我让人形机器人打扫公寓:Tau 远程操控清洁服务体验
原标题:I watched a humanoid robot clean my apartment. It felt like a taste of the future.
AI 摘要
MIT Technology Review 记者体验了旧金山初创公司 Tau Robotics 提供的人形机器人上门清洁服务,目前机器人仍由人类远程操控,通过头腕摄像头采集数据用于训练自主清洁模型。Tau 以低于市场预期的价格收费(曾为每小时 30 美元,现为每周两次 60 美元或单次 100 美元),因为清洁过程产生的数据对公司极具价值。体验显示机器人能完成擦台面、折衣服、清洁马桶等任务,但动作缓慢、爬楼梯摇晃、曾因远程操控设备过热而中断服务,整体仍处于测试阶段。
正文节选
I’m not the sort of person who typically pays for a house cleaner. I’m too frugal, and I kind of enjoy putting on a podcast and going to town on my tub with a Magic Eraser. But when I saw an X post about a new humanoid-robot cleaning service in San Francisco, I immediately signed up for the waitlist. I wanted my apartment to feel like The Jetsons, even if just for an hour. I was also motivated by journalistic interest. In order to ensure an authentic experience, I didn’t tell Tau Robotics, the s