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Robots able to fully autonomously run a household are about five years away (median).

Sergey Levine, Physical Intelligence · made September 2025 · target Sep 2030 · Open

Unverified Only a secondary source was found; the original words were not read on a page.

I think five is a good median.
Sergey Levine, Sergey Levine: Fully autonomous robots are much closer than you think (Dwarkesh Podcast transcript) (the quote as reported there)

The prediction

Who
Sergey Levine, Co-founder, Physical Intelligence
Made
September 2025
Target
Sep 12, 2030 (stated as "five years (median)")
Status
Openin 4 years
Source
Sergey Levine: Fully autonomous robots are much closer than you think (Dwarkesh Podcast transcript) Secondary: a report of what they said
Topics
Robotics

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