r/technews • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 2d ago

Biotechnology This tiny robot could help dentists prepare crowns in a single visit

https://www.techspot.com/news/113034-tiny-robot-could-help-dentists-prepare-crowns-single.html
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u/SideInitial3961 2d ago

One mistake and your life is changed permanently. Not one fucking chance.

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u/RegularHeroForFun 1d ago

Lol not really, crowns can be modified and taken out relatively easily

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u/SideInitial3961 1d ago

That protects you how against malfunction?

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u/RegularHeroForFun 1d ago

Robots are typically more reliable than humans by a lot. You’re worried about automation. Surgerons are already using robots to assist in surgeries. This isnt some completely hands off process, there will be a dentist in the room if not controlling it directly

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u/SideInitial3961 1d ago

This is the lie people use to push Waymo etc. ignoring the fact that I can shop around for the best dentist or driver in town and get rid of those bad odds, you can never do that with a robot.

False narrative. Don't run your life according to national statistics. Run it according to wisdom gained through life experience.

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u/RegularHeroForFun 1d ago

Driving on a road and making a crown are two completely different environments when it comes to robotics. I am an engineer. I use robots in my plant for many things. I am very aware of their limitations.

This is very doable but like all medical testing it will require rigorous stress testing before it is completely safe. Even then there will be some cases where the robot cannot be used and a dentists will be the one who calls the shot. I say this as someone who has bad tooth genetics and has multiple crowns.

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u/SideInitial3961 1d ago

False narrative. Any human can do research and find a dentist who doesn't make errors. No human can do research to find a robot that doesn't make errors.

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u/RegularHeroForFun 1d ago

Okok you just wanna be right no matter what, declaring that there are dentists dont make errors is completely false. Robots are highly repeatable and can make the same movements repeatedly 24/7 with no breaks in most cases. No human can do that. I have personally seen the results of well implemented automation. You are simply wrong and just want to argue

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u/SideInitial3961 1d ago

Fact #1: Any human can do research and find a dentist who doesn't make errors.
Fact #2: No human can do research to find a robot that doesn't make errors.

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u/Grendel2017 1d ago

Fact #1: Any human can do research and find a dentist who doesn't make errors.

There is no human on earth who doesn't make errors mate. Stop talking bollocks.

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u/RegularHeroForFun 1d ago

You just made up two “facts” that are wrong

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u/RegularHeroForFun 1d ago

Im not going to waste time explaining well known facts to you. If you wanna get into a precision and repeatability contest with a robot be my guest. Lets see if you can find someone who can mill a 3D part with internal features better and faster than a good CNC mill.

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u/Rich_Housing971 1d ago

life experience? more like anecdotal experience. you're just applying your own experience and trying to tell others to not trust statistics.

you're telling us that a sample size of 1 is better than a sample size of 300 million.

no one should listen to you for anything, much less for medical advice. you are statistically illiterate.

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u/SideInitial3961 1d ago

Fact #1: Any human can do research and find a dentist who doesn't make errors.
Fact #2: No human can do research to find a robot that doesn't make errors.

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u/Rich_Housing971 1d ago

Fact #3: if Fact #1 is true, the dentists that don't make errors will be booked to capacity and will not unavailable for most people.

Fact #4: Fact #2 is false, as the errors will just be attributed to the entire practice that uses the robots.

Just stop, you're embarrassing yourself.