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Comment by prepend | original | Weave Robotics launches Isaac 1, a $7,999 home robot with Fall 2026 deliveries
[−]prepend · 2026-07-01 Wed 22:15 UTC · link
Seems to suffer from the dalek problem.

My laundry is upstairs and my washer is downstairs.

Also doesn’t seem to be able to start washer/dryer and transfer loads.

[−]JumpCrisscross · 2026-07-01 Wed 22:16 UTC · link
Yup, not mentioning weight is problematic. I also want to understand pet safety.
[−]jvm___ · 2026-07-02 Thu 00:18 UTC · link
-Phone notification-

Your chinchilla had finished the wash cycle.

[−]JumpCrisscross · 2026-07-02 Thu 00:22 UTC · link
I have a cat who pushed the Roomba out the door where an elk smushed it, turns on the gas fireplace when I’m out of town because he’s an environmental terrorist and stopped shitting in his box when I just put a litter robot in his room. I assume the Dalek would meet some impossible-to-predict horribly fate before the 17-year old cat does.
[−]SOLAR_FIELDS · 2026-07-02 Thu 01:11 UTC · link
Yeah this piece of marketing got me:

> Made to fit in every home, including yours.

Unless that home has stairs

[−]levocardia · 2026-07-02 Thu 02:10 UTC · link
I have a startup idea: I will make the robot that ferries your laundry robot up and down the stairs.
[−]solfox · 2026-07-02 Thu 02:51 UTC · link
You could call it the El-e-vator!
[−]analog31 · 2026-07-02 Thu 04:08 UTC · link
Not a bad idea, just a cog track that the robot grabs onto. I'd install one.
[−]Y_Y · 2026-07-02 Thu 07:16 UTC · link
A coming update will enable grappling hook operation
[−]CamouflagedKiwi · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:52 UTC · link
Yeah I was thinking exactly this. Also I don't think it can reach my dryer.

I am happy this kind of thing is being worked on, I just don't think this is gonna be it - they really talk around what it does but "folding clothes" isn't enough. $8k to handle a complete laundry cycle (including ironing) might be interesting.