How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?

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[–]thefirststone 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

58,000 types of products. Drone trollies with hoists. Robot arms for packing. How many orders can it actually fill? Is it an efficient use of space? If they talked about that, I missed it. I suspect it's not as rosy as it is sensational.

Imagine limiting type of stock, like Aldi does. Do you really need more than a conveyor belt with on-ramps from each product bay, and a strong jet of air, to fill an order? And that's old technology.

[–]hennaojichan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

People on the vid seem absolutely pre-orgasmic about the robot(s).

All watched over by machines of loving grace. — Richard Brautigan

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    [–]screwballeclipsed 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    once robots are that capable, the super rich will not need the general population to do all the work that it does and population control will really be implemented by something other than a virus and vaccine.