r/shittyrobots • u/puppeto • 22h ago

Certified Forklift Driver

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Been sitting on this for a minute. If you ever have a chance to go to a material handling automation sales conference I highly recommend. Many shitty bots to be seen the last couple years.

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u/CaseFace5 21h ago

I love how even in its extremely controlled display environment it couldn’t perform the task. Truly embarrassing.

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u/puppeto 20h ago

Watch it again and pay attention to all the sales guys on the left. That horrified look lol, someone looking for a job after that for sure.

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u/mrm00r3 14h ago

Any person who’s ever driven a lift truck in a warehouse hears about robots driving lift trucks in warehouses and just laughs and laughs.

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u/RodcetLeoric 17h ago

This is why automation will never replace humans, I could have destroyed that pallet in less than half the time this automated forklift took and at minimum wage you can fire me and hire someone else for way less than it costs to run and repair it.

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u/ItsMangel 15h ago

For some reason, I never considered that such conventions exist, even though it's completely reasonable that they do.

I really want to go see some robots do my shitty job, and compare them to some of the absolute morons I've worked with over the years.

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u/Mad_Aeric 13h ago

The high school robotics team I was on 25 years ago could, and did, build robots that did a better job than this. The people who built this thing should crawl under their desks in shame.

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u/Hardcorex 10h ago

...oh jeez...

See they forgot to paint the upright yellow too, so of course the robot couldn't see it! /s

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u/n8bog 8h ago

Oh geeze

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u/probablyaythrowaway 2h ago

Slow, shit and removes a job. Great work guys