Robotics builder: the hard part is finding use cases someone will actually pay for
TajyMany · x · 2026-09-27
A robotics developer reflects that the hardest part of building with robots isn't the tech — it's figuring out what the robot can do that someone will actually pay for. Plenty of fun use cases exist, but getting the robot to earn its keep is another question.
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