Comment Comment by thro32 > it costs barely $8 an hour to use a robot for spot welding in the auto industry, compared to $25 for a worker—and the gap is only going to widen.This is just wrong. Author does not know much about welding or car manufacturing.- Car welding is a best case for robots. Single task repeated many times exactly the same way. Try different case and you get $1M/hour.- $25/hour human cost is too low. With pauses, errors, delays... $100/hour would be more reasonable.- Germany is exactly in this situation, but does not have problem with unemployment. parent thro32 10 years ago
This is just wrong. Author does not know much about welding or car manufacturing.
- Car welding is a best case for robots. Single task repeated many times exactly the same way. Try different case and you get $1M/hour.
- $25/hour human cost is too low. With pauses, errors, delays... $100/hour would be more reasonable.
- Germany is exactly in this situation, but does not have problem with unemployment.