[sega_sai]

I am not an expert, but it is unclear to me. A specialized robot vs general purpose robot is a scale question. I.e. if the task is big enough(i.e there is need for millions of these robots) and there is enough money, than yes specialized robot is the answer. I think for small scale problem it becomes human vs vs general purpose robot. And there really it's capital investment (for robot) vs constant cashflow (for human). There will be some cost point where the human is better, but it really depends on the price.

[portaouflop]

I agree - right now we are spending billions on general purpose robots that can barely walk or pour a glass of water. This is a long way until robots get cheap enough, imo way too long to solve the problems discussed in the article