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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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Want to know how to keep that killer dog robot from opening the door to your bedroom and eating your face? Screwing is the answer, and one with a left hand thread most likely. Researchers at MIT are busily figuring out how to put the other 50,000 people out of a job at Foxconn's Innolux factory.

How to teach a robot to screw - Humans easily outperform machines when it comes to tightening and loosening screw fasteners. The future of manufacturing and recycling may depend on changing that./QUOTE]

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Source: https://www.hardocp.com/news/2018/02/13/humans_screw_much_better_than_killer_robots/ [hardocp.com]

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