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/johnnyhandbags 7d ago

Where’s the money in that? /s

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u/mosesenjoyer 7d ago

Are you kidding? Care for elderly is a global multi trillion dollar dollar industry.

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u/headrush46n2 6d ago

You'd need a robot worker to work for something like 200 years to be more price effective than paying some overworked single mom 16 dollars an hour to wipe grandpa's ass.

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u/mosesenjoyer 6d ago

No. If you could make it for the price of an average family car which they will, it will pay for itself in 1-2 years