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Originally Posted by RyanCahoon
If you're already using humans as sensors, why not use them as processing as well? You save a lot on having a less complicated interface and humans are way easier to program.
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--Ryan
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Humans are also prone to emotions, illogical actions, mistakes. Humans get tired. Imagine if you will a sharpshooter, a human has small inconsistencies, they are tired, they had a muscle spasm, etc. A robotic sharpshooter would have a much higher repeatability. It is the same concept as why we use factory automation nowadays. If your job is to tighten a bolt for 8 hours a day we will just say you can get through 480 bolts (1/min) I would be willing to bet you that at least 60 of those bolts are not tight enough or are too tight. A machine can run 24 hours a day thus doing 3 times as much work as you but can also do it so that nearly ever single bolt is to spec. That is why you use a machine over a person.* An FRC robot would be capable of plotting the most effective route through congestion, or shooting the balls accurately. Just saying there are benefits to automating any process, there are also costs such as the added complexity.
*This is not to say there are not situations a human is currently better suited for