# Robot migrant worker

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-migrant-worker/743782>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 21, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-migrant-worker/743782 "2016-01-21T15:47:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-migrant-worker/743782/1 "2016-01-21T15:47:53Z")

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I think it was on a book cover, and it has a Heinlein vibe to it. A human-shaped robot has a ‘picking bag’ slung over its shoulder. I think it has a sombrero-type hat. The robot is filling the roll that migrant workers do today, manually harvesting crops. There may or may not be a space ship flying by in the background, and the robot may or may not be looking at it.

Identify, please?

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**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-migrant-worker/743782/2 "2016-01-24T04:07:29Z")

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This?

[![](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/6533664663_71016d24a6_b.jpg) ](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/6533664663_71016d24a6_b.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-migrant-worker/743782/3 "2016-01-24T04:11:49Z")

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Thanks, but no. The gist of the image I saw was that robots have replaced human migrant workers.