Broadly speaking, it is worth it. Tools that are used in factories look more and more like this all the time, and these modernized factories are producing more

Broadly speaking, it is worth it. Tools that are used in factories look more and more like this all the time, and these modernized factories are producing more product at more consistent levels of quality. Again, the ransomware issue is easily mitigated. Not only can software be fixed, the wrenches can be also kept airgapped. Also it is worth noting that there isn't any ransomware in the wild for these wrenches. This was a research exercise.