• underisk@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    I cannot conceive of a task where a humanoid robot would be better suited than just a robot built for the task without trying to mimic a human form.

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      8 months ago

      Minimal investment. A purpose-built robotic production line is incredibly expensive and can onl- do what it was designed for. Theoretically, using these robots requires no alterations to the existing facilities, allowing mercedes to trial them with very low risk and comparably low losses if things don’t work out.

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      8 months ago

      Yes, but if the task is multi purpose, humanoid form makes it possible for it to fit where humans fit and use human tools etc…

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        8 months ago

        Yeah but the article says the only thing these ones are gonna do is deliver parts which is probably overkill for the likely expense for the kind of sophistication necessary to imitate even a fraction of a human worker’s versatility. To say nothing about the difficulty involved in adapting them to various tasks without reprogramming or training.