Have your say: Would you trust a humanoid robot with your household chores?

The dream of coming home to a spotless kitchen you didn't have to clean yourself is edging closer to reality.

We're used to seeing robotic vacuums cleaning our floors — but what about all our other chores? Humanoid robots are being engineered to take care of more complex tasks around the house, from folding laundry to loading the dishwasher.

This month, San Francisco-based startup Tau Robotics began letting residents hire robots, dressed in company uniforms and given names like Chelsea and Elon, to vacuum, wipe down counters and take out the trash for $30 an hour as part of a pilot program open to 1,000 homes.

Chinese firm UniX AI has gone further still, announcing commercial deliveries of Panther, a wheeled humanoid that can make the bed, clean toilets and cook breakfast, holding a spatula to fry an egg before washing its hands in the sink.

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