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3.5 Advantages

It’s said that a monkey, tapping away on a typewriter forevermore, would eventually write the full works of Shakespeare. Humans would do it faster. Go team human. But robots would smash it out in moments. You just can’t compete with robot productivity. They’re designed for a job, and they don’t stop doing it unless they breakdown or you turn them off.

2. THEY’RE MORE ACCURATE THAN HUMANS

I’m a mess in the morning. With no caffeine in my system my brain literally won’t function. Give me a math’s problem and I’d probably cry, or slap you, or both. I’d definitely get it wrong. Robots suffer no such problem. They’re accurate to infinity. You calibrate their systems correctly and they don’t let you down.

3. THEY MAKE FEWER MISTAKES

All that accuracy means they don’t make mistakes either. Well, they might, but only if their human controller messed up first. That’s good news for anyone in business.

Robots don’t make mistakes! Humans do. We get flustered, crumble under pressure, forget stuff, or just get lazy, and errors ensue. The same cannot be said for robots.

4. THEY REDUCE WASTAGE

Mistakes lead to waste. You have to throw stuff away and start again. Materials, money, and resources all-around get tossed in the trash (literally or metaphorically) and washed down the drain. Robots waste very little. That makes them better for the environment and better for business.

5. THEY’RE MORE RELIABLE THAN HUMANS

Employees don’t show up for work. Friends are late for dinner dates. Family-members forget to babysit your kids. People have a nasty habit of being unreliable. You don’t know where you stand; there’s always the chance they’ll let you down. Robots never will. They’re programmed for performance.

6. THEY CAN WORK 24/7

Did I mention that they don’t stop? That productivity is no accident. Robots continue when humans have to take breaks. Robots keep at it when humans get sick, go on holiday, or seek a career change. Robots can keep working, all day every day if you want them to.