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Very cool. With so much automation, you'd expect that scaling up to higher production levels and/or creating another local factory (ie Europe, Asia) would be much easier than without so much automation. You can replicate the robot programs, floor layout, and there are less people to train up.
I heard a rumor that they might be build Model X in Texas. Could be just that though, a rumor.
Very cool. With so much automation, you'd expect that scaling up to higher production levels and/or creating another local factory (ie Europe, Asia) would be much easier than without so much automation. You can replicate the robot programs, floor layout, and there are less people to train up.
IIRC, that was from a "misleading" television news program. They were talking about MotoX. I don't have the forum thread handy, sorry.I heard a rumor that they might be build Model X in Texas. Could be just that though, a rumor.
With the notable exception of the BMW i3.Look at any highend BMW, Audi, and MB. An A8 in 2013 is very similar to an A8 in 2008. The economics of their factories are that they have the expection of a forty year life span for a major machine such as a panel stamper. The designers at Audi et al. may want to use a novel body design on the next A8 but they are limited by machinery that is 20 years old and can't produce any radically new parts without a major retrofit.
Thanks for posting that - its an amazing insight into how sophisticated Robotic assembly has become, especially the one that fits the seats then changes tooling to do the screens.
Not sure if the following two videos ever aired in the USA, but worth a watch to see how things have come along …
Fiat Strada - Hand built by Robots - CDP 1979 - YouTube