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Posted by Wayne C. Gramlich on June 30, 2009, 10:30 pm
Bill Cooke wrote:
> A while back there was a discussion of robotry having a too-small
> impact, and one remark (John Nagle?) was that labor is too cheap, noting
> the disappearance of "hands-free" car washes in favor of a crowd holding
> rags. The presentation by Rodney Brooks at a maker faire
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http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/Rodney_Brooks_Remaking_Manufacturing_With_Robotics#fullprogram
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> addresses labor costs in a larger context. The whole talk is very
> exciting, setting a view not seen by me as a learning voyeur, but
> confirming my firm intuition that roboticists are way more important
> than they games they "play".
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> Listening is a half-hour well spent.
Thanks for the link. I did enjoy the talk even though I do not
agree with many of Rodney's conclusions.
-Wayne
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> impact, and one remark (John Nagle?) was that labor is too cheap, noting
> the disappearance of "hands-free" car washes in favor of a crowd holding
> rags. The presentation by Rodney Brooks at a maker faire
>