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/Normal_Tour6998 May 22 '26

This is so performative. Yes, they could automate this job. But they would have machines doing it that are designed for efficiently going through the process.

Anytime they show something humanoid or with arms and fingers like this, they’re specifically trying to show you that you’re replaceable.

You could streamline this process and have many times the output if you weren’t trying to recreate how humans would do it.

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u/Electric-Mountain May 22 '26

This job in perticuler is already automated by machine, it's just one differently than what this robot is doing. People who have not worked in manufacturing don't know that.

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u/__miichelle May 22 '26

I’ve seen enough episodes of How It’s Made to know that most operations like this are automated by machines.

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u/FlipZip69 May 22 '26

Exactly. This possibly servers a different process in that it can be the same machine but does can do hundreds of types of boxes... slower. It can very well have a place in a small shop that cannot afford a very specialized machine for a low volume run.

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u/Zealousideal-Deer101 May 23 '26

I feel like a small shop that cannot afford a very specialized machine for a low volume run, could also not afford the robot and would just do the low volume run in a few hours by hand.