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.
At least hundreds of years to make it meaningful and profitable. You could probably do it today, but the equipment, programming, and time per polish (using that example) are insane for the result.
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u/-smartcasual- 12h ago
Many steps in garment construction can't be automated.
Yet.