Yeah. The smartphone was such huge crazy success that we keep trying to figure what will be next thing. Maybe there won't ever be, at least in our lifetimes, something that compares to it.
The Roomba is a successful product, (10% of the market in the US, most sold vacuum clearer). But it's not what we thought the market for robots at home would be. I remember Gates perpetually betting on robotics as the next hit.
Same for Apple Watch, not as ubiquitous as a iPhones, but pretty popular.
If everything seems like a failure compared to smartphones, maybe we shouldn't use it as a benchmark.
The Roomba is a successful product, (10% of the market in the US, most sold vacuum clearer). But it's not what we thought the market for robots at home would be. I remember Gates perpetually betting on robotics as the next hit.
Same for Apple Watch, not as ubiquitous as a iPhones, but pretty popular.
If everything seems like a failure compared to smartphones, maybe we shouldn't use it as a benchmark.