Robots Should Be Affordable Tools for Everyday People
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-07-19
The repost suggests that robots should be aimed at ordinary people, not designed as expensive "show-off toys."
The author argues that robots need to be as cheap as possible, ideally priced around 2000 美元 + 每月 50 美元 token 费用, and should be as ubiquitous as AI chatbots, rather than relying on high-cost capabilities like extreme dexterity.
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