what does AFAIK stand for?

Crime had been rising steadily since the 60’s. 1980 was the first time the homicide rate reached double digits per 100k. People were freaking out.
*Robocop* was filmed 7 years after that. Peak crack epidemic hysteria.
The idea “what can we do to stop this” and “but what about muh freedoms” were big issues being discussed.
*Robocop* was yet another film in a long line of films capitalizing on these themes.

Oh.

But you know also general sci-fi, transhumanism etc etc

I hope one day workers walk around with mechsuits.

THey already do

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cara, AFAIK stands for "as far as i know"

Nice.

Oh.

Hyndai factory already uses them for heavy lifting of fragile parts

I thought AFAIK was the name of a team

How agile are those suits?

Not very

Like can you twist to pick up a tool behind you?

They are a bit slow

But they do not need to be fast

why would a mobile forklift be agile lol

Well, I meant more of like flexible.

Like could you have at someone?

Hyndai has its own metal foundry and a whole "HUGE ELECTRICAL MOTORS" section

Eventually the tech coming out of places like Boston dynamics will make augmented LBE like this unnecessary. You’ll just be able to tell a robot “Go move that thing from here to there.” And it’ll do it.

Things there need to be handled with care, but they are damn heavy

So the suits are the best copmpromise

Can be done with a forklift, but you need a driver with too much skill for that

Well, the boston dynamics robots are nice.

Suit does not need training

But could they work in construction?

robots do what they are programmed to perform

As forklift driver I can tell you straight up: That robot suit will take more training to use safely.

A lot more

So the question is rather "can we programm them enough to be of any value"

Is it hard to get a forklift license?

Not hard at all

@Scale_e why do you think that?

And this is in Australia, one of the most over regulated safety conscious places on earth.

I have seen them in action, they are following the natural movements of a person

Forklifts in a foundry is a fine art though
You don't get to spill molten metal more than once

Human in a suit can operate that hot vat with more control and finesse though

I guarantee you, you’ll have to be licensed to use one. That licensing will include, at a minimum, everything that a forklift driver has to learn. You’ll then have to learn how to operate the suit on top of that.

Probably