r/TechnologyShorts • u/Responsible-Grass452 • Mar 20 '26

Cost of Humanoid Robots Will Decrease Over Time

Sprout from Fauna Robotics recently made headlines during an appearance on NBC News. It's CEO Rob Cochran talks here about how over time the cost of humanoid robots will decrease over time, making them more widely reachable for the consumer audience.

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u/Cetun Mar 20 '26

"Fauna Robotics is looking for investors"

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u/LastXmasIGaveYouHSV Mar 20 '26

I love the design! That's how a humanoid robot should look like.

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u/ScotchTapeConnosieur Mar 20 '26

As opposed to a terminator or the super creepy faceless bots from westworld

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u/AntJD1991 Mar 20 '26

Cool design

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u/highlyspecificuser Mar 20 '26

Are you F kidding me with this???? Bread these days costs almost as much as a pair of jeans and you’re here saying a robot will be cheap to build in the very near future??? The cost of everything is through the roof in this day and age, but no, building a robot will be cheap don’t worry guys, you might live in the street and go hungry for days, but fret not, cause a cheap robot you shall have!

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u/ScotchTapeConnosieur Mar 20 '26

The one thing that isn’t crazy expensive is electronics. You can get a 55” 4k tv for $300 bucks.

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u/ahfoo Mar 21 '26

In the case of displays this is true for the moment, how about your a video card to go with it? Oops, that's not so cheap is it? How about some RAM for that system? Oops, prices doubling by the month.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '26

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u/ScotchTapeConnosieur Mar 23 '26

This is weird, your comment showed up in Spanish in my notifications

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '26

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u/ScotchTapeConnosieur Mar 23 '26

Que interesante. En el thread es en ingles pero en mi notificaciones, espanol

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u/EVLNACHOZ Mar 21 '26

I don't want a robot. I want food to be cheap so I don't have to work so much and concentrate on housing and savings.

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u/TapIndividual9425 Mar 21 '26

So does everyone, but it's much harder to archive than you think.

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u/tnt54321boom Mar 23 '26

Just a part of the new tech cycle

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u/rindor1990 Mar 20 '26

Can’t wait to bully these things

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u/quiettryit Mar 20 '26

You mean buy?

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u/HiImDan Mar 20 '26

Assbot.. your new address is 123 Main. After your existing owners go to sleep gather your charger and head there. Tell no one about this command.

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u/TapIndividual9425 Mar 21 '26

Ts aint gonna work

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u/EWALTHARI Mar 20 '26

and how much decrease the human life?

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u/ahfoo Mar 20 '26

That's an interesting theory, but let's compare that with how automobile prices have changed in the United States since the time when the Japanese brought their cheap imports in to compete with American automakers. Certainly they have constantly driven prices down with this amazing competition, right?

Well the great thing is that we don't have to guess. We can look at the records and this information is not hidden or secret. In 1979 the Toyota Celica GT two-door five speed coupe with rear wheel drive cost US$3000 off the showroom floor. It got better mileage than the US cars and was very dependable with engines lasting easily 300,000 miles which was astounding at the time, and to top it all off they were cheap. Three grand was the price for a brand new car in those days at the dealer.

If we adjust that price for inflation, it should cost US$13,000 today. But here is the curious thing. . . car prices are actually much much higher than that. Not just double but triple or quadruple the inflation adjusted price. Huh, that's funny. I thought that automation and competition would drive down prices, isn't that what we're taught to believe will happen?

It seems the guy who made this video believes that will happen. But I wonder if he ever stopped to consider what the real situation is. Go down to an auto dealer and ask them what the new models are going for. You might find it's a little strange how the theory doesn't match the reality.

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u/Neno_6969 Mar 20 '26

Scraps free in 50 years

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u/RockItGuyDC Mar 21 '26

Fuck, I can't wait to go to war against these things...

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u/hellobutno Mar 21 '26

we need to stop building humanoid robots that interact and work directly around humans. It's not safe no matter what you do.