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Having worked as a mover for a while once upon a time, I don't think it would make much difference as it is now. It's very rare for any moving job to require mo
by ufmace 6y ago
Having worked as a mover for a while once upon a time, I don't think it would make much difference as it is now. It's very rare for any moving job to require more physical strength than an average adult male has. The challenge is more like understanding how to handle items without damaging them or the building, what order to move things in so that a truck can be packed well. We'll need a lot more real-world intelligence from robots before they can do something like that.
Unusual physical strength, or powered mechanical aids, are mostly only used with unusual items. Ex, most "gunsafes" are more properly Residential Security Containers, and aren't all that heavy (~200lbs) and can be moved around, including up stairs, by two average adults. Real safes weigh more like 600lbs and are much more rare, partly due to the difficulty and expense involved in moving them anywhere remotely tricky. I have heard of powered stair climbers being used to lift such things up a flight of stairs.
- silvestrov 6y agoThis sounds like you're used to moving between suburbs and not old European multi-storey buildings with narrow stairs without elevator and no ability to use an external lift due to small windows.
- ufmace 6y agoA good mix of types of places. Some suburbs, though they sometimes have awkward internal stairs. Plenty of American style 3-story apartments, their stairs mostly aren't too bad. I dunno man, it mostly isn't that tough once you get used to it.