Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 years agoAmazon's humanoid warehouse robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate. That won't calm workers' fears of being replaced. - Digit is a humanoid bipedal robot from Agility Robotics.www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkAmazon's humanoid warehouse robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate. That won't calm workers' fears of being replaced. - Digit is a humanoid bipedal robot from Agility Robotics.www.businessinsider.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThen instead of a warehouse full of people, Amazon will end up with a warehouse full of robots, and a few robot babysitters.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoBest case, yes exactly. But again, that’s happened before many times though (once upon a time, there was no conveyor belts or cranes in a warehouse either, there was guys doing that work) so I’m not too worried. Worst case it just fails.
Then instead of a warehouse full of people, Amazon will end up with a warehouse full of robots, and a few robot babysitters.
Best case, yes exactly. But again, that’s happened before many times though (once upon a time, there was no conveyor belts or cranes in a warehouse either, there was guys doing that work) so I’m not too worried. Worst case it just fails.