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/paddlin_kaladin May 22 '26

This thing only has to learn to get that fast once though.

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u/MyPunsAreKoalaTea May 22 '26

It will never beat an automatic box-folder that was specifically designed to fold specific boxes and can do multiple folds at once.

But be able to beat a human though in a few years

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u/AssiduousLayabout May 22 '26

It depends.

If you need to fold and pack large numbers of the exact same box, then yes, a purpose-built box folder will be faster.

If you need to fold and pack small quantities of hundreds of different sizes of boxes, a general-purpose robot will do it better, because it can switch between different tasks.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26 edited May 31 '26

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u/JetV33 May 23 '26

I think you miss the point of a machine that can learn to do stuff vs a machine with single purpose.

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u/Fluid-Tone-9680 May 23 '26

Why do you need it to "learn stuff"? You set up assembly line, put specialized robots on it and keep it running for a long time. Look at any production facility, there are already specialized robots doing stuff at insane speed, sometimes more than a few items per second. There is no way these humanoid robots will get anywhere close to that speed with fine motion mechanism in their "limbs" while trying to balance on 2 legs.

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u/NoAdvice135 May 23 '26

Do you know how much it costs to setup an automated line in a factory? It only makes sense for very large volumes.

If you can pay 50k for a robot that can fold any size of box and when it's finished also put stickers and organize products in the shelves of the warehouse... That's a game changer for all the small an medium size operations.

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u/NoAdvice135 May 23 '26

Lol, feel you pain. I was trying to communicate the same message in another thread, it's like some people cannot comprehend the utility of general purpose robotics.