HUMXN offers free home repairs to film trades work for robots
Original title: AI companies are coming for the plumbers
In exchange, workers wear capture gear inside homes while doing plumbing, electrical, HVAC, duct and carpet jobs.
HUMXN, an AI lab that collects real-world data, says it will subsidize plumbing, electrical, HVAC, air-duct cleaning and carpet cleaning so homeowners can get those services free if someone wearing capture technology records the work inside the home. The recordings are meant to train AI robots. The Tom’s Hardware item and Hacker News comments debate whether such robots can yet mimic constrained manual work; the article does not report deployed repair robots.
Unconfirmed: The excerpt does not name the cities, confirm how many homes are involved, or show that robots can perform the recorded tasks.
- HUMXN wants wearable capture of skilled laborers doing ordinary home-service jobs.
- Covered work includes plumbing, electrical, HVAC, air-duct cleaning and carpet cleaning.
- Commenters argue current robots still cannot copy feel-based tasks such as work under a sink.
- Organizations
- HUMXN
From the original article
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An AI lab that specializes in gathering real-world data wants to partner with homeowners to record how skilled laborers do their jobs to train AI robots. HUMXN said it will subsidize plumbing, electrical, HVAC, air-duct cleaning, and carpet cleaning, allowing people who need these services to get them for free in exchange for letting someone in with “wearable capture technology” work inside their home.
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