Outlook rosy if you're a robot
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ENJOYED some of the subtle vases used in a debate on rooties by the engineering menucturing division of the Institu)n of Mechanical Engineers. Peter Grocock of Unimation tinted out that robots were lore available" than human :ings, as they did not tire ot (e breaks and could work close moving machinery without :ards, which slowed down man operatives.
Douglas Hill of Hall Automa:n, who has been breeding rots for 40 years, said they were
more consistent and less wasteful of materials than humans.
Members agreed that the United Kingdom's first priority was to use robots to improve productivity and gain experience, even if some had to be imported.
The alternative would be to throw open the doors to Japanese immigrants. Marplan, which conducted the inquiry, observed with apparent satisfaction that only seven per cent of those asked included lorry traffic.
What astounds me is that even one of the 1984 respondents could equate a necessary public service with such unqualified evils as vandalism, drug addiction or alcoholism.