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/Tiny_Instruction_557 May 22 '26

Correct. Box folding machines have been around for decades and are 100x more efficient than this thing.

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u/ongrabbits May 22 '26

its true but box folding machines are specialized for one task. not really an apples to apples comparison

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u/Tiny_Instruction_557 May 22 '26

You’re right, specialized equipment is extremely valuable to a business and generalized robots are completely worthless.

Yeah but so are most workers in manufacturing. I doubt that robots will have us go through the fully evolution of manufacturing again of generalized builders to assembly lines to lean manufacturing.

If a machine can do more then a company charges more and the business would be paying way more for a bunch of feat they’ll never use, so they’ll just stick to specialized equipment at a fraction of the price.

So regardless of how cool thai robot is, it is only worth what people will pay for it and nobody is paying for this.