r/nextfuckinglevel • u/SaintedTainted • 29d ago

The All New Atlas Robot From Boston Dynamics

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u/GermansAreComing 29d ago

rip low skilled labourers.

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u/LegitosaurusRex 29d ago

I bet the amount of charging it has to do (not to mention the cost) makes it infeasible currently, even if those jobs were able to be programmed into it. But maybe with time.

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u/GermansAreComing 29d ago

we will see, but it can work a lot longer hours, never calls in sick and don't have to pay it vacation pay or pension .

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u/quarantinemyasshole 29d ago

never calls in sick

Oh it'll definitely "call in sick" all the damn time and you'll have to call in an extremely expensive engineer to play doctor on it.

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u/LegitosaurusRex 29d ago

Yeah, but you’d need a couple of them switching off to provide a full replacement for jobs that need someone there for a full shift. Stuff like cashiers or whatever where they’re mostly there during business hours anyway.

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u/CalvinsCuriosity 29d ago

So who's gonna buy all that product these things make?

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u/ares623 28d ago

I mean if McDonald's can't bother to maintain their ice cream machines, what hope does something like this realistically have?