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Robots are perfect for building roads. What an idiot.

Here's the first article I found proving his stupidity and laziness for not even bothering to check for sources.


From the Dept of Transportation, no less...
[link to www.fhwa.dot.gov]

"When the Office of Advanced Research was established in April 1992 at the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, robotics -- robot and automation technology -- was made one of the six key areas of research.

Robotics has been used extensively in many fields because it enhances workers' safety, increases production efficiency, and improves the quality of products. It is important to introduce and to encourage use of this technology in highway transportation.

As an ultimate goal, robotics can be used in all phases of highway transportation: production of highway material, construction of highways (including quality control), highway maintenance and operations (including inspection and monitoring), and performance in hazardous and difficult-to-access environments. So far, its use in highway transportation has been limited."

References:


First Workshop Report -- Automation/Robotics for Road Construction, Maintenance, and Operation, Publication No. FHWA-RD-93-078, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., December 1992.
Second Workshop Proceedings -- Application of Robotics and Automation to Highway Construction, Maintenance, and Operation: Technical State of the Art, Publication No. FHWA-RD-94-051, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., April 28, 1993.
Robotics Application to Highway Transportation, Volume I: Final Report, Publication No. FHWA-RD-94-053, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., expected availability date: February 1995.
Robotics Application to Highway Transportation, Volume II: Literature Search (Resource Materials), Publication No. FHWA_RD-94-054, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., expected availability date: February 1995.
Robotics Application to Highway Transportation, Volume III: Proposed Research Topics and Cost/Benefit Evaluations (Resource Materials), Publication No. FHWA-RD-94-094, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., expected availability date: February 1995.
Robotics Application to Highway Transportation. Volume IV: Proposals for Potential Research (Resource Materials), Publication No. FHWA-RD-94-095, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., expected availability date: February 1995.