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Robotic suit gives shipyard workers super strength

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Re: Robotic suit gives shipyard workers super strength

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Post by grecy »

jakejake wrote: post #21
grecy wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Totally anecdotal - I've seen a lot of foreigners react in the same (but opposite) way when they come to the US. i.e. driving on major roads around NYC, visiting schools, looking at houses, etc. "Wow, it looks like it's half finished" "Everything is so dirty" "It's all covered in graffiti and falling down" etc., etc.

NYC is an awesome city, but you have to admit that walking around certain streets of NYC is not really a fair comparison to touring a top-of-the-line factory!

> walking around certain streets of NYC is not really a fair comparison to touring a top-of-the-line factory!

I was talking about walking around foreign cities compared to walking around cities in the US. The difference is stark.

Re: Robotic suit gives shipyard workers super strength

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Post by makeset »

grecy wrote: post #16
hudibras wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

US Navy personnel who tour the newest generation of Korean and Japanese warships are universally astounded by the high quality, attention-to-detail, and overall great design. Without exception, our sailors come off the ships blinking and asking "Why aren't we buying these?"

Totally anecdotal - I've seen a lot of foreigners react in the same (but opposite) way when they come to the US. i.e. driving on major roads around NYC, visiting schools, looking at houses, etc. "Wow, it looks like it's half finished" "Everything is so dirty" "It's all covered in graffiti and falling down" etc., etc.

NYC roads themselves make a good case for driving 4WD SUVs. What measly taxes we must be paying are clearly all spent on keeping the subway system clean and affordable.

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Post by ASneakyFox »

gadders wrote: post #49
goldfeld wrote: post #37

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Carrying your own offspring is not the same as being employed to carry weight all day (and not necessarily because you really like that profession.) The regulation is in place to protect the worker, be it from the employer or those who don't know any better from themselves.

But 50lbs is pretty light. If you're in reasonable shape moving objects of that weight every day should be fine. It's only (approximately) one big Olympic plate.

That's not just some thing they happen to do once a day. Its what they do ALL day, in addition to many other things. The purpose of the exoskeleton isn't really to increase how much you can lift. Its to make it so it is less tiring.
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