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Actually it's pretty expensive in the long run. They want raises, are finicky about their health, have pesky habits like going home, having life partners and something silly called work/life balance. Also, they sometimes organize and become collective bodies under something called a union. In reality, I'm a strong supporter of everything above. Maybe we can really provide people better jobs by delegating repetitive a…
>are finicky about their health Machines are anything but reliable. They need constant servicing and maintenance and still break entirely
When you are not budget constrained, and building things for businesses, a little overengineering goes a long way.
I have a Xerox 7500DN color laser printer next to me, and it's working for more than 20 years at this point. It has gone through a lot of spares, but most (if not all) issues are from parts wearing down naturally. Nothing breaks unexpectedly on that. Same for robots. Give enough design budget, overengineer a little, and that thing will be one hell of an ugly but reliable machinery.
When you work with real "industrial" stuff, the landscape is very different.
It's interesting how Amazon is embedding robots in human-designed warehouses whereas Ocado has humans overseeing a robotic warehouse. The later is a much easier problem.
The Ocado warehouse automation is pretty crazy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssZ_8cqfBlE
Wonder if the matter has been resolved.
Average humans. Not stowing masters apparently.
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That is why, in the end, only robots will remain. They are inexhaustible and strictly meticulous in all circumstances.
Robots aren't inexhaustible. They break down a lot and are far more expensive to repair and maintain than a human being.
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What skilled worker? This is a low skill worker they are replacing.
Have you read the article? "The fastest humans at this task are like Olympic athletes. They’re far faster than the robots, and they’re able to store items in pods at much higher densities."
Yes some are better than others. However there is still a vast gulf in skill between those people than engineers (much less doctors), while the gap between them and someone off the street is much less. (the article doesn't say how long it takes someone to get to that high skilled state or even if it is possible to train to that level - if someone can show me data on this I might change my mind on skill)
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Optimizing space and trying to keep things neat is a futile effort. Pickers and counters are constantly pulling things out of the bins and putting them back in, and during high demand it's a chaotic mess. If there are going to be robots being this meticulous at every step of the process, then it's too slow. There's a reason human beings are worked to the point of exhaustion in these warehouses - the goal is to move a…
That is why, in the end, only robots will remain. They are inexhaustible and strictly meticulous in all circumstances.
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That is why, in the end, only robots will remain. They are inexhaustible and strictly meticulous in all circumstances.
Robots aren't inexhaustible. They break down a lot and are far more expensive to repair and maintain than a human being.
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Human labor is shockingly cheap.
Amazon warehouse base pay is ~$21-22/hr due to labor supply shortages. https://www.google.com/search?q=amazon+raise+wages+warehouse