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The costs involved have to do with labor needed to string cables. You need a crew of humans in bucket trucks moving from one set of poles to the next. Whereas t
by MisterTea 6y ago
The costs involved have to do with labor needed to string cables. You need a crew of humans in bucket trucks moving from one set of poles to the next. Whereas this robot clamps to the conductor which acts as a rail and the little robot can string the fiber on its own for the length of the cable.
- fyfy18 6y agoRight that's what I thought. Maybe in North America where labour costs are high this will be popular, but the article talks about developing countries where lower labour costs and less regulations make deployment of fibre a lot cheaper.