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Coming up: do you still fold your own laundry?
Ugh, that's so 2025. You know, in some cities around China, household robots are already working
alongside human cleaners, handling repetitive grunt work while the people working focus on the more delicate tasks.
What does that mean for the future of domestic jobs?
After that, meet the internet's new mood.
It's a tiny opossum, silent, staring out a window, completely exhausted.
The image is everywhere online, and people can't stop relating to it.
What is it about that blank little face that hits so hard?
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Imagine coming home from a long day's work, exhausted, to find a pleasant surprise.
The laundry has been folded, dinner is on the table, the plants have all been watered, and the house is spotless.
And it's all thanks to a humanoid robot.
The future has arrived.
A robotics company in Wuhan is preparing to send 100 robot housekeepers into real homes for free trials.