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Robots move Shanghai city block [video]

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142 points surprisetalk | 1 comments | 03 Jul 25 14:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.315s | source
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bmmayer1 ◴[04 Jul 25 22:36 UTC] No.44468501[source]▶
This is incredible -- serious question -- has anything of this scale been done in the US or Europe? Do we even have the technology?
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crooked-v ◴[04 Jul 25 22:45 UTC] No.44468554[source]▶
Check out the raising of Chicago (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago). From buildings up to entire city blocks were raised, moved on rollers, or both, usually while businesses and residents stayed in them for normal day-to-day life.
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1. userbinator ◴[05 Jul 25 03:55 UTC] No.44469989[source]▶
In five days the entire assembly was elevated 4 feet 8 inches

At a constant rate that's approximately 1.3 tenths (3.3um) per second, definitely far below the threshold for people noticing.