r/machinesinaction 13d ago

Car Factory Robots

Automatic Welding Body Shop, will we lost out jobs some day?

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u/SenatorAdamSpliff 13d ago

50 years ago it was some guy doing the welds. Maybe he didn’t sleep well. Maybe he was hungover. Maybe he was disgruntled.

Remember that when people say cars were built better back then.

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u/kinga_forrester 13d ago

People are clueless, mechanics used to find empty beer cans and other trash inside doors and dashboards from the workers on the line.