fetch and carry

phrase

: to do the kind of jobs that servants do for someone
I won't fetch and carry for you all day.

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Its early pilots include placing a humanoid in a car factory to fetch and carry parts, hinting at a practical path into routine industrial tasks. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025 This work presents a mobile manipulation system that combines perception, localization, navigation, motion planning and grasping skills into one common workflow for fetch and carry applications in unstructured indoor environments. — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2020 This work presents a mobile manipulation system that combines perception, localization, navigation, motion planning and grasping skills into one common workflow for fetch and carry applications in unstructured indoor environments. — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2020

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“Fetch and carry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fetch%20and%20carry. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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