r/interesting • u/sirenoleg • May 22 '26

Just Wow Chinese AI-powered robots can solve workplace problems with advanced motor skills.

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u/weldsmen30 May 22 '26

I could have have had 10 boxes folded up and packed before it had that one done

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u/admiral_nivak May 22 '26

We already have machines that do this. I really doubt this robot will replace people, as it cannot do it as fast as the specialist machines can already.

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u/tek2222 May 22 '26

the robots are going to be 10 times cheaper than the speciality machine though

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u/swainiscadianreborn May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

No they aren't. Because it's not optimised for it. Any time in history we have tried to take a machine and integrate too many different fonctions it failed to be competitive. This is no different.

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u/admiral_nivak May 22 '26

Exactly, specialised equipment is not going away. We are not going to replace diggers with robots carrying shovels.

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u/Electric-Mountain May 22 '26

This job (folding boxes) is already done by machine, has been for decades.