>From people spending millions trying to have the entire factory operated by robots so they could save 100k on humans to engineers specifying friction stir weld

>From people spending millions trying to have the entire factory operated by robots so they could save 100k on humans to engineers specifying friction stir welders for the most basic of welding jobs Look, I come from that industry (metalworking), if you do friction stir where it's not needed you should be kicked out of your job, but wonder, I've never heard of such a thing in reality, don't tell me you're buying another friction stir cnc to save 100k "on people", friction stir is slow, expensive and any robot can weld (normal welding) faster. Yes people are expensive, but un-optimised work is even more expensive (on factory level), NO ONE in the metal industry would do something like this if it was not necessary (well except the defence sector, because those guys are crazy and have unlimited money). I call your made up story complete BS.