<story><title>VR robots are building railways in Japan</title><url>https://virtualuncle.com/2022/04/26/giant-vr-robots-are-building-railways-in-japan/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Torkel</author><text>Teleoperation in VR makes a lot of sense for some applications. E.g. when you want stereo vision for relative positioning. Here’s the same thing but for timber loading:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.hiab.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;digital-solutions&amp;#x2F;hivision&amp;#x2F;hivision-for-forestry-cranes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.hiab.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;digital-solutions&amp;#x2F;hivision&amp;#x2F;hivision-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>VR robots are building railways in Japan</title><url>https://virtualuncle.com/2022/04/26/giant-vr-robots-are-building-railways-in-japan/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pj_mukh</author><text>This may be an ingenious way to solve labor availability problems in America by boosting productivity and changing the nature of construction jobs to attract more people.&lt;p&gt;P.S: That end-effector design could be more..versatile. But still for a first hyper-specific job design. Very nice.</text></comment>