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Will repeat my warning again, automation is way more expensive than human labor. They age, their software gets buggy, updates fails, the company that created the software moved on to a newer version and your robot is not supported anymore. Robots fail due to software bugs.... And robots can by hacked.
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maybe. but in this guys case it seems like a no brainier. its a burger flipper. whats to update? ones the parameters are down. its done. the cashier has been replaced with machines no? been that was at self serve gas pumps and self check outs for decades right? whats to be hacked?
Nest is coming under fire following an announcement that Revolv, a smart home startup it acquired two years ago, would be permanently shutting off its product starting May 15th. The decision, announced in a quiet note on Revolv's website in February, has gone largely unnoticed and is expected to impact a very small number of consumers. However, it does raise serious questions about the longevity of smart home gadgets. The devices are often costly pieces of hardware made by small startups that may drop support at any point after being scooped up by a larger technology company.
This is the problem. Your robot costs lot and will be unsupported in the near future too.
Keeping these devices up and running is very costly from support point of view. So their support stops sooner or later. And with modern subscription mentality, your robot is dead in the water in the next few years.
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[–] 8370917? ago
Will repeat my warning again, automation is way more expensive than human labor. They age, their software gets buggy, updates fails, the company that created the software moved on to a newer version and your robot is not supported anymore. Robots fail due to software bugs.... And robots can by hacked.
[–] bourbonexpert [S] ago (edited ago)
maybe. but in this guys case it seems like a no brainier. its a burger flipper. whats to update? ones the parameters are down. its done. the cashier has been replaced with machines no? been that was at self serve gas pumps and self check outs for decades right? whats to be hacked?
[–] 8371335? ago
This is the problem. Your robot costs lot and will be unsupported in the near future too.
Keeping these devices up and running is very costly from support point of view. So their support stops sooner or later. And with modern subscription mentality, your robot is dead in the water in the next few years.