>But they are not built and maintained autonomously by the all mighty benevolent skynet, all working 100% on renewable energies abundant at geological scale.
replyNo but they are significantly cheaper than an employee, A robot can pick up something and move it from A to B for upwards of 10 years. The programming and setup are a fraction of the time a robot can operate reliably
I cannot stress to you how reliable and little maintenance is required for a $60,000 fanuc robot.
A factory isn't made of workers who pick up something and move it from A to B all day.
replyFrankly, that doesn't need a robot, it needs a concert belt, maybe a hopper.
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