Chris Paxton on Home Robots: Automotive-Grade 99.9999% Reliability Could Force a Pivot to Homes
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-09-18
Chris Paxton replied to a discussion about robotics companies pivoting from factories to homes: automotive thinks anything under 99.9999% reliability isn't good enough (he exaggerates), and no one wants a $20,000 home robot that breaks 1% of dishes or gets stuck on laundry 1% of the time — making home reliability demands brutally high.
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