“It will cost $22000
and last three years” – comments from Rodney Brooks on 60 minutes segment
Recently I saw a segment on 60 minutes that I have not been
able to get out of my mind. In it Rodney
Brooks the founder of iRobot company talked about creating a new company and
building robots.
The segment showed off the robots. The robots have two arms and a face
screen. What makes these robots powerful
is that they can be programmed to do repetitive tasks by being guided by an
experienced worker.
The 22k cost blew me away.
BUT if a company can replace one worker’s salary and benefits for three
years for 22k then the yearly costs is $7333.
Divide this by 365 days at 24 hours of operation and you get: 84 cents per hour.
So what? This changes the need to ship repetitive work
overseas because the work can be done here competitively. BUT what do with the 150,000 new entries into
the labor pool each month? Now that is
the big question that the country needs to decide in the next few years.
Today’s question is:
“What
percentage of your work is repetitive?”
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