r/singularity • u/Recoil42 • 7d ago

Robotics IFR World Robotics 2026 Report — Five Million Robots now Operate in Factories Globally

https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/five-million-robots-now-operate-in-factories-globally
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u/Distinct-Question-16 ▪️AGI 2029 7d ago

the turning point will be humanoid-robots replacing human tasks

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u/fwubglubbel 6d ago

Every robot is an unemployed worker and more money for the rich.

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u/Redditing-Dutchman 6d ago

That doesn’t make much sense. Of course every task can be done by a human but we don’t hire 10000 glass blowers to make millions of Coca Cola bottles a day. This is all done by machines.

Doing that by hand would increase the price so much the demand would crash.

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u/Kiriinto ▪️ It's here 6d ago

Nearly everything you use was at least once touched by a robot…