How to fill a new Habitat?

Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: How to fill a new Habitat?

# 5450 byisildurbane@... on July 12, 2004, 12:37 a.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Richard" wrote:
> >
> Robots are very good at routine.
>
> But they cannot handle the unexpected.
>
> We are going to need humans out there for that. And to be blunt,
> humans may be cheaper than robots. We may see people out there
> because they will be cheaper than an equal numbers of robots.
>
> Right now, a three-year old is better at pattern recognition than a
robot.
>
> Apparently some things people do are not as simple as we thought.
>
> Rick Brooks

Robots can use humans when the unexpected happens and still not ship
the humans. All it takes is a pair of robots that have human
movements and a pair of cameras in the eyes for telepresence. When
one breaks down, it would be repaired by the other. I don't know
about which one would be cheaper, humans or robots. They both cost a
bundle to ship up there. Humans need additional support shipped up
there and high-end robots are expensive to develop.

Joe