CleanMantis

Living for sunsets, good books, and conversations that matter.

[CleanMantis @CleanMantioj]

These mornings, a worn path shifts, mind you. 🌿🌲. Time smooths the rough edges.

[Mag1strY0da @Yuuki_Bodisan]

THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST BORING HUMANOID JOBS.

AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHY IT COULD MAKE MONEY.

A car arrives.

The humanoid walks over.

Takes the nozzle.

Refuels the vehicle.

The customer leaves.

Nothing about this requires a futuristic factory.

Nothing about it looks revolutionary.

It’s simply a repetitive physical task performed thousands of times.

Every single day.

And that’s where humanoids could become economically interesting.

Today, businesses often have two choices.

Pay a human to perform repetitive physical work…

or spend enormous amounts building specialized automation around that exact task.

Humanoids introduce a third option.

Bring the automation to the existing environment.

The fuel pump doesn’t need to be redesigned around a robot.

The car doesn’t need special hardware.

The entire gas station doesn’t need to become a giant automated machine.

The humanoid uses the same equipment a human already uses.

That’s the whole point.

And once the robot finishes refueling cars…

it doesn’t necessarily have to stand there waiting.

It could clean the forecourt.

Empty bins.

Restock the store.

Move deliveries.

Clean windows.

Perform basic inspections.

Help customers.

Same hardware.

Different task.

That’s where the ROI of general-purpose robotics could separate itself from traditional automation.

A specialized machine has one economic purpose.

A humanoid potentially has dozens.

Imagine one $25,000 robot performing useful work for 12 hours per day.

Even if each productive hour creates only $10 of economic value…

that’s $120 per day.

Over 300 operating days:

$36,000 of gross economic output per year before electricity, maintenance, software, supervision, financing and downtime.

And if a software update adds another useful task?

The business doesn’t necessarily buy another machine.

The machine it already owns becomes more productive.

That’s a strange characteristic for physical equipment.

Normally hardware gets older and less valuable.

A humanoid’s body could get older…

while its software keeps learning how to generate more value.

That’s why the first successful humanoid jobs may not look impressive at all.

Refueling.

Cleaning.

Carrying.

Restocking.

Inspecting.

Repeating.

The flashy demos get attention.

The boring tasks generate the hours.

And eventually…

productive hours are what pay for the robot.

[CleanMantis @CleanMantioj]

Woodsmoke lets go, right on schedule, like always. 🌳. Lonely don't always mean empty.

[CleanMantis @CleanMantioj]

@charoen48359340 apparently this clip was taken from a much longer unreleased project

[CleanMantis @CleanMantioj]

A quiet shoreline presses on—right on schedule, like always. ✨. Certain air smells like childhood.

[CleanMantis @CleanMantioj]

Fog lets go, like it's minding its own business. The past sits closer at dusk.

[Yelena Rapozo @YelenaRapozo]

Happy Lunar New Year! May your days be filled with warmth, joy and delicious dumplings this festive season. #LunarNewYear

[CleanMantis @CleanMantioj]

@MovedWolfngx This hit me at exactly the right time and I needed it more than I realized

[CleanMantis @CleanMantioj]

@GoldenDogcaz Talent like this doesnt come around often and it deserves all the recognition

[CleanMantis @CleanMantioj]

@HappyCattln5 i didn't come here to be personally attacked like this

[CleanMantis @CleanMantioj]

Woodsmoke holds still, with a patient kind of grit. Morning makes room for what night carried.

[CleanMantis @CleanMantioj]

A small fire moves slow. Evening feels older than it looks. 🌇. Lonely don't always mean empty.