A Domino’s in Portland quietly let go of three human delivery drivers last week. Reason?Their new Kiwibot 5 completed 1,842 deliveries in December with: The robot costs $4.20 per hour to run (including charging).Average human driver cost: $21.80/hour after tips, insurance,…
The Robot That Just Made Me Cry in CostcoJanuary 2, 2026
I was in the warehouse aisle today when I saw it. An elderly man in a wheelchair was trying to reach a 24-pack of water on the top shelf.His wife was on tiptoes, still 18 inches short. Then a Boston Dynamics…
The Robot That Just Saved My Marriage (No, Really)December 29, 2025
The fight was always the same every Sunday night:“Who’s taking the trash bins to the curb?”Neither of us wanted to do it in the rain.We’d passive-aggressive each other until 11:58 p.m., then one of us would stomp out in slippers. Last…
The Robot That Cooked Christmas Dinner While We Opened Presents
December 26, 2025 True story from yesterday. 8:14 a.m. – I told the Moley Robotics kitchen arm (Samsung Bot Chef):“Make beef Wellington, garlic mash, and honey-glazed carrots for 12 people. Ready at 3 p.m.” Then I forgot about it. What actually…
The Robot That Just Made My Kid’s Teacher Cry (in a good way)
December 24, 2025 My 7-year-old came home from school yesterday and said:“Mr. Ember read the entire class a bedtime story in 40 different voices — and he never got tired.” Mr. Ember is not human.He’s a Moxie 2.0 robot sitting on…
The Robot That Already Replaced Me at IKEA
December 21, 2025 Today I watched a robot do my old weekend job — and it was weirdly emotional. IKEA quietly rolled out Agility Digit (the blue humanoid) in 42 U.S. stores this month. What it does in real life (filmed…
The Robot That Already Lives in 50,000 Homes (And You Didn’t Notice)
December 14, 2025 It’s not a humanoid.It doesn’t walk, talk, or look cute.But it has quietly become the most successful consumer robot in history. Meet the Labrador Retriever (yes, that’s the actual product name). What it does (real numbers, 2025): Price…
Robotics in Everyday Life – 2025 Edition
(What’s actually shipping to normal people right now, not sci-fi) By the end of 2026, these robots will be as normal in middle-class homes as an air-fryer is today: 1. Laundry RobotReal product: Figure 03 / 1X Neva / Boston Dynamics…