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    "........ About 1.2 million additional advanced robots are expected to be deployed in the U.S. by 2025, BCG says. Four industries will lead the shift — computer and electronics products; electrical equipment and appliances; transportation; and machinery — largely because more of their tasks can be automated and they deliver the biggest cost savings.

    About 10% of all manufacturing functions are automated, a share that will rise to nearly 25% in a decade as robotic vision sensors and gripping systems improve, the research firm says.

    Meanwhile, costs are tumbling. The cost to purchase and start up an advanced robotic spot welder has plunged from $182,000 in 2005 to $133,000 in 2014, with the price forecast to drop another 22% by 2025.That's prodding manufacturers to replace workers. BCG says manufacturers tend to ratchet up their robotics investment when they realize at least a 15% cost savings compared with employing a worker. In electronics manufacturing, it already costs just $4 an hour to use a robot for a routine assembly task vs. $24 for an average worker..........."

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...bots/23143259/

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    Robots are fun to program!

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    ^ I don't know if that's exciting or terrifying

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    ^ I don't know if that's exciting or terrifying

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    Self-driving cars are going to be another kick in the balls, jobs-wise... taxis, trucking, buses...

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    Self-driving cars are going to be another kick in the balls, jobs-wise... taxis, trucking, buses...
    Never happen unless we stop using windows...

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    ^ I don't know if that's exciting or terrifying
    probably only a few minutes of battery power.

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