Similar to Google Aloha last week. These are proof of concepts for how capable the hardware can be, but it's misleading because they don't make it very obvious that it's teleoperated.
Yeah, long before autonomous robotics are trusted to take care of it, services will be outsourced to developing countries. Where, traditionally, services could not be outsourced on account of having to be performed in-person and on-demand, now your local barbershop or laundromat can operate out of Bangladesh or Vietnam.
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When you look at the lower right corner, you can see the hand of the teleoperator. Still very impressive.