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Robots do not save money. They may optimise some other part of the value chain which could increase profits, but robots are a more expensive workforce than huma
by kqr 4y ago
Robots do not save money. They may optimise some other part of the value chain which could increase profits, but robots are a more expensive workforce than humans.
- lumost 4y agoIt depends on the values in the above equation. If the labor cost of reconfiguring injection molding machines rises above 3d printers, then companies will use 3d printers. If the labor cost of having someone click parts together goes to high relative to the cost of building a robot for the same task, then a robot will be developed for the task.
- kqr 4y agoYou are assuming that there's no labour required to care for the robots, when in practise, the labour it takes to care for robots and adapt processes around them is often more expensive than that to do the job to begin with.