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Amazon's "workers in a cage" patent You do realize that the cage is there to protect the worker, right? If you think "worker in a cage, on top of a robot" is

Amazon's "workers in a cage" patent You do realize that the cage is there to protect the worker, right? If you think "worker in a cage, on top of a robot" is terrible, have you ever seen a construction crane? It is literally a robot with a cage in which a worker sits -- and just like the (never implemented!) patent from Amazon, the point of the cage is to protect the worker.

im3w1l 7y ago
Having a comfy chair instead of a metal bench and glass instead of wire net makes cranes look a lot nicer than that concept art.
- cperciva 7y ago
  Aren't patent drawings supposed to show only the essential functional elements?
  - im3w1l 7y ago
    Maybe. I personally think it's silly. Still, that's where I think the critique comes from.
iamaelephant 7y ago
Thanks for clearing that up, cperciva FC Ambassador.
- cperciva 7y ago
  I highly doubt anyone working in an Amazon Fulfillment Centre won the Putnam Competition. ;-)