Pizza robot makes 300 pizzas per hour

Re:Pizza robot makes 300 pizzas per hour by wpietri on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @02:12PM (#21128737)

I also have questions about what makes this a robot, because to me this looks like regular factory machinery.

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Re:Pizza robot makes 300 pizzas per hour by sophacles on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:29PM (#21129564)

The line between robot and "regular factory machine" has always been fuzzy, and gets even fuzzier as time passes - and more automation from robots back-propagates to things that are "just" machines.

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Re:Pizza robot makes 300 pizzas per hour by mfoy_ on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @02:18PM (#21128806)

I mean, maybe it uses blockchain technology and definitely deserves a crazy valuation?

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Re:Pizza robot makes 300 pizzas per hour by wpietri on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @02:29PM (#21128930)

Pizza on the blockchain! Tired of your orders getting made wrong? Just put them in an immutable, distributed database, and you're guaranteed perfect pizza every time! But don't eat that flawless pie, because our upcoming SausageCoin™️ ICO guarantees its value will only go up, up, up!

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Re:Pizza robot makes 300 pizzas per hour by contravariant on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:48PM (#21130440)

Far as I can tell you get to claim it's a robot if it doesn't require human intervention to do its job. Even if that job is a relatively simple one.

Of course the popular meaning requires a lot more autonomy than just not requiring human intervention, but in a factory that distinction is pointless.

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