The Future’s Here, and It’s Still a Bloody Dishwasher Monkey

Right, so some bunch of overcaffeinated tech geniuses at a startup called Sunday Robotics have apparently decided humans are just too bloody lazy to pick up after themselves, so they’ve made a robot that can clear tables and load the damn dishwasher. Brilliant. We’ve gone from “robots will revolutionize humanity” to “robots will finally pick up our dinner plates.” Fucking inspiring, isn’t it?

This shiny rolling bastard can apparently identify your dirty dishes with cameras and AI, scoop them up, and shove them into the dishwasher like an underpaid intern who’s sick of your crap. It’s the kind of tech demo that makes investors drool and actual humans wonder if anyone remembers that, oh right, we could bloody well just do this ourselves in about three seconds.

They’re calling it the next step in home robotics. Yeah, the next step on the long march to a future where we’re all so “innovative” we can’t even be arsed to put a fork in the sink. The company says the robot is still in development, which means it’ll cost a fortune and break the first time it sees your toddler drop a spaghetti bowl from orbit. And of course, there’s loads of blather about “computer vision” and “spatial mapping” like it’s not just a glorified Roomba with grabby arms and an inferiority complex.

So yeah, the future’s arrived. Big whoop. We’re one firmware update away from a robot that clears your table, loads the dishwasher, and then probably sues you for unpaid overtime. Maybe in another decade they’ll release the “deluxe” version that can tell you to piss off while you’re eating.

Read the full article if you enjoy watching humanity replace basic effort with overpriced gadgets: https://www.wired.com/story/memo-sunday-robotics-home-robot/

Sign-off: Reminds me of the time some bright spark asked me if we could automate server maintenance. “Sure,” I said, “if you don’t mind the system rebooting your email mid-meeting and deleting your boss’s files.” They shut up real fast. Some things, like washing dishes—or not pissing off your sysadmin—should just stay manual.

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