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r. ROBOT LAB

Several cities share an industrial network: production, expansion and delivery compete for the same resources.

Illustrative scenarios: each scale starts with its own assumptions. No dates or employment forecasts.

SCALE 04 · SEVERAL CITIES

One network, several changing cities.

Same start. Same clock. Two decisions.

One region expands its facilities; the other keeps its original six.

With expansion 24Without expansion 24
Preparing the region…
CYCLE 00Paused
HumansRobotsVehicles: city deliveries
24 robots. Six facilities. A new scale.
Each figure represents one robot
Robots in cities0
In transit0
In industry24
Robots across the network2424 initial + 0 new
Open facilities60 construction projects
Robots finished / cycle0Comparison from the same starting point
ROBOTS→CONSTRUCTION→CAPACITY→MORE ROBOTS↻

Production, exponential growth and costs →

FROM ROBOT TO REGION

A factory produces robots.
A network can expand its capacity.

Tres ciudades suman 600 tareas equivalentes. La ciudad del río recibe entregas tras un ciclo; la central, tras tres; la del valle, tras cinco. Se equilibran las reservas según la cobertura posible de cada ciudad. Choose intermediate or full scope. Full scope assumes that all represented tasks can be automated. Estos valores ilustran diferencias y no son previsiones.

This scene starts with 24 robots and six completed facilities. It does not import progress from the other scenes. You can dedicate part of the fleet to construction: initially it diverts workers from production; later it opens new facilities.

Mines supply ore. Refineries turn it into material. Two material batches form a kit, and each kit becomes one robot. Construction consumes the same material: 48 batches per facility.

The same investment share of newly refined material is reserved for future construction. Each project requires 24 robot work units and accepts up to four robots. At most three projects can run simultaneously. Insufficient energy slows construction and production. Transport limits industrial flow.

The comparison starts with the same resources and allocates new robots between industry and cities using the same share. The reference does not build facilities: it eventually has robots that its machinery cannot use.

Cycles are not days or years. All rates and costs are teaching assumptions. The region groups complex processes together; it does not model shifts, failures, permits, monetary costs, specialized chemistry or equipment manufacturing. Specialized equipment and inputs are assumed to arrive from outside. Electricity is capacity per cycle, not stored in a battery. There are six plots per industry and no new regions open: growth eventually becomes limited. This is not a Tesla forecast or a GDP calculation.