 'early Linux/FOSS' in the robot world.
I would love to be able to avoid Big Tech robots and still end up with useful, cool and affordable robots. I'm in no huge hurry, so the limitations of this robot at this stage don't really bother me.
We don't have to let greed fuck everything up.
I don’t know shit but would think not greed but perhaps the system would be problematic.
There are laws forcing publicly traded business to act in best interest of shareholder. (US)
"just" 5K? I've worked with cheaper humanoid robots
I really don't see the use of these robots (setting aside the obvious reason which is why they'll actually get made)
But like for helping with tasks or anything it would be a nightmare.
Imagine all the worst parts of trying to accomplish something with your dumbest coworker combined with the joys of ai. Don't really need a robot dropping his half of the crate to play "Lay down Sally" because i told it to set it down slowly.
We should be focusing on mech suits.