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Comment by stubish | original | Weave Robotics launches Isaac 1, a $7,999 home robot with Fall 2026 deliveries
[−]stubish · 2026-07-02 Thu 05:54 UTC · link
$450 USD / month to have a human turn up every day? $15 USD per day, including weekends? Around here you might just about get the minimum of 1 hour/day for 10 times that.

This will be life changing for the elderly and disabled if they can pull it off. If you have socialized care, the government would even probably pay since it will be cheaper than aged care facilities.

[−]imtringued · 2026-07-02 Thu 07:28 UTC · link
Why does the human have to turn up every day? You're the one who added that requirement. That's on you.

The moment you reduce it down to 10 visits per month you're already at $45 per visit.

Let's say 6 visits to different people per day and since there are 21 working days per month on average that is 21/10*6*$450 = $5785 or $70k in revenue per year.

You can't tell me that this wouldn't pay for an employee that doesn't require office space. Maybe $450 per month is too cheap and it has to be raised slightly, but this would pay for an entry level cleaner even in San Francisco.