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cuvinnyyesterday at 1:35 AM1 replyview on HN

Looks like they already have been testing it in the Spartanburg, SC, USA plant (just outside of Greenville SC [also I think the largest BMW factory in the world making most of their SUVs]). Still I don't get why a humanoid robot would be a thing for car making, a robot arm seems like it'd almost always be more efficient.


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carefree-bobyesterday at 4:30 AM

Auto manufacturers have been using robots for decades to paint, weld, machine, cast, and manufacture critical automobile components and even entire chassis.

Some auto robot porn: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zi8EWZptTfA

The idea of humanoid looking robots shuffling around a factory floor seems like a gimmick to me.