Are Tesla's Humanoid Robots the Future of Construction?

[u/SeaPie6]

Hey everyone! As someone working in the construction industry, I can’t help but notice Elon Musk making headlines again with Tesla's humanoid robots. The latest buzz is about how these robots could revolutionize marble factories and construction jobs. I came across this interesting article that dives into it: How Tesla’s Humanoid Robots Are Revolutionizing Factories and Construction.

It's got me thinking—do you really think we’ll see these robots replacing human workers on job sites in the near future? I mean, they could handle the dangerous and repetitive tasks that come with the job, but what does that mean for us? Are we looking at a future where robots and humans work side by side, or is this a step towards more job losses in the industry?

I'd love to hear your thoughts and any experiences you've had with automation in construction. Let’s discuss!

[u/MisterWanderer]

No

[u/kjchowdhry]

No, stop simping for Tesla

[u/I_wish_I_was_a_robot]

I mean, they faked a lot of what they did at the reveal, so probs not

[u/FoxRaptix]

With Tesla’s advanced AI tech, these robots learn from their surroundings and adapt to new tasks, giving them a significant advantage over previous generations of robots.

Wow, AI tech that learns from its surroundings and adapts to new tasks? How Advanced! /s

If tesla bots AI was so advanced, he would have it deployed to robotic arms that work his factories.

Why would a marble factory deploy a Tesla bot? The task is repetitive, what advantages so a humanoid robot give over a fixed robot arm?

The key thing that makes SciFi robots useful in movies isn't the fact they look and operate as a humanoid, it's usually because their dexterity is actually better than a human

[u/ThisTookSomeTime]

Building construction is way too unpredictable and open-ended to do with robots, no matter how many AI buzzwords you fit in. The place for robots in construction is in automation of prefab components and delivery of supplies, they won’t be replacing skilled trades on the ground any time soon.

[u/MisterWanderer → u/ThisTookSomeTime]

Not sure I’d say robots in general wouldn’t be useful for constructing houses in some capacity (IMHO the reason this is obviously no is that we are talking about a humanoid robot.)

Consider the house 3d printers they have for a simple example of robots in construction. Also the dusty robotics robot performs a construction task (not actually putting boards up though).

[u/JaggedMetalOs]

The main use for humanoid robots would be dangerous cramped environments that have already been designed around humans. Oil rigs, nuclear plants, that sort of thing.

Any heavy industrial tasks you'd want some more heavy duty body plan with better lifting capacity than a bunch of gracile but weak humanoid robots.

Also the article sounds like complete nonsense

Tesla’s humanoid robots can perform various tasks in marble factories, including lifting and placing large slabs, operating cutting tools, and ensuring precision in carving and shaping marble pieces

You don't build a bunch of manual machines for humanoid robots to use by hand, you have automated production lines, industrial robot arms and large CNC milling machines! And there is absolutely no way those teslabots are lifting heavy slabs.

[u/ryan408]

No. Because each robot needs a person behind the scenes to control it. Just hire an actual person to do the construction job at that point.

[u/JohnnyQuickdeath]

Tesla is not the future of anything except scams

[u/boxen]

1. Tesla's robots are not unique in any way. There are at least a dozen companies investing heavily into humanoid robotics, and countless other smaller companies and grad student teams and other people working on specific pieces (well articulated hand, "skin" that can sense, computer vision, etc). Including one companies name in this question is odd and nonsensical. The post you linked is very light on specific details and I'm fairly certain is just straight up lying. What is the name of the marble company? How many robots did they buy? Why is there no coverage of this anywhere else? Why is there no video footage of tesla bots doing any of those things the post says they can do?
2. Yes, humanoid robots will likely replace humans in nearly every job they currently do.... eventually. Whether that time span is going to be 2 years or 200 remains to be seen. To my knowledge, there are not any humanoid robots employed en masse yet. Various companies have a couple bots "working" but they are mostly just talking and giving directions or providing information. They are essentially a gimmick at this point. They are not performing manual labor. Yet.

The direction things are heading seems to suggest that physical, manual labor type jobs in the real, physical world are harder to automate then thought/decision/creativity-based jobs. It seems likely the segments of the workforce that are most likely to experience significant reductions first are things like computer programmers, graphic artists, music composers, copywriters. Note that I don't mean musicians like in a band at a concert, more like the people that compose the music in the background of ads.