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It's mainly amazing because in the US it's cheaper to have a $75k robot do a job than a human.
by smackfu 13y ago
It's mainly amazing because in the US it's cheaper to have a $75k robot do a job than a human.
- nyrina 13y agoAnd less error prone, no need for training, no need for downtime. I promise you, even if the actual cost of the machine were the same as a worker every month, you would always choose the machine. Sorry, humans are just really crap at automated tasks.
- threeseed 13y agoIt's more that robots can do tasks with unrivalled precision at temperature/pressure extremes that would kill a human.
- smackfu 13y agoOTOH, in the US, you use a robot arm to load a piece into an automated machine. In China, you use a person.
- bpicolo 13y agohttp://www.pcworld.com/article/2043026/foxconn-to-speed-up-robot-army-deployment-20000-robots-already-in-its-factories.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2043026/foxconn-to-speed-up-r... Or, you know, you use a robot.
- annnnd 13y agoNot just in USA, but in most "developed" countries. Robots are usually also more accurate and make fewer mistakes.
- lttlrck 13y agoHow is that amazing?
- smackfu 13y agoI mean it looks amazing in the video, because robots and automated manufacturing are more impressive looking than people doing the same jobs.