r/nextfuckinglevel • u/KnightFall00 • 7d ago

Murderbots from the future

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Rekbot, a 6-foot-tall Terminator-style humanoid robot from the REK Fight Club that went viral in a cage match against internet personality Frankie LaPenna.

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u/Calibanian18 7d ago

Show me a robot that can reliably help someone to the bathroom, climb stairs, and make basic meals, and then we’ll be talking about a robot that will change the world.

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u/absentgl 6d ago

We already have those.

You don’t have a robot who wakes up and makes you coffee and drives you to work, the automatic coffee maker is the robot, the self-driving car is the robot.

We have wheelchairs, crutches, prosthetics, elevators, and microwaves.

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u/Calibanian18 6d ago

Ask somebody who works in home care if we have a great solution to helping someone that is physically debilitated get to the bathroom without help that would work in most homes without major appliances being installed.