Nur 3999? Dieser Roboter kann alle Haushaltsarbeiten erledigen. Endlich habe ich ihn erwartet!

Is there anyone who doesn't like doing housework?

I'm kind of lazy. Although my house doesn't seem big, it takes me half a day to tidy up and clean it.

Since the holidays are short, I always want to be lazy, which really gives me a headache.

In the past two years, with the rapid development of technology, various robots have made their debuts, and robot competitions have been frequently exposed on Internet platforms, which have really attracted a lot of attention.

I'm just looking forward to the day when there will be reliable products at reasonable prices that can truly serve everyone.

In particular, I'm looking forward to a robot that can do all kinds of housework. I believe many friends have the same need, right?

Recently, some foreign netizens have posted videos showing their robots doing the laundry.

Many netizens said:

"If robots do housework, can humans live a life of having clothes handed to them and food served to their mouths?"

"How happy! We can free our hands in the future."

I was really tempted after watching those videos. So I quickly searched on the shopping platform to see how much a humanoid robot like that, which can do housework, costs.

Good news! There are really some for sale!

Bad news. I can't afford it. It costs 560,000 yuan...

Just when I was sighing that "it's so expensive to be lazy these days", hey, I found another similar one.

It looks like this:

Well, it's quite different.

Haha, but it's also an all - around housework robot.

Although it doesn't look as good - shaped as the humanoid robot above, it's cheap! It only costs 3,999 yuan.

Let me introduce it as a whole.

This is an open - source project called XLeRobot initiated by Chinese researcher Wang Gaotian.

What can it do?

Open the fridge and get a soda; help pour a drink; water the flowers;

It can also push a chair; wipe the table; play with the cat;

It can even open and close the door; collect dirty clothes; tidy up the room...

It can also do all kinds of other small things.

Okay, here comes the key question. Why does this thing, which can do so many jobs, only cost 3,999 yuan?

Because it's a DIY robot.

3,999 yuan is the cost.

The official says that if you buy all these components, you can assemble it in 4 hours, just like building a Lego model.

Moreover, the XLeRobot has a modular design. The official has also listed the core hardware:

Omni - directional wheels, table clamps, Raspberry Pi, IKEA trolleys, open - source robotic arms, etc.;

You can also adjust the components according to your needs. For example, you can replace the RGB camera with a panoramic vision version...

So, in fact, it costs from 3,999 yuan.

In addition, since it's a robot, there is also a training part in the later stage. The official has also considered this and provided an "instruction manual".

The project homepage provides a complete tutorial from the Conda environment configuration to the robotic arm control;

It also covers content such as camera visualization debugging, so the technical threshold is relatively low.

According to the introduction, the training part of this robot can directly draw on the open - source ecosystem. Through training in the pure simulation environment Maniskill, it only takes 1 hour of 4090 GPU computing power to complete the basic action learning.

The starting point of this project takes into account both cost - effectiveness and operability. Moreover, the robot itself is not bulky. It's square - shaped and has good safety performance.

I think friends with a science and engineering background must be eager to try it, right?

It should be noted that the project team plans to launch assembly kits on e - commerce platforms later, providing standardized component combinations. This means that the subsequent DIY process will be further simplified!

Those who are interested can keep an eye on it.

Leaving aside the assembly threshold and shortcomings of this robot, it's obvious that this approach is really revolutionary.

The market potential of this kind of all - around housework robot is huge. However, due to the high technical threshold, there are few types of products available for public sale on the market, and the unit price is extremely high.

Currently, only a very small number of families can afford to spend hundreds of thousands of yuan to buy a robot.

The XLeRobot has reduced the cost to less than 10,000 yuan, even cheaper than a mobile phone. This operation has directly narrowed the distance between this kind of product and users.

Moreover, it's an open - source project. I have to say, it's really amazing!

On a large scale, it can comprehensively promote the development of the industry. Specifically, our dream of having an all - around housework robot at home can finally come true soon.

I'm really looking forward to it. The only thing I lack is the money. Let's see the situation after it's on the market...

This article is from the WeChat public account "Tech Fox" (ID: kejihutv), written by Hu Mei, and published by 36Kr with authorization.