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It'll take a long time. Observe that: 1) Unemployment is high and shows no signs of structural reduction, and minimum wage remains flat. 2) Salaries for compu
by qq66 13y ago
It'll take a long time. Observe that:
1) Unemployment is high and shows no signs of structural reduction, and minimum wage remains flat.
2) Salaries for computer programmers are at an all-time high, when you can recruit them.
3) Energy and materials costs continue to increase.
It doesn't make economic sense to have a lot of highly-paid engineers building resource-intensive robots when you can hire people to do the same jobs.
- retroafroman 13y agoThis is the most correct reply in all the comment section. I work in operatioa consulting for warehouses and previously worked for an automation company. Very, very few companies are willing to pay more for automation. A lot of times, it just doesn't make sense. Even if there will be a projected return on investment in a few years its a hard sell.