I think this is going to be bad for BMW, and bad for the current robotics-summer. I _hope_ that’s not the case, I’d love for robotics to get deployed more widely in manufacturing. But I’m pretty sure it will be. I think the chances of meaningful success would be higher with non-humanoid robotics
BMW Group to deploy humanoid robots in production in Germany for the first time
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Re: BMW Group to deploy humanoid robots in production in Germany for the first time
#12So their cars will get cheaper, right... right???
Re: BMW Group to deploy humanoid robots in production in Germany for the first time
#13It is a pilot project. German pilot projects rarely go anywhere. If this succeeds against all odds, I hope for BMW that the robots are buying cars, too.
Yeah. Feels kind of insignificant considering the amount of non-humanoid robots they've used on production lines for the last few decades and lack of any claims to be "fully autonomous" or for the humanoid robots to be performing particularly advanced tasks
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#14Here is a 60 Minutes piece showing Boston Dynamics Atlas working in a car factory in the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6ISdRkS37I
Hyundai vs BMW, where is Tesla?
Tesla beat Hyundai and BMW to this meaningless announcement a year ago, and have already progressed from that to the inevitable “oh yeah, this doesn’t actually work yet.”
Give Hyundai and BMW time.
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#15Will they dance? I've yet to see someone demo a humanoid robot doing something useful. Clearly, making them dance can't be that difficult.
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#16Meanwhile China has dark factories.
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#18Meanwhile China has dark factories.
In a sense BMW has factories in China too (through Brilliance). I once heard the story that they built a 1:1 clone of the Dingolfing plant there.
The owner family did the right thing at the right time. If the Europe and US business tanks they will be fine. BMW as a brand not necessarily.
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#19According to Figure, their robots had already been deployed in production
Re: BMW Group to deploy humanoid robots in production in Germany for the first time
#20It is a pilot project. German pilot projects rarely go anywhere. If this succeeds against all odds, I hope for BMW that the robots are buying cars, too.
It'll be the first time a BMW ever used turn signals!