Re:First unmanned factory takes shape in Dongguan City (2015)
by z3t4 on Saturday February 04, 2017 @03:14PM
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In most factories in China, humans work like if they where robots, one job might be to go with a part from one place to another place, witch could literally be replaced by a transport band. Some workers are extremely skilled and fast though, replacing them with robots would probably cost much more then their salary. It can be hard to see the economic sense in deploying robots when the robots does things five times slower, but when the robot works, you can do something else. Even if you can clean the dishes faster then a dishwasher, it does save you time! And once something has been automated, it's much easier to scale.
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Re:First unmanned factory takes shape in Dongguan City (2015)
by brianwawok on Saturday February 04, 2017 @03:30PM
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Dishes are a bad analogy. I can wash a load of dishes by hand in 15 minutes. My washer takes 90 minutes. From a time POV, it could be worth it to pay fleshy robots to do the work.
Re:First unmanned factory takes shape in Dongguan City (2015)
by Pamar on Saturday February 04, 2017 @03:49PM
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Dishes are really a bad analogy, yes: http://www.treehugger.com/kitchen-design/built-in-dishwasher...
Re:First unmanned factory takes shape in Dongguan City (2015)
by user5994461 on Saturday February 04, 2017 @05:00PM
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How about hygiene standards and temperature? The machine can have a major hedge on that.
Re:First unmanned factory takes shape in Dongguan City (2015)
by brianwawok on Monday February 06, 2017 @11:27AM
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They can get hotter, but they are also happy to take some crusted on food and bake it on to the plate... making the QC factor a bit lower.