>Why do you think robots would not be able to do those tasks?
The manufacturing of the robots themselves also requires input from unpleasant jobs. The raw materials like steel, plastics, batteries, etc to make the robot. Example of not-so-fun jobs like mining cobalt being done by children: https://www.google.com/search?q=child+labor+cobalt+mines+ev+...
Why can't we have "master" robots build the the "slave" robots? Still the same issue... How do the master robots get built/maintained/repaired?
You also have Moravec's Paradox when trying to build robots that can replace humans' sensory-motor skills (e.g. cleaning sewers, mining cobalt, etc) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravec%27s_paradox
The Boston Dynamics prototype robots have impressive demos of them dancing and jumping but they're probably several decades away from being cost-effective in replacing humans for mining and other unpleasant jobs.
1. Batteries with enough amp hours capacity in a small enough size are still many decades if not a hundred years out.
2. Motors and actuators have to get a lot more powerful and a lot smaller, also decades out.
3. Pressure sensors need a lot of work and miniaturization.
4. The AI needed to make it all work needs a shitload of data consisting of real world interactions using the above hardware so we will need to spend a long time training these robots but even after we have a working model the hardware required to run it might not fit in the robot itself so we'll have to solve the network problems with transmitting all the sensory data and individual commands for all the micro-actuators.
This is all assuming you want a robot with human level dexterity, speed and abilities. Clumsier ones that can't do all the jobs that humans can will obviously arrive sooner but that doesn't solve the problem of eliminating all manual labour.
jasode|3 years ago
The manufacturing of the robots themselves also requires input from unpleasant jobs. The raw materials like steel, plastics, batteries, etc to make the robot. Example of not-so-fun jobs like mining cobalt being done by children: https://www.google.com/search?q=child+labor+cobalt+mines+ev+...
Why can't we have "master" robots build the the "slave" robots? Still the same issue... How do the master robots get built/maintained/repaired?
You also have Moravec's Paradox when trying to build robots that can replace humans' sensory-motor skills (e.g. cleaning sewers, mining cobalt, etc) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravec%27s_paradox
The Boston Dynamics prototype robots have impressive demos of them dancing and jumping but they're probably several decades away from being cost-effective in replacing humans for mining and other unpleasant jobs.
throwaway4aday|3 years ago
2. Motors and actuators have to get a lot more powerful and a lot smaller, also decades out.
3. Pressure sensors need a lot of work and miniaturization.
4. The AI needed to make it all work needs a shitload of data consisting of real world interactions using the above hardware so we will need to spend a long time training these robots but even after we have a working model the hardware required to run it might not fit in the robot itself so we'll have to solve the network problems with transmitting all the sensory data and individual commands for all the micro-actuators.
This is all assuming you want a robot with human level dexterity, speed and abilities. Clumsier ones that can't do all the jobs that humans can will obviously arrive sooner but that doesn't solve the problem of eliminating all manual labour.
DeathArrow|3 years ago
bboygravity|3 years ago