https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E05GSshnMOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E05GSshnMOM This is the start of a multi-video series where a relatively small shop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E05GSshnMOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E05GSshnMOM This is the start of a multi-video series where a relatively small shop talks about implementing a robot in his factory today. Notably, he tried (and gave up on it) just 4 years ago. I know those aren't robots walking around the floor - but that level of automation to load/unload parts is a huge thing to "keep the CNC machines fed" in more and more factories. Look up Fanuc robots on youtube for tons of examples of automation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKrlXyLQbwM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKrlXyLQbwM is a cool example of 2 robots on a rail servicing 4 CNC machines. What's neat here is that it's taking parts from machine to machine to work through all manufacturing steps. None of this is exactly that "high end", either. Plenty of high end hobbyists/micro-businesses run Robodrills (like the last video) in their home garage. The UR robot in the first video I linked is super accessible as well and showing up in more and more small (<10 employee) machine shops.