> Additionally, automated assembly only runs well when EVERYTHING is designed for automation. That is not impossible, but it is expensive and time consuming. D

> Additionally, automated assembly only runs well when EVERYTHING is designed for automation. That is not impossible, but it is expensive and time consuming. Designing for automation can have unexpected benefits. Many years ago IBM sold a dot-matrix printer called the "ProPrinter". It was to be built on a new automated assembly line in Charlotte NC, so all the parts were designed to be easy to snap together, with no screws or fasteners. Well, the robotic assembly line never really got going, so they hired a bunch of temp workers to sit in front of tables and put them together. And it turned out that the design was excellent for a group of recently-hired humans with no experience to assemble. This video shows the assembly (you can skip the first bit) in under 3.5 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spDYSKl3kmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spDYSKl3kmo