• 5too@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    So I’m not as caught up in the current state of robotics as I’d like… The article talks about these being used to patrol, do safety inspections, and the like.

    Wouldn’t it be cheaper to replace each of these with a dozen quadrocopter drones?

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      3 days ago

      Tbh different tolerences. Drones can be smaller and can fly but also more ways to fail. I bet these (i mean for the price they better be) are more reliable. Even if its windy, snowy, or raining.

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        2 days ago

        Maybe… More complicated limbs struck me as more prone to failure than rotors, and more expensive to maintain and replace

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          2 days ago

          Fair. I guess all air borne thibg suffer from being a potential energy battery (they fall) and have to be made much lighter to be reasonably energy effecrive.

          Honstly RC car is probally better most of the time