But the segway is something very very few people actually need or can use. Too inconvenient - can't carry any cargo with you - or if you don't live in a tightly packed urban center, too impractical to get around with - and if you do, some selfish asshole will steal the bitch right out from under you
I see the robot's future as Elon does: unlimited except by our own willingness and skill at programming them not to harm us or rule over us
I wasn't referring to functionality, just the media hype.
(Remember, the predictions about people wanting the Segway were much higher before people got to try them. Turns out the 2-wheel inline electric scooter had a better form factor, not to mention cost. Switch out all those pay-per-minute electric scooters for Segways and the Segway's sales would've blown past their projections.)
I agree the functionality is far superior to a Segway. As are the potential problems. I'd like to prevent them from being used as salesmen ... I get enough spam phone calls and junk mail without a line of robots waiting to ring my doorbell.
Thinking about it, I suspect the form & cost factor are similar to the Segway, in that specialized robots for common tasks will be easier to deploy. We'll see.
Reminds me of the Segway. Here's hoping.
But the segway is something very very few people actually need or can use. Too inconvenient - can't carry any cargo with you - or if you don't live in a tightly packed urban center, too impractical to get around with - and if you do, some selfish asshole will steal the bitch right out from under you
I see the robot's future as Elon does: unlimited except by our own willingness and skill at programming them not to harm us or rule over us
I wasn't referring to functionality, just the media hype.
(Remember, the predictions about people wanting the Segway were much higher before people got to try them. Turns out the 2-wheel inline electric scooter had a better form factor, not to mention cost. Switch out all those pay-per-minute electric scooters for Segways and the Segway's sales would've blown past their projections.)
I agree the functionality is far superior to a Segway. As are the potential problems. I'd like to prevent them from being used as salesmen ... I get enough spam phone calls and junk mail without a line of robots waiting to ring my doorbell.
Thinking about it, I suspect the form & cost factor are similar to the Segway, in that specialized robots for common tasks will be easier to deploy. We'll see.