A 19-year-old MIT student created these AI-powered robots costing $82,000 that do an excellent job. the most valuable thing these robots do is use ordinary power tools, because that means the robot doesn’t have to be redesigned for every job. Two humanoids drill, sand, cut and lift a shelving unit into place, working with tools a contractor already owns. A specialized machine needs its own attachments, its own software and its own purchasing decision. A humanoid that picks up a standard drill or circular saw inherits decades of tool design for free. The tools become the robot’s attachments, and they are cheap, standardized and sold everywhere. Think about who pays for this work. Flat-pack assembly, shelving installation and apartment fit-outs are tedious, repetitive jobs that people hate doing and often pay a handyman a lot to do. A small installation company could eventually offer a furnished room delivered in a day, with a human supervisor walking between jobs while the machines do the repetitive work. That is a possibility, not something this footage proves. If the robots really are interchangeable workers, hardware stops being the scarce thing. The value moves to whoever knows how to run a job: sequencing the work, handling the cabinet that arrives with a missing panel, and fixing the wall that isn’t actually square. Humans who understand the mess of a real building become the bottleneck, and the part of the job that is hardest to automate gets more valuable. There’s also a quiet advantage for the tool brand on the robot’s chest. Batteries, blades and bits could become a recurring revenue stream, the way printers sell ink. So who earns more here, the company that builds the robot or the one that figures out how to keep it busy?