Those don’t make much sense. Programming an automated line to build a car (or any other product) in a different way is a tremendous amount of work, since all o

Those don’t make much sense. Programming an automated line to build a car (or any other product) in a different way is a tremendous amount of work, since all of the motions have to be exactly right. Usually customization weighs heavily in the favor of humans, who can adapt much more easily to parts that are different. Also, an automated production line isn’t going to be any use for repairing cars, all it can do is bolt them together. These aren’t some kind of AI robots. They are mechatronics that are programmed to follow very specific toolpaths. Reprogramming them by even a few millimeters is a monumental task, and to test them, you have to try to build a car ...