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Re:Where are the robotic bricklayers? by gridspy on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @06:35AM (#28059420)
The odd thing about "dumb labor" is that many of those tasks are only easy for humans. Dealing in a messy world of human-to-human interfaces and cluttered unstructured worksites is generally hard for robots.

The dog for instance might be able to drag a load, but would probably need help refilling it.

Re:Where are the robotic bricklayers? by vbezhenar on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @11:01AM (#28061785)
I expect dog to have a robotic hand and eyes, so it could refill himself, move bricks to a target location and put them onto the top of the wall, use stairs and so on. Of course it should not be a one-trick pony, the whole point is in something universal which could easily configured to perform different tasks.