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OxQQme

(2,550 posts) Sat Sep 5, 2020, 04:59 PM Sep 2020

The pandemic has been good for one kind of worker: robots
Now that any job involving human contact is considered hazardous, demand for mechanical replacements has skyrocketed.

SPOT, A FOUR-LEGGED robot about the size of a golden retriever, went on sale last year for industrial uses—inspecting construction sites, patrolling power plants, and other chores in places a wheeled robot can't go.

Then the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and Spot learned some new tricks.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/09/how-pandemic-is-good-for-robots/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=SpecialEdition_20200904&rid=0835FFCBFABB9337F14BFBA76F6D93DD

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Robots as first responders (Original Post) OxQQme Sep 2020 OP

I hope this continues to have a very limited scope. Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #1

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1. I hope this continues to have a very limited scope.

Sat Sep 5, 2020, 05:12 PM

Sep 2020

Nothing can take the place of human touch. I understand the need, I only hope they don't start taking the place of EMTs and other care-providers.