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		18pfsmt on April 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Beer Game -or- Why Apple Can’t Build iPads in ... I believe you are missing regulatory compliance costs, which are significant in the US. I'm not quite sure how robotics alters that variable though.

stonemetal on April 6, 2012 [–]

They help some but it doesn't go away 100%. Robots mean lower worker regulatory costs, but environmental regulation costs still count against the US.

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