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> doesn't pay that well and isn't appreciated I believe the current sad state of robotics is because many people seem to be wanting to build robots, so employe
by thriftwy 2y ago
> doesn't pay that well and isn't appreciated
I believe the current sad state of robotics is because many people seem to be wanting to build robots, so employers think they can afford paying peanuts.
And for peanuts, you may hire a lot of personalities, but by definition you cannot hire people striving for swift commercial success. So those people will just have their highly paying job at a bank, aforementioned adtech or big tech. Which are all not build many robots.
I always think if I was building robots, they will do all the things you may imagine and serve coffee when they're done.
- Animats 2y agoThere is that. I've seen plenty of robotic one-offs and small-volume demos. That's changing. Robotics is finally starting to take off in the US. Amazon builds a thousand robots a day.[1] For comparison, the US has about 8,000 newborn babies a day. [1] https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-robotics-headquarters-tour-westborough-massachusetts https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-robotics-...
- thriftwy 2y agoAs I see it, the problem of a robot in a workplace is that it's hard to integrate into a processes built around humans. But once you manage to bring some robots in, that factor will revert and now there will be much more straightforward to add more robots - a human will now be seen as a misfit that needs completely different scheduling. The actual difference is that robot usually does only one thing, and any limitations and deficiencies will need to be taken care of by human workers. Whereas a human needs all kinds of breaks throughout the day, needs conditioned workplace, unreliable in terms of durations and frequencies.