edjr 5,444 Posted April 26, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1mqYbTQIDg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,444 Posted April 26, 2017 here is a masonry robot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cdub100 3,337 Posted April 26, 2017 Get this MAGA robot started on the WALL!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,444 Posted April 26, 2017 Get this MAGA robot started on the WALL!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parrot 789 Posted April 26, 2017 Get this MAGA robot started on the WALL!!!! Yeah, to keep out those Mexicans who keep stealing our brick layin' jobs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,940 Posted April 26, 2017 This is awesome. It's how things will be done in the future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,444 Posted April 26, 2017 This is awesome. It's how things will be done in the future. no being gouged by union stiffs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,940 Posted April 26, 2017 no being gouged by union stiffs The death of unions would be a fantastic side effect of more automation in the construction industry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,407 Posted April 26, 2017 You guys think union workers build residential homes? Construction workers in California make less now than they did in the 1970's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,444 Posted April 26, 2017 You guys think union workers build residential homes? Construction workers in California make less now than they did in the 1970's. Bricklayers aren't union? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted April 26, 2017 You guys think union workers build residential homes? Construction workers in California make less now than they did in the 1970's. Correct, there is so much commercial work the unions can't even staff that piece of the market. At least in the northeast and I'd presume everywhere else Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,407 Posted April 26, 2017 Bricklayers aren't union? Not residential. Maybe a few here and there. Toll brothers and your local contractor isn't using union labor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tubby_mcgee 683 Posted April 26, 2017 Someday, if technology advances continue, we all may end up with one of these in our houses: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,940 Posted April 26, 2017 You guys think union workers build residential homes? Construction workers in California make less now than they did in the 1970's. It really depends on what part of the country you're in. Trade unions are alive and kicking in the residential market in Chicago. Of course, the line between residential and commercial is a little more blurry when you're talking about high rises or 3 and 4 flats. Agreed on suburban single home construction though. Most of that is non Union. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewbieJr 540 Posted April 26, 2017 This is awesome. It's how things will be done in the future. Depends on your definition of awesome. Replacing workers with robots comes at a steep cost. In the big picture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,407 Posted April 26, 2017 Depends on your definition of awesome. Replacing workers with robots comes at a steep cost. In the big picture. Yup. So we should have open borders and allow more illegal immigrants in so when the bottom drops out, soon, we can have more unskilled and uneducated people standing around with nothing to do. Sounds like a great plan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,940 Posted April 26, 2017 Depends on your definition of awesome. Replacing workers with robots comes at a steep cost. In the big picture. We've discussed this at length in other threads recently. I'm still of the opinion that other undiscovered and/or untapped industries will be created and expanded as the move to automation hits it's stride. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewbieJr 540 Posted April 26, 2017 Yup. So we should have open borders and allow more illegal immigrants in so when the bottom drops out, soon, we can have more unskilled and uneducated people standing around with nothing to do. Sounds like a great plan. One trick pony Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patweisers44 689 Posted April 26, 2017 Mighty-Mighty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baker Boy 1,446 Posted April 26, 2017 The death of unions would be a fantastic side effect of more automation in the construction industry. The union will always live in the government. "Meticulous attention should be paid to the special relations and obligations of public servants to the public itself and to the Government. The process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,618 Posted April 26, 2017 Yeah, well slow your roll there fellas. You know the videos they're NOT showing you? The two different giant arms that failed completely. I mean, absa-lutely. TOTAL Failure. But no, we don't heard about / see them. The first one? Built a wall made of straw. The second? Built a wall made of sticks. BOTH of them blew the fock down. Can you imagine? And apparently, each of these arms are really little pigs when it comes to energy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites