Only 30-40k robots installed in the US last year — the case for self-replicating factories
ihorbeaver · x · 2026-10-06
The author argues self-replicating factories are the practical path to reindustrialization:
- Reindustrialization can't defy economics; manufacturing must be globally competitive. Improving existing factories isn't enough — only 30-40k robots were installed in the US last year, so pull from incumbents is weak.
- Humanoids are promised as the solution, but humans still build them, and humanoids aren't optimized for self-assembly.
- A self-replicating factory would build humanoids, enable US reindustrialization, and as a side product support colonizing other planets.
The author is assembling collaborators and soliciting contacts.
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