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Who makes the robots, I wonder? 4lbs of Al tubing alone would cost more the $8 in the US... Sheldon Brown wrote: Ah!... I was wondering about this. But still someone has to build,
> Actually I think the labor cost is insignificant...I'm pretty sure these
> frames are built by robots...
tend, and repair the robots, perform other prep work and cleaning up
around the place, produce and transport the materials, produce the
energy, etc. Mechanized production is often very efficient, but $/hr x
hours worked is still embedded in every aspect of it.