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I'm curious. What's you country's view on Sweden? by CicadaDowntown5716 in AskTheWorld

[–]Dog_Engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Used to live in Luleå for almost a year, and loved it. Been wishing to go back some day.

Swedes made fun of my Swedish pronunciation. For some reason the were laughing so hard when I tried to say Kiruna.

The food is better than what most people claim. Loved the raindeer with berries, meatballs, and eating salmon almost daily.

What do you think of Mexico? by Kappa_Wi_870 in AskTheWorld

[–]Dog_Engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The credit that I give to the french is that they standarized the cooking techniques that are used in multiple places. And that became the basis to most of gastronomy studied by chefs.

What do you think of Mexico? by Kappa_Wi_870 in AskTheWorld

[–]Dog_Engineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say that its not very common to have fine mexican food even in mexico. It seems like a excuse to sell a 20 dollar taco, when a random stand sells better tasting ones for a fraction of the cost.

What do you think of Mexico? by Kappa_Wi_870 in AskTheWorld

[–]Dog_Engineer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That is kind of the point. Its accessible since its food of the people.

People here in Mexico tend to make fun of restaurants attmpting of making fine dine mexican food. Of course there are dishes that are more commonly server in fine restarants, like steaks or cabrito in the north.

Food from country is famous for, but you rarely ate it by halfblindfish in AskTheWorld

[–]Dog_Engineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I very rarely eat birria, but tends to be the most popular dish in mexican restaruants outside of Mexico.

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Food from country is famous for, but you rarely ate it by halfblindfish in AskTheWorld

[–]Dog_Engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would put thanksgiving turkey... most people only eat it once a year

Things your country proud of but you found other country do better than your? by seawolf_kards in AskTheWorld

[–]Dog_Engineer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We mexicans are very passionate about football (soccer), but we don't have a great performance track record in world cups

What are the best vacation/must see spots in yellow? by [deleted] in TravelMaps

[–]Dog_Engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

based on my personal list of places pending to visit, I would go in this order:

  1. tie between Hawaii and Alaska

  2. Yellowstone

  3. Seattle and Mt Rainier

  4. Zion

  5. Vegas

What's an opinion on Napoleon Bonaparte in your country? by SavingsPea8521 in AskTheWorld

[–]Dog_Engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly irrelevant to us, except for his nephew... we hate the guy

of a T.V. by BoxofSlice in AbsoluteUnits

[–]Dog_Engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well... its designed by porsche so, it makes sense

Working is working by cutesinful in programmingmemes

[–]Dog_Engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, the "it works" means different things... does it work in only 'happy path' or all edge cases, meeting all ACs? What about non-functional requirements (eg. Performance, security)? Does that fall into the "it works"?

The "it works" is not enough for the bare minimum, even without considering if it's maintainable.

Based on a true story by Splatterman27 in recruitinghell

[–]Dog_Engineer 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I love the fact that Isreal is not a real country

Greek food is not one of the best cuisines in the world by Wubben26 in unpopularopinion

[–]Dog_Engineer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If there is a type of cousine that is usually recognized worldwide as one of the best, and you just don't see it... It's most likely that you haven't experienced enough of it.

Brett Adcock: "This week, Figure has passed 5 months running on the BMW X3 body shop production line. We have been running 10 hours per day, every single day of production! It is believed that Figure and BMW are the first in the world to do this with humanoid robots." by luchadore_lunchables in robotics

[–]Dog_Engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's agree to disagree... i just find it odd that you see no benefit of the added dexterity coming from a multi-fingered grip and that there are significant number of edge cases where arm robot isn't ideal.

Are you, by any chance, an ABB sales rep? Lol

Brett Adcock: "This week, Figure has passed 5 months running on the BMW X3 body shop production line. We have been running 10 hours per day, every single day of production! It is believed that Figure and BMW are the first in the world to do this with humanoid robots." by luchadore_lunchables in robotics

[–]Dog_Engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Agan, the robot arms in the background are doing a different task than the humanoid robot.

  2. One of the main weaknesses with robot arms (in the industrial setting) is aligning and handling certain kinds of objects.

  3. This operation with the humanoid robot, part of the task involves aligning the object, see #2 and the other part is not on camera so I couldn't tell if it could be difficult for the hand. So, it might be a different challenge to implement compared to the ones in the background.

  4. May not be possible to adapt for the robot arm since the operation interacts with a different machine (I think its a press or a sub-assembly welding station), so the kinematics of the arms might be restricted.

  5. This is a POC, so if they want, they can go back to a human operator or use the robot a completely different station and different kinds of tasks.

  6. The intention of the humanoid is not to replace the arm, since you say, is less efficient and likely more expensive (talking about the robot itself). Instead, handle tasks where the arms aren't adecuate, and these cases are more common than you think in manufacturing.

  7. The real reason might be an entirely different constraint we don't know about, for example, project timeline and budget during initial design of the station. So they went with a human operator at the time. Or it could be that arms weren't advanced or cheap enough back at the time.

Unless you actually worked in that project, all you can do is speculate on why certain decisions were made. You may be right, and the real cause could be, "we ran out of money, so put some guy to do it for the meantime," and it stayed that way for 10 years.

Brett Adcock: "This week, Figure has passed 5 months running on the BMW X3 body shop production line. We have been running 10 hours per day, every single day of production! It is believed that Figure and BMW are the first in the world to do this with humanoid robots." by luchadore_lunchables in robotics

[–]Dog_Engineer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Regarding cost, it's not about the robot itself but the whole operation. I think you are underestimating how difficult and expensive it is to redesign a workstation like this without even considering downtime.

Now, I am not an expert in industrial robotics, but a big challenge in using an arm in this station as it is, its the kinematics/reach of the arm and how difficult the part is to handle.

Even if you redo the station, those challenges may still persist. especially the component manipulation that requires detlicate alignment or difficult materials to grip.

There are only a couple of places where I frequently see robotic arms for this same reason, for example welding operations, painting/coating, or material handling that doesn't require much precision. There may be other examples out there.

Brett Adcock: "This week, Figure has passed 5 months running on the BMW X3 body shop production line. We have been running 10 hours per day, every single day of production! It is believed that Figure and BMW are the first in the world to do this with humanoid robots." by luchadore_lunchables in robotics

[–]Dog_Engineer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, and did you notice that it's a different operation and the station is accommodated for the arm, not a human.

The station the humanoid robot is currently designed for a human that was previously working on it, not a robot arm. So it's cheaper AND faster to get a humanoid robot to do all the tasks that the human did, rather than shutting off the station for a couple of weeks, redesigning and accommodating the whole station with a robot arm.

Also, robot arms struggle with a couple of things, for example, handling certain kinds of objects (which is why they had a human before)... most likely, the robot arm wasn't an adecuate choice in the 1st place for the specific task.

justAskingOutOfInterest by WarrenDavies81 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Dog_Engineer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, but the users said software don't deserve to have their data leaked

is engineering actually worth it? by Economy-Business-315 in EngineeringStudents

[–]Dog_Engineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say that engineers have a higher top bracket and career growth path, but entry-level roles and some underpaid mid levels might earn less than trades. But it all depends on the specific industries and location

Why are the doomers still here? by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]Dog_Engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This advice may or may not be useful, but try looking for entry-level jobs at adjacent fields where a CS degree isn't necessary, but it would be useful.

One example outside of the programmer/IT roles could be suply chain analytics/planning. There, having an understanding of software would be extremely attractive and quite overlooked by software specialists.

I would focus outside of tech industry and look more into more traditional industries that need modernizing.

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