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ivandenysov ◴[] No.43641969[source]
What are the challenges that prevent humanity from further automating clothes production? We don’t weave fabrics by hand anymore, but we still sew pieces of it together by hand. Why is that?
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1. MrGreenTea ◴[] No.43642133[source]
Because weaving is simpler and more repetitive than sewing. Sewing is both a pretty precise job and also lots of different movements, angles and very few straight lines. All of these make it less efficient to automate.

If you're interested in the history: it took quite long after during the industrialization to invent a working sewing machine. There are quite a few interesting Youtube videos for example on the history and workings of the sewing machine.