House Robot & Laundry

No more stepping on Legos? Dangerous Dave talks about a robot being developed to pick up around the house. Plus, do you do all your own laundry? Most do.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is deeper in the den with dangerous day. If
you have a pet or a kid who's scared to
death of your rumba, well there's bad news. Horrors only
begun to unfold. Chinese researchers have developed a prototype robot
that can see objects, pick them up toys, bottles, stuffed animals,
respond to voice commands. Probably sounds like great news to you.

(00:20):
In the future, robot could tidy up your house before
the roombob vacuums it even better more stepping on them
tambling legos, Yeah, those things. The bad news for pets
and children in your home is it's even more terrifying
than a rumbab. It's not a humanoid robot yet. It's bulky,
drives around on wheels as cameras, displays, robotic arms, lifting platforms,
and pneumatic flexible grippers. Sounds like it's promising, though the

(00:44):
robot is still in the prototype phase hasn't been tested
in real homes, which is far more unpredictable conditions. For
now can pick up items at weigh about a half
a pound. Unclear if it's scalable or if it could
be in mass production anywhere in the future, and it
could be affordable to be viable. Kind of big and square.
Not quite like Rosy from the Jetsons, but pretty close.

(01:06):
Something to pick up after me finally give the wife
a break. Deeper in the two. You know, most of
us do our own laundry at least some of the time,
but a few brave souls are relying on nothing more
than smell and vibes. According to a new poll, fifty
five percent of people say they always do their own laundry,
while five percent never do their own laundry and say
somebody else always does it. Nine percent of people claim

(01:28):
they love doing laundry and twenty three percent like it,
twelve percent dislike and five percent hate it. Forty nine
percent of people said they're totally neutral about doing laundry,
and seventy seven percent care at least a little bit
how it's done, the options of mixing colors, temperatures, soaps,
and dryer sheets. How often people do laundry probably depends
upon the size of their household and the size of

(01:49):
their wardrobe. People were also asked how longer willing to
wear something before washing it. Eighty percent of people said
they wash their underwear after one wearing yes, I agree.
Men more likely the women to say they wear it
multiple times before washing it, and overall, five percent of
people will wear it four or more times before washing it.
Fifty five percent of people wash their T shirts after

(02:11):
one use, ten percent willing to wear them four or
more times. Twenty nine percent of people wash their non
gene pants after one wearing, twenty one percent wear them
four or more times. Nineteen percent wash their sweaters after
one wear, thirty two percent four or more times. Sixteen
percent of people wash their jeans after one wearing, thirty
six percent four or more times before washing them. So

(02:33):
by the way, men more likely than women to wear
things multiple times before washing them, so underwear socks one use,
period two. They came for another episode of Deeper in
the Den with Dangerous Daved right year