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Even if it were 50k a year, that's under $6 an hour, which beats minimum wage in the U.S.
by isostatic 8y ago
Even if it were 50k a year, that's under $6 an hour, which beats minimum wage in the U.S.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoGood observation! Even if we assume 90% uptime, it’s going to needs some maintenance, it comes out to a levelised cost of $6.34 an hour, plus parts and labour for the maintenance. This still blows human labour out of the water because robots don’t complain about conditions, and they don’t intentionally run off with trade secrets. Yet.
- isostatic 8y agoThey don't get tired, they don't have days off sick, they are repeatable Automation is good. Assuming the hypothetical robot that can do the required task actually exists, it's probably worth nearer to $100k a year
- grogenaut 8y agoNot sure if you've worked with machenery before but it takes plenty of time off.
- grogenaut 8y agoYou only get that if you're working round the clock, which none of the examples would do for companies as the robot would need to move around thus having downtime. Your also assuming 0 maintenance and no charging time