It was actually pretty great when I worked for a company making things here in england:
“That needs to move 50cm” meant it had to move exactly 500mm
“That needs to move a foot” meant just kick it over about a foot

It was just an unspoken thing that metric meant precise and imperial was just caveman measuring

You know what I mean! Never seen that exact kind of plant but yeah, automated heavy industry gets intense real fast

For me it’s the acceleration and speed they don’t comprehend.even “safe” collaborative robots can accelerate to huge speeds in the blink of an eye, and being electric they’ll do it at maximum force

I’ve driven one into my head before and its remarkable how soft it was thanks to the tech involved but movies miss the fact that if it wanted, even a small arm could have gone through me

If you ever work on a modern industrial system then you’ll see all kinds of rules, safety measures and more fun

It often makes small jobs extremely tedious, but I always remind myself it’s because the robot arm I’m looking at is strong enough to throw me across the room or crush my bones.