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A part of the burden of cars is the table stakes though... cars can potentially kill people. A home robot worst-case is a potential pooptastrophe [0] (I guess.. unless people can trip on it and fall down stairs).

[0] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/08/15/po...

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Depends on the robot. A mere vacuum cleaner is as you describe, but a fully general household bot could turn a gas hob on without igniting it, combine unsafe combinations of bleach when cleaning the bathroom, fail to recognise when food has expired before cooking it, mistake bleach for a drink when serving dinner, mistake the owner’s fingers for carrot or a sausage when making dinner, or lock one or more doors in an open position overnight.

Depends on how capable the robot is. If it is a re-purposed military killbot you probably want it to play nice.

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