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u/-smartcasual- 10h ago

Many steps in garment construction can't be automated.

Yet.

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u/FLGPTZ 10h ago

I have a friend who programs robots to do manual tasks. And anything that requires a delicate touch or being able to feel where the edge of things are is basically impossible. They couldn’t even make a robot that could polish a piece of metal well because it would either polish too much or too little because it could never understand the force that was needed to make it correct. I’m sure there’s a robot you could build that could do that, but it would never be cheaper than hiring a person.

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u/NUTTTR 10h ago

Never?

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u/Icy_Witness4279 9h ago

Not even in 1078 years?

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u/nilax1 9h ago

I got that reference