<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</span></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span> <font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><i>Once we get mass production cranked up, robots will be as<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>affordable as cars.</i></font></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>I think <span class="gmail_default" style="">that's</span> true,<span class="gmail_default" style=""> but I wish robots had better manual dexterity. I want to see a robot shuffle a deck of cards and perform a sleight-of-hand card trick, or repair a watch. </span></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style=""><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail_default" style="">John K Clark </span> </b></font></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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From: extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>> On Behalf Of<br>
BillK via extropy-chat<br>
Subject: [ExI] Figure Helix robot trained for housework<br>
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Helix 02 Bedroom Tidy (2 mins)<br>
<<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xEuFQz4E4A" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xEuFQz4E4A</a>><br>
Figure taught two F.03 robots to clean a room and make a bed in under<br>
2 minutes - fully autonomous.<br>
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Figure 03 Humanoid Robot Learns 8 New Autonomous AI Skills (8 mins)<br>
<<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4gBm82PVyk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4gBm82PVyk</a>><br>
Figure demos world leading autonomous cleaning capabilities with its<br>
03 humanoid robot, showcasing eight new abilities: coordinated tool use<br>
(spray bottle and towel), dynamic object handling, bimanual manipulation,<br>
whole-body task efficiency, object throwing, in-hand reorientation, tool<br>
stowing during motion, and precise foot placement.<br>
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That's what we want! A robot that does housework.<br>
If only they could be made affordable.<br>
BillK<br>
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BillK, if you worry about affordability of humanoid robots (damn Samsung for<br>
stealing the term Android) think of cars. If you are not familiar with how<br>
complicated cars are (very few people understand this) do let me assure you<br>
that they are more complicated and use waaaay less energy and raw materials<br>
than cars do. Once we get mass production cranked up, robots will be as<br>
affordable as cars.<br>
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spike<br><br>
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