ITT: Exoskeletons and the future of manual labor

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>>60054610
Really?

Nobody??

>>60054610
With extreme heavy lifting yes, with typical object lifting no.

>>60054610
buying isn't the only issue here.

They need a lot of really good maintenance for security reasons, because they are basically robots in direct contact with people.

Also manufacturers have a lot of liability on their part. I would personally think the insurance/liability pressure on it will be too high to be more than a niche product for quite some time.

>>60054890
You probably could have the controls be much further away and use a VR headset to minimize risk.
Strap one of these monsters with a lidar system and some computer vision and you have a autonomous killing machine.

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>>60054890
i completely overlooked the maintenance and risk aspect, i was under the impression that when this shit gets made, it has to be the toughest most durable top shelf tip top quality materials and labor.

but i guess you are right.

>>60054719
i mean my dad had a team of construction workers and it would take them quite a lot of time to build the Scaffolding around the building, and exoskeleton would have helped them greatly.

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>>60055039
Bot open bay door

I'm sorry,anon. I'm afraid I can't do that.


fug

>>60054890
For this kind of things leasing is a good deal, you basically rent the machine to avoid the high price and the aftermarket maintenance, the company will pay its costs by putting on yearly contracts and this will guarantee stable incomes for both sides. As I like this kind of freedom they could even decide to sell the product (maybe cheaper versions) to smaller clients.
I think the software here is more of a problem, and yes it would need a lot of maintenance but not for security problems, just put on it a series of sensors, once one fail it blocks in its position

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so that's how it's gonna be

rise of exoskeletons, tons of low skill job people are put out of work

half a century goes with improvements every year

rise of complete automation, company that sold the exoskeletons now sell the full skeleton to fill in the machine so they don't have to make a new machine

it's fucking genius

cousin business is a boomin'

http://exoskeletonreport.com/2015/02/businesses-that-have-or-are-exploring-exoskeleton-products-in-alphabetical-order/

>>60054610
so all the costs pf automation without any benefits?

>>60055379
basically yes.

since automation still can't do what a human can do , YET

>>60054610
I would love a completely insulated mechanical hand. Working with rubber gloves sucks ass getting shit off sucks so bad and dropping things when your 45ft off the ground isn't any fun either.

>>60054610
By the time the battery tech catches up to these things we probably could have full on robots. I do see a use for these in disaster relief zones and such.

>>60057172
> I do see a use for these in disaster relief zones and such.

yeah they were talking about fukushima, they also have a smaller dildo like bot that can sneak inbetween small openings, and does a 3d scan of the road is seeing