Industrial robots are (nearly) perfect

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I went to BMW to check out their robots, recycling, and renewables. If robots are so good, why do car manufacturers still need people? Thanks to Prof. Sangbae Kim at the MIT Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory for lending me some of their robots and the team at @BMWGroup for inviting me to join them at their Responsibility Days event. --------- II --------- 0:00 Introduction 0:26 Creating cars 2:12 Kinematic chaos 2:56 How BMW fixed logistics 3:26 Inside the factory 3:54 Body shop 4:55 Paint shop 6:42 Assembly 7:08 The limits of automation 11:01 Outroduction --------- II --------- Hi, I'm James. I explore the world looking for interesting engineering stories which explore complex issues in interesting ways. I'm two years into a PhD in Space Robotics at MIT. I also hold a Masters in Space Systems Engineering and an Honours in Mechanical. My website is https://www.atomicfrontieronline.com and you can join the Atomic Frontier Discord server to talk about cool engineering stuff at https://discord.gg/4QZc3jYdTR. You can help support my work and see some cool behind-the-scenes content at https://www.patreon.com/atomicfrontier.