>is this level of robot automation expected of modern manufacturing companies nowadays? "FANUC, a Japanese robotics company, has been operating as a lights-out

>is this level of robot automation expected of modern manufacturing companies nowadays? "FANUC, a Japanese robotics company, has been operating as a lights-out factory since 2001. Robots are building other robots at a rate of about 50 per 24-hour shift and can run unsupervised for as long as 30 days at a time. "Not only is it lights-out," says Fanuc vice president Gary Zywiol, "we turn off the air conditioning and heat too." ...See also: self-replicating machine" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_out_%28manufacturing%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_out_%28manufacturing%29