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Originally Posted by maslin
That makes sense. I was aware of the early engine problems, seemed like they had the figured out pretty early on.
Even better idea. Call up GE, produce a 3D printer sized robot. Fixtures to locate a known component, programs for every piece that needs sealant. Might take 20 years to pay off, but that no worse than a $80k alignment setup.
Machine shop buddy said they hired a robot and fired 4 employees. It’s the way of the future  |
We have about 50 robots in the plant. They only displace about 10 people though. Due to the very heavy and repetitive nature of the work the 10 people that they displace were at huge risk of injury back when they did the same tasks manually. Since they need to be maintained their use actually created a number of better tech jobs that make up for many of the unskilled labour positions they eliminated. There are many positives to robots and they will not eliminate everybody's jobs like people were so afraid of back in the 80s.