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		fastball on Jan 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japanese manhole mass production process [video] Because when you do that thing 3000 times it becomes 1000 hours? Versus a CNC which could probably do the paint job in 2 minutes, resulting in a total time of 120 hours.

ThrowawayTestr on Jan 19, 2023 [–]

I think you're underestimating the time it takes to make a robot that can perfectly squeeze out paint onto an arbitrary design.

fastball on Jan 19, 2023 | [–]

Painting robots definitely already exist and don't need to be developed from scratch.

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