"Making them 'human' or move and behave as a human is perhaps trying to make them more understandable, relatable, predictable and perhaps a short-coming of our understanding of how the job can be completed. Having them work alongside of humans may support a need to make them look, behave and move in a human-like manner for the comfort and safety of human co-workers. Doing the opposite - making them more purposeful - may do a lot for performance and optimization, but then folks may decry them for feeling 'alien' and being a little threatening. Working in a solo, non-human integrated situation may be the ideal scenario for something different.Not sure the answer, but it comes down to what problem you are trying to solve, and what your relationship/comfort is meant to be with the solution, I feel."

"Love the consideration for accessibility - it's a true need. Working on making rapid diagnostic/testing kits accessible for the low vision. blind and low dexterity populations taught our team alot of things. Firstly, most blind people do not know braille - only 10% actually know how to read it. Those people are (most typically) ones that have been blind at an early age, vs. those who lose their sight later in life and do not learn braille. I therefore do like the tactile icons that I am seeing that are not braille-dependent. A good first step and I hope they are working with a group of expert users to get the feedback needed to make this something that hopefully could change how able-bodied and able-visioned product designers think!"

"Making women hover to use this I don't think solves the entire problem. Invariably, someone will sit on this which is not good sanitation practice, but is better on the knees over time!"

"I've experienced the same in these days of Teams. When someone wants to 'push back' a meeting, folks have been confused if that means making it earlier or later."

"I was wrong!Apparently, Finnish Pine is an incredible dense and solid wood. Call me enlightened!"

"Connection flubs aside, this looks like a device that needs to train you how to use it, instead of being intuitive."

"Fun and quirky in looks, but there is no way that would be a comfortable ride for more than 15 minutes. Would make a good urban taxi or Go Car."

"Are the poles actually 'anchored' at the top?!"

"This justifies why I always wanted my own firetruck as a kid!"

"Nope.So now a nest of cable can be managed in a fairly small space to be routed together in single direction as needed.With this approach, the 'rat klng' of cables leaving the power strip is magnified taking up much more space and making routing a headache. Cute, but not very forward thinking."

"I've seen our future, and we will be more and more unathletic, tech dependent and unable to enjoy the simple things."

"Pine is super light - compared to cedar or other hard woods - and would not be nearly as durable over time with rain and snow. Unless you bring it inside on rainy/snowy days, it'll look good only so long."