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ukdave2002



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 11:37 am    Post subject: Clever and entertaining robotics Reply with quote
Entertaining; I'm sure there will be practical uses too?

https://youtu.be/fn3KWM1kuAw

https://youtu.be/XnZH4izf_rI

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Bitumen Boy



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Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Practical uses including throwing people out of work and saving their grasping ex-bosses £££'s in labour costs, I imagine... Crying or Very sad
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Ray White



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
To be honest, Robots give me the heebie jeebies Shocked
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Crashbox



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bitumen Boy wrote:
Practical uses including throwing people out of work and saving their grasping ex-bosses £££'s in labour costs, I imagine... Crying or Very sad


People thought that at the start of the industrial revolution when steam engines came into use. In reality, the employment market just changes and creates new jobs that didn't exist before.
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Bitumen Boy



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Crashbox wrote:
Bitumen Boy wrote:
Practical uses including throwing people out of work and saving their grasping ex-bosses £££'s in labour costs, I imagine... Crying or Very sad


People thought that at the start of the industrial revolution when steam engines came into use. In reality, the employment market just changes and creates new jobs that didn't exist before.


I know that's the standard capitalist response; the facts for the poor mugs on the sharp end of such "market changes" are that the new jobs are insufficient in number with worse pay and conditions and much less security than the jobs they used to have. This technology needs to be controlled.
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