this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2026
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How fucking hard is it to put a $2 ultrasonic distance sensor on the front. I built robots when I was a kid that wouldn't do this.
This has been solved for 50 years FFS. Yet here we are with techbros thinking cameras can solve everything.
($2 * number of robots * labor cost to install one * labor cost to update and integrate) > (cost of settling potential lawsuit)
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