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I fear that forklift driving through a computer monitor will result in even less situational awareness than being in the forklift, thus increasing the risk of a
by PeterisP 6y ago
I fear that forklift driving through a computer monitor will result in even less situational awareness than being in the forklift, thus increasing the risk of accidents.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoIt would be easy to argue that more accidents but with fewer human injuries is still a net win.
- PeterisP 6y agoWhile many forklift-caused deaths involve the driver dying when, for example, a forklift rolls over; forklifts cause thousands of severe injuries each year to people around the forklift. Those people would be threatened and injured even more by a driver that has limited spatial awareness because he/she is not there and is just watching a computer screen. We would see more accidents but with fewer human injuries if automated forklifts would enable a human-free facility, but it's not going to be at that level yet.
- ortusdux 6y agoI'm talking about excavators, not fork lifts. Earth movers. There are many jobsites where the only people on the ground are spotters. My friend was a spotter when he was runover by an excavator. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tdfizoornI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tdfizoornI