Well sorry to say the future of coin production is already here. It's only a matter of time. Must see video.
I don't know what was going on in this Australian Mint video but it was so dull... US Mints still rock!
All I took away from the video was all the jobs That the machine took. People are being phased out of the equation.
Robotics been doin' that for years. Heck, they even have semi's (in the works) that can drive the interstates without a driver. Think about what that's gonna do to the trucking industry.
Pretty interesting! I liked the (actual physical tour) part of the mint tour in Philly where you can see the production floor. Robotics are great and we will always have to find a way to adapt and over come in the jobs department. More efficiency here makes it better to compete on the world stage and if we do it right, our jobs will not suffer. Education has a lot to do with it, I believe.
Thanks for clearing this up. I too couldn't help but to take notice of this, and is rather ironic to consider the fact that all too many in power seem to think we desperately need to import more "workers", both skilled and unskilled, all while phasing out jobs whenever possible. Apparently a mint can be fully automated, but McDonald's.... nah, that'll never happen, even when faced with paying employees vastly more than their production warrants. Go figure.
The robotic cook is just around the corner. Orders from the table are punched into a computer now and the steak that you ordered is cooked per a calculated cooking time per side, per your taste, the cook just puts it on the plate. How easy would it be to replace him? Fountain drinks at the McDonalds drive through are spit out on a conveyor automatically filled per your order. No buttons to push.
Indeed, and my point was the same as yours. Automated "cooks" are already a reality. Surely there are more than one, but not long after the $15/hr fast food nonsense came about, there was some company ready to offer one that could be programmed to do different jobs as well as easily be moved to different places, meaning it could replace most any employee in such an establishment. A larger expense initially, but in the long run, especially considering the additional costs of living employees, there's really no comparison.
