Robotics

[nick8086]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technologyinvesting/why-mercedes-is-halting-robots-reign-on-the-production-line/ar-BBpYcTm

 

 

Robots can’t deal with the degree of individualization and the many variants that we have today,

Edited February 28, 2016 by nick8086 (see edit history)

[erichill]

He may not have said it, but I think he means at this point it is cheaper to employ people than the robots. This will change, as there is no doubt a robot would be able to deal with any number of options as its all a matter of programing. I could be wrong of course, but I am happy to see humans working the line and not more robots.

[TerryB]

Sometimes you need the robot to "think" but that option is difficult to implement if there is insufficient data for it to analyize correctly. A human car make these adaptations quickly based on the limited information he may have. Programming takes time and money and usually requires down time to test and implement.

Congrats to MB for realizing we still have a brain that functions.

Terry

[mrpushbutton]

It depends on the job. Body construction and paint increased in quality by quite a bit when robotics came in because of the deadly repetitive nature of that work, and the type of person who was put into those jobs. The body welds are absolutely uniform now, and paint is as well.