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> But robots are not bad at doing things fast: if they can do things, they can do them also "fast" Robots are not a single thing. You can't draw general conclu
by krisoft 4y ago
> But robots are not bad at doing things fast: if they can do things, they can do them also "fast"
Robots are not a single thing. You can't draw general conclusions about them like that.
They are objects designed by humans, they go as fast or as slow as they are designed to go. The design space is heavily constrained by physics. This means some things are possible, some things are possible but very expensive and other things are just not possible.
A FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile is a robot. It has an onboard computer, a sensor, and fins to change direction. It flies about 300 m/s as top speed and it doesn't do things slow. It can't. [1]
A Konecranes AGV is a giant self-driving platform carrying containers in automated ports. It carries a maximum of 70t and the top speed of it is about 6 m/s. It is also a robot. [2]
There are many kinds of robots. I intentionally selected here two extremes here to show how you can't make generalisation like that.
1: https://en.missilery.info/missile/javelin https://en.missilery.info/missile/javelin
2: https://www.nauticexpo.com/prod/konecranes/product-30447-521552.html https://www.nauticexpo.com/prod/konecranes/product-30447-521...