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Humanoid robots are publicity stunts. They are not well-designed for any task. Humans relate to them because they look like humans. That's it. Robot-shaped rob
by pocksuppet 5mo ago
Humanoid robots are publicity stunts. They are not well-designed for any task. Humans relate to them because they look like humans. That's it.
Robot-shaped robots have been doing factory work for much longer than 30 hours at a time for decades.
You don't need a humanoid robot to use computer vision to sort packages. Robots at mail sorting facilities have been doing that for decades too. The most effective way to sort a package is some sort of diverter that swings out diagonally across a conveyor belt, so the package falls off the side at that location, into a collection basket or onto another conveyor belt.
Also, this article is paid advertising.
- skywal_l 5mo agoYes but they are also a quick win to replace humans because they don't need accommodation or specific R&D. Any job by a human that has no been automated yet is because the ROI was too low to develop a specific robot and adapt the work environment for it. The human is basically the standard API. A humanoid robot is a drop-in replacement implementation of this API.
- solnyshok 5mo agoI have small scale 300sqm warehouse - incoming full pallets, outgoing mixed pallets. It is too small for industrial automation, but humanoid robot could be a good fit - unravel pallets, pick boxes, put boxes onto outgoing pallets and shrink wrap those.