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A LOT of real humans still assemble machines across the globe. Probably also what you have at home. There are plenty of YouTube videos available were you can s
by Manglo 14d ago
A LOT of real humans still assemble machines across the globe. Probably also what you have at home.
There are plenty of YouTube videos available were you can see how many hands a rice cooker is going through.
And we talk about a real robot costing 5 figures being able to shown what it should do and then it just does it 24/7.
It will fill the gap of no automatisation to full automatisation.
Besides that, in theory it would also allow the remote-gig economy: A robot at home, a helper sitting somewere else.
Take some random problem: You want some automatistaion for painting a wall. What do you do? You buy the full automat from a special company which comes with its own support contract, and fllow up costs.
Now you buy one 5 figure robot, explain to them that they should paint the room and they will do it. Not today, but do you think this will take 50 years and is a non solvable problem? I don't.
- runtime_terror 14d agoIt works 24/7 till it breaks down or gets stuck in a situation it was trained for then the company that purchased it will likely have to wait at least days if not weeks for a repair tech to come down and fix it or adjust its training data. I feel so many people bullish on these robots has never worked on physical things so they have this rosy picture of the smooth sailing once they get their humanoid robots delivered that it's going to just work forever without effort or input.
- willmarch 14d agoWouldn't they just send another robot to fix or replace it?
- runtime_terror 14d agoCan't imagine that going wrong /s
- willmarch 14d agoBut can you imagine it going right?
- runtime_terror 9d agoEventually maybe but not in the next few decades
- hobofan 14d agoEven with just teleoperation, the first robotics companies are poised to have some of the most efficient in-field technician operations, as long as there are at least two robots on site.
- Manglo 14d agoOnly if it is and stay a nice product. Not with mass market. And as hard as physical things are, i assumed that the first robots would cost 7 figures they are already at 5. It will not take 50 years to have a generic AGI style Robot walking around.
- seydor 14d agoThese machine assembling robots would be more expensive than the humans in those countries. And there is no shortage of humans willing to do that job. There is , however, real shortage of humans for agri and construction , in the rich world, right now. > You want some automatistaion for painting a wall You call over someone with a spraying machine that paints the house in 30 minutes.