Many electricians, plumbers, welders like to think they are safe from the AI and robot wave sweeping the global job market, but it seems that in the face of technology evolving at lightning speed, no one is truly safe. For example, China recently announced that one of its robots successfully replaced human electricians and performed critical repairs on a 10 kV powerline.
Developed by the Hubei Electric Power Research Institute and Wuhan State Grid, the robot electrician uses
precise laser cutting technology to strip away the rigid insulation, clamps the branch wire onto the main wire and tightens the connections with absolute precision. No shaking hands, no mistakes to worry about, and no human life in danger.
“This robot can navigate even the most complex wiring environments, and most importantly, it completely eliminates the possibility of people being electrocuted,” Wu Xin, a technician from Wuhan State Grid, said.
This revolutionary repair job took place in Qingshan County, Hubei, and marked a major step forward in ensuring the absolute safety of electrical workers in extremely dangerous environments.
Typically, electricians wear special protective gear and conduct repais on 10 kV powerlines with live wires to prevent power outages in surrounding areas, putting them in extreme danger. One wrong maneuver can mean the difference between life and death, but robots like the one developed by the Wuhan State Grid can take on these difficult tasks so we don’t have to.
We can choose to look at robots and AI as the competition looking to take our jobs, but they can make our lives easier and safer, by taking on tasks that claim thousands of human lives every year.
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