📚 **This robot scans rare library books at 2,500 pages per hour**
"_Built in Austria, the bot does exactly what its name implies—it autonomously scans and digitizes manuscripts. But whereas it might take a single librarian days or weeks to scan a single book, the ScanRobot 2.0 can handle up to 2,500 per hour._"
@bibliolater The first time I saw this machine was at the Frankfurt International Book Fare more than 10 years ago. I've seen others like that years earlier, and they're now faster. Gradual evolution, I'd say.
As to digitization of manuscripts: strong doubt. Old mass-printed books, maybe 10 to 20 decades old, sure. But an invaluable folio with hand written text?
I have to agree, it would have to be a very adventurous archivist who would trust a delicate one of a kind manuscript to automation.
