Is industrial automation finally beating out cheap labor?
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Bass
I need better writers.
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When robots start building other robots and computer programs start writing other computer programs, I'd start to worry. Oh, wait...
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magicalclick
remember the flow
@Bass:
Nah, the future is actually print the component on top of each other. Robot is outdated. 3D Printing is the future.
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Maddus Mattus
Maddus on C9, Is often controversial, But fun none-the-less -evildictaitor
@magicalclick: totally agree, I would love to print my own Windows Phone
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GoddersUK
My five year mission: To boldly split infinitives that no Niner has split before!
I wonder, longer term, whether this will eliminate the advantage of manufacturing in countries like China simply because labour is cheap? Could manufacturing even become more evenely distributed across the world to reduce distribution costs to a globalised customer base?
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JohnAskew
9 girl in pink sweater
13 hours ago, Bass wrote
Is industrial automation finally beating out cheap labor?
No, but robots don't jump off rooftops and out windows at FoxxConn, either... the cost in netting may fully offset the difference, though...
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Harlequin
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59 minutes ago, JohnAskew wrote
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No, but robots don't jump off rooftops and out windows at FoxxConn, either...
Give them a few years...
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Maddus Mattus
Maddus on C9, Is often controversial, But fun none-the-less -evildictaitor
@GoddersUK: no robot has ever reached skill level; 'asian'
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JohnAskew
9 girl in pink sweater
3 hours ago, GoddersUK wrote
I wonder, longer term, whether this will eliminate the advantage of manufacturing in countries like China simply because labour is cheap? Could manufacturing even become more evenely distributed across the world to reduce distribution costs to a globalised customer base?
That's excellent. I'd say you're looking at good common sense... even a plan.
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6 hours ago, GoddersUK wrote
I wonder, longer term, whether this will eliminate the advantage of manufacturing in countries like China simply because labour is cheap? Could manufacturing even become more evenely distributed across the world to reduce distribution costs to a globalised customer base?
Until robots start building other robots, those robots will still be manufactured in Asia.
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