From: tkoenig@netcologne.de
Mikkel Haaheim schrieb:
> Robots do 'this kind of thing' all the time. Assembly and
> disassambly are the forte of robotics. It's what they do best
> of all.
Assembly and disassembly under tightly controlled conditions.
The point here was assembly and disassembly of a chemical plant
(on Mars), which is _quite_ different from putting together an
automobile at an assembly line.
If I am mistaken, and if you know of a robot which can, let's say,
routinely replace pumps in a chemical plant environment (including
loosening and tightening flanges, exchanging gaskets, testing for
leaks, cleaning up afterwards etc.), please give details. And
please make sure that this is not done in a nice environment,
but one where each pump looks different, access is difficult and
lighting is bad.
A company selling such a robot would make a huge fortune _today_
because there is a big incentive in doing so - not exposing workers
to dangerous and/or uncomfortable conditions. Repairing a leaking
pump in a hydrofluoric acid line (pick your least favourite poison
here) is a nasty business. So is climbing into a vessel to clean
or repair it; sadly, people die doing this every year, and this also
happens in industrialized countries. A robot which could do this job
would have a HUGE selling point.
So, if you know a company which makes such a robot, drop me a line.
Or tell OSHA (if you're in the US, or your local equivalent) and
ask them to require the use of such robot for such dangerous tasks.
It will be mandated within a few years.
If that's established technology, we can then discuss maintenance
requirements on these robots of yours, and decide if they can be
sent to Mars.
> For clarification, robots are able to conduct any manual task
> humans are capable of.
In principle, not in practice.
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