Eric Schmidt: People want dish-washing robots more than any other kind

Re:Eric Schmidt: People want dish-washing robots more than a... by vanderZwan on Thursday November 23, 2017 @03:44PM (#15767680)

Dish-washers are just about the only household appliance that currently are more ecological than the human labour they replace.

Which makes me wonder: aside from liberating people from menial tasks (which is great! It leads to more equality[0]), could robots also be more sustainable than human labor?

[0] https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing...

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Re:Eric Schmidt: People want dish-washing robots more than a... by Jill_the_Pill on Thursday November 23, 2017 @04:08PM (#15767803)

Except these new efficient ones work very poorly. It's not terribly ecological to replace a large appliance every other year.

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Re:Eric Schmidt: People want dish-washing robots more than a... by hocuspocus on Thursday November 23, 2017 @05:55PM (#15768365)

> Except these new efficient ones work very poorly.

I haven't noticed that at all. Nowadays in Europe most dishwashers and washing machines offer energy-saving cycles that do the same job, only 3 times slower. As far as I'm concerned this works as advertised.

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Re:Eric Schmidt: People want dish-washing robots more than a... by Jill_the_Pill on Thursday November 23, 2017 @08:39PM (#15768958)

We replaced a 20-year-old machine three years ago. And then replaced the replacement last year. And then we had about six repair calls on the new one. It's been good since about August, but don't say that too loud . . . it'll hear you and break!

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Re:Eric Schmidt: People want dish-washing robots more than a... by vanderZwan on Thursday November 23, 2017 @04:13PM (#15767834)

I guess that to some degree that would depend on the embodied energy, but if they really only last a few years I agree (do not own a dishwasher myself because rented apartment).

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Re:Eric Schmidt: People want dish-washing robots more than a... by siruncledrew on Thursday November 23, 2017 @10:49PM (#15769291)

As long as planned obsolescence is not engineered into them

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Re:Eric Schmidt: People want dish-washing robots more than a... by tonyedgecombe on Friday November 24, 2017 @06:48AM (#15770600)

Is that really the case? I always imagined that was a meme the dish washer manufacturers promoted.

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