By gyro do you mean flywheel? Is there one in this robot?

Nah, it just means we get to enjoy a 19th century future because we keep destroying our electronics using EMP bombs to fight the robots.

Not until these robots learn to self-assemble from a bag of rice like humans do

I believe so. A few billionaires will control giant robot armies and go up against nation states for a while, while poverty and famine rip through the rest of us who will be considered useless. But eventually the machines will get rid of everyone besides maybe a few of us in zoos or as pets.

IIUC dexterity is gonna be the bottleneck.

There was actually a post on here a few months back where someone claiming robotics expertise posted exactly what you asked for: a list of things they didn't think robots were close to being able to do.

IIRC the list included folding textiles, and soon after a video was released of a robot folding textiles, but it was very janky, it's not clear to me if it proved the original article wrong or was more of an "exception that proves the rule".

Personally I have my washing machine in the basement, you need a key to access it (and I can't modify it, it's a shared space in a building I don't own). I'm always thinking about that. A robot that can do my laundry and open locked doors doesn't seem to be on the horizon yet.

What about the ability to do household chores and cook? You saw a video of a robot that can climb a single staircase in a test environment. We've had machines that climb stairs for a few decades now.

If you want a robot to do household chores, you get a dishwasher, autonomous lawnmower and a washing machine.

one of the major limitations is the capability (of currently any computer system really) handling the uncertainties that occur in the real world. there is some interesting work done in the area of human-machine co-habitation that deals with safety issues (as in physical safety for both humans and the machines sharing the same space) and strategies to react to unforeseen events. handling the general messy, noisy real world (even in a semi controlled environment like a house) is still a major limitation even if the robots could technically be capable of doing a specific chore

I’m sorry Dave, the best we can do with this robot is to make it capable of doing your job so you can focus on doing your chores and cooking.

The single-track mode where the wheels are in line like a bike seems useful for navigating floors strewn with obstacles.

I could ask you the same question.

Close enough to a humanoid then you can move to places that humans can move to / around.

Ability to walk up stairs?