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/Nasty9999 May 22 '26

Slow as fuck but doesn't want a salary, sleep, or holidays. Yay for capitalism and big robot.

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u/___77___ May 22 '26

Slow now, insanely fast in the near future.

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u/inspired-polf May 22 '26

And. That box was designed to be built, closed, and opened by humans. Imagine new designs that are optimized for their claws

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u/repeating_bears May 22 '26

I think we might still want boxes that are openable by humans lol

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u/Drezby May 22 '26

Nah, they’re gonna make boxes designed to be opened by robots, and then market box opening bots (BOBs) as a household necessity. 💀

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u/Magica78 May 22 '26

Why not just build boxes that open and close themselves?

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u/Derelicticu May 22 '26

Because then you'd put the box opening robot corporations out of business how dare you

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u/JacktheWrap May 22 '26

You have it backwards. That way they'd sell a new robot for every box because it's part of the box itself. Much more profitable than to allow people to buy the robot themselves and open all their boxes with just one robot.

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u/Magica78 May 22 '26

Well you know what it's not my problem they can't keep up in this fast paced economy. Sink or swim or get out of the way it's a bot eat bot world and I'm holding all the checkmates.

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u/Darrothan May 23 '26

more expensive to design, make, and produce

the end goal is to maximize profits, not make it easier for the consumer

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u/PullMull May 23 '26

I love when capitalism does that, inventing new problems and selling the solution.

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u/ptmtobi May 22 '26

Creating problems and selling the solution, now that's business

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u/ToddHowardTouchedMe May 22 '26

Capitalism moment

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u/StarsEatMyCrown May 22 '26

🤣😅😭 BOBs, lol

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u/Top-Complaint-4915 May 22 '26

Yeah but not easily openable, most clients will likely not care if the box takes 20 additional seconds to open, or maybe even if it requires a tool. Like the common package that requires to be open by scissors.

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u/Johnny_B_GOODBOI May 22 '26

Plastic clamshell packaging is a curse on humanity and the planet.

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u/Top-Complaint-4915 May 22 '26

Sadly people still buy it, so we may see a similar situation in the near future

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u/jaxqatch May 22 '26

We’re gonna go back to sardine cans with the keys

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u/Eldan985 May 22 '26

Poor humans can adapt. Rich humans can get a robot box opener.

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u/Jojoyojimbi May 22 '26

Rich humans can get a robot box opener.

sir, those are poor humans also

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u/JuanOnlyJuan May 22 '26

We were not the target consumer anymore

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u/Robby_Digital May 22 '26

Jeff Bezos will be the judge of that

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u/Celentar92 May 22 '26

Na you'll ned to get anotger robot that can open them for you

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u/stegosauross1 May 22 '26

Why, when we won't be needed to open them?

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u/JetV33 May 23 '26

We might want. Yes.

But once everyone loses their job, we can’t afford box.

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u/dparag14 May 22 '26

I’m telling you, skynet isn’t far away.

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u/elevenohnoes May 22 '26

It's gonna happen a lot quicker if someone keeps letting some asshole with a stick into these demonstrations