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@boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

BMW’s South Carolina plant is testing humanoid robot workers

www.theverge.com

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BMW’s South Carolina plant is testing humanoid robot workers

www.theverge.com

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Figure’s autonomous robots haven’t established a use case yet.
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  • @zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev
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    But why? Human-shaped is not the best shape for making cars. Wouldn’t this be massively inefficient?

    • @Kepabar@startrek.website
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      23•1 year ago

      Because they can be slotted in to work existing machinery without retooling the entire plant.

      • @Blum0108@lemmy.world
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        7•1 year ago

        *planet

  • @BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    But MSRP is gonna drop from the efficiency right? Right?

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