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      01-07-2013, 11:26 AM   #160
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Great video, thanks for posting. As for all the doom and gloomers lamenting the use of robots, growing up near Detroit I heard this non-stop on the news through the 70s, 80s and beyond. Robotic welders, painters, etc have been around for some time, with this level of integration. Humans are still largely doing the same jobs, assembling parts that require more dexterity or where parts cannot be guaranteed to be in a static "reference" position for a robot to work on (think coupling hoses.) The technology seen in the video is really nothing new.

I have been fortunate enough to have taken many factory tours over the years, mostly private ones where you get to see a lot of the process. The most amazing things I remember seeing (apart from the robots) were the guy who would hand paint pinstripes on to Cadillacs as they rolled down the line, and watching panels being hammered by hand at the original Aston Martin factory.
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