NEWS · B2 Level - Part 2

These Humanoid Robots Can Clean Your Home

As concerns about AI grow, how about teaching a robot to do the mundane chores that humans don't want to do?

Level: B2 · 13 sentences

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  1. As concerns about AI grow,
  2. how about teaching a robot to do the mundane chores that humans don't want to do?
  3. That's exactly what's happening at 1X.
  4. This is Neo, a humanoid robot that was built to do the ongoing tasks people might find annoying.
  5. Neo's skills are being tested inside Norwegian homes.
  6. Standing at 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing in at 60 lb,
  7. this robot can walk or even run, depending on how urgent the task is.
  8. Even if you had a Neo at home, you aren't released from doing all of your chores yet.
  9. Neo learns by watching people.
  10. Prior to Neo, 1X had a rolling robot named Eve.
  11. Eve gave them more knowledge to put into Neo.
  12. Unlike some AI tools, if Neo, Eve, and robots like them are doing all of our dirty work,
  13. then thinking, exercising creativity, and getting to rest are left to us.