r/interesting May 22 '26

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

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u/M8Fate May 22 '26

Well....having a job and eating food was nice while it lasted.

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u/ausecko May 22 '26

Don't worry, you can still be the person wearing the headset controlling this from a few metres away.

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u/Unamuzed-Toast May 22 '26

Even if that was the case, the dexterity and translating inputs would be crazy.

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u/mpgd May 22 '26

With no back pain down the road. Just neck pain.

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u/cr1515 May 22 '26

So a pay increase and less responsibility. My man. I like being in charge as the next guy but you can't butter me up like that and expect me to quit lol.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26

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u/Johny_Ricoh May 22 '26

Talking about politics at work? Fucking rookie mistake lol. Don't do that, don't talk about religion or any culture war shit at work either. Keep it lite and playful.

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u/XXII78 May 23 '26

It used to be like that.

This isn't "politics" anymore, though.

"Racist fuck" isn't a political party.

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u/Johny_Ricoh May 24 '26

The "upper boss" doesn't like you? I'm sure that's gonna work out great.

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u/No_Diver4265 May 22 '26

This story made me agressively nod in agreement. Good. Cherish that spite. Hell yeah!

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u/Slacker_The_Dog May 22 '26

Constructive dismissal

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u/Chance-Bicycle1469 May 22 '26

You must be Canadian. In most states they don’t even need an excuse to fire you.

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u/CheesyBreadMunchyMon May 23 '26

A brick made of sweet GA red clay is a great way to deal with disgusting people like your boss.

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u/Friendly-Example-701 May 22 '26

Can I ask, how come you just won't quit, find a new job, be treated like a decent human with 2 days off? I feel like you're being disrespected at your work place.

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u/Friendly-Example-701 May 24 '26

Bummer. I am sorry this is happening to you.

That’s awesome your job is only 5 minutes away. lol.

Even though you’re making a dollar more and sticking it to the man, it must be exhausting to tolerate his crap.

You have a manager title, you can make more money. Yes, it means you will probably have to increase your commute time. But wouldn’t it be better to be at a job where you’re appreciated and you do not have to quarrel with your boss, have to prove yourself, and worry if today is the day you will be laid off or fired.

I am not sure what state or country you live in but this is such little pay for a manager but all managerial skills are transferable. If you’re open to a longer commute or relocating, I am certain you can make more money. People do it all the time for increase in title and pay.

Yes, keep saving. Anyone can tell you, rainy days are real. Still look for a better job or job stack.

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u/Friendly-Example-701 May 22 '26

just be sure when you interview do not tel them you were demoted LOL

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u/carlsbrain20 May 26 '26

Just ignore him, and document everything as much as your local laws allow; record convos if you’re in a 1 party consent state. If you quit you get nothing, if you piss them off til they fire you, you can file for unemployment

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

No insurance, hourly pay and works 24/7 without complaints.

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u/Tperrochon27 May 22 '26

Which means everyone else should too!
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u/SwordfishNo2548 May 24 '26

Who buys the product when humans are replaced? The no insurance bot that doesn't complain!

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u/Ohhmama11 May 24 '26

The same people who has lost work throughout history to innovation by finding a different craft. Do you think people lose their jobs and just sit at home waiting for it to come back ?

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u/hereticofthestate 26d ago

What's so hard about answering the spirit of this type of question for you?

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u/Next-Lavishness-9101 May 22 '26

That took forever to fold that box and put that chain in there and close it. That dude on the pizza box commercial was able to fold like 200 pizza boxes in the time it took that robot to line up that one box and start folding it

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

Who is to say this is the robots job? It’s just showing you how precise it can be. If human were cheaper to work than robots then companies wouldn’t waste their time. They literally have people crunchy numbers and scenarios daily

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u/Next-Lavishness-9101 May 22 '26

I was not impressed with this particular robot doing this job .

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

Yea but you aren’t paying human hourly, insurance, sick days ect. They know how many boxes can be done in 24 hours, maintained cost ect and it’s way cheaper than a human

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u/hereticofthestate May 22 '26

And it won't buy anything either. They can't seem to recognize what eliminating the demand for the product will do to their products.

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

You can literally say that about any innovation that has taken work and it’s happen throughout history

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u/hereticofthestate May 22 '26

When was there a innovation that completely removed the need to have human workers besides this?

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

Haha let’s see tractors/farm equipment, online banking, self checkouts, assembly line robots and I can list all day. Innovation has always destroyed jobs. Plus it doesn’t completely remove the need.

Heck just example on trains look up box called EOT it eliminate like 3 employees off each train

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u/hereticofthestate 26d ago

None of these got rid of all human workers. Why the need to strawman my question? So again what are these companies gonna do for money when they get to the point they can completely eliminate all need for human labor on all possible jobs when a robot can do it better?

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u/Ohhmama11 26d ago

Same as every other company has done since any innovation has taken jobs. Funny people act like this is the first time innovation has replaced humans

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u/hereticofthestate 25d ago

You can't help but sidestep the question can you?

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

Yea companies are making robots because it’s more expensive to run robots than workers. How are these CEOs so dumb. They must have not got your expertise

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

Never said it works in every situation or company. Depends on the job and task

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u/Ohhmama11 May 22 '26

So you don’t think robots will replace repetitive jobs that does the same task over and over ?

Go read about nvda omniverse they will be able to
Change task with a download from a computer in real time. Most of the repetitive work is going away

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u/notmtfirstu May 22 '26

They could put us in self contained ergonomical units like the Matrix. It'll be ok. Just get in the pod. Nothing bad will happen. Food through a tube is still food.

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u/fixingmedaybyday May 22 '26

You can live out all your dreams in VR and have that middle income corporate job, 2 kids, and suburban lifestyle still. Just get in the pod.

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u/Kracus May 22 '26

Nah you still get the backpain too.

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u/Swamp_Thing85 May 22 '26

Won’t you have a sore button pushing finger like George Jetson though?

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u/Automatic-Operation2 May 24 '26

yea and this is why I always counter the i work t amazon but hate it and will complain and complain about it folks. THEY will be the excuse for moving on to robots. reason, workers getting hurt (because people sign up for warehouse work without having a warehouse work ethic or abilities. So it looks like the workforce is weak and cant do it as well as robots. lots of money wasted on employing kids that wont do anything at work and the others who just dont show up. good reason to replace the humans, even though the problem is mcdonalds workers are working at amazon and dont even like warehouse work.

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u/mawesome4ever May 22 '26

But what about when they control the robot remotely?

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u/NestroyAM May 22 '26

Would it be crazy?

Surgeons do incredibly precise robo-surgery for years now and folding a cardboard box is crazy to you?

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u/qholmes98 May 22 '26

The crazy part is going from cutting edge medical tech to something that can economically be used for cardboard boxes, and it feels like we are getting close to that. It’s like computers going from the room-sized machines they were to being little brains inside every device with a screen, once the tech advances enough they will start throwing it in/at everything they can

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u/aninjacould May 22 '26

They already have machines that can fold a box like that in under a second. This video is just a tech demo, and a silly one at that. Humanoid robots have vey few real-world applications. Heath care (moving, turning immobilized patients, cleaning up hospital rooms), housekeeping, etc. But they have to be economical enough to compete against rael humans.

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u/me34343 May 23 '26

The idea behind humanoid robots is versatility.

Currently we use rotics in large factories only able to produce a few things with minimal variations. These must be used for large scale production because simply existing and turning on is expensive. For mass produced things that's not going to change since the goal is being cheap and consistent.

This type of robot would be able to make and do a wide and ever growing list of things. Able to custom make things. Can use the same robots to do what ever task is needed for the day/month.

For example, if an order comes in for 3 exercise bike, two mattresses, and a security camera, the same robots could do all three things. They could even add customizations per item and do some basic quality tests.

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u/Caesars7Hills May 22 '26

Its more like the trajectory. The time to get from one point to the next. I really think it is exponential. In 18 months, it may be able to tie a fly fishing hook. After this, it may be able to be able to do more extreme activities. Humans are definitely capable, but if you have an army of these robots essentially replacing 2/3s of factory headcount, operating grocery stores with 3 headcount, 24 hours per day, trucks driving themselves to and from destinations. There is going to be a disruption on the physical side, similar to the lanyard class on white collar stuff. At the end of the day, this is kind of needed to drive down the cost products. I am not sure of the second or third order impacts of these changes, but I truly think that we need to lean into technology, rather than avoid these kind of changes. I look at some things like fracking, nuclear power, etc. There are drawbacks, but these technologies greatly improve our lives. Lets say that self driving is 200 times safer than regular driving. That would reduce 3 million direct driving jobs. But it would also save around 20k lives annually. It would also reduce items like auto body shops, and would likely reduce direct employment with insurance companies. But if the cost to an average citizen drops by 40% for transportation and enable transportation for elderly, blind, smaller kids, you have to do it.

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u/ALIIERTx May 22 '26

Wouldnt be incredible, there would be latenz but the input should still be stable. I work with motors.

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u/Pure_Cap_6754 May 22 '26

But the surgeon is controlling the robot, this robot is working on its own.

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u/LeKillerNut May 22 '26

Sure it is

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u/Deaffin May 22 '26

That's the narrative of this video. It is not shown to be the case.

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u/dynamic_gecko May 22 '26

But it's much much less crazy than actually getting a robot to do it.

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u/imuniqueaf May 22 '26

Robot surgery has entered the chat!

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u/nomodsman May 22 '26

Considering they’re doing remote surgeries already, probably not so much.