BMW brings humanoid robots to its German factory

Over the past 10 months, a Figure 02 humanoid robot at BMW's Spartanburg plant in South Carolina worked 10-hour shifts, five days a week, moving more than 90,000 sheet-metal components over roughly 1,250 operating hours and 1.2 million steps. Its job — removing and positioning parts for welding — is the kind of repetitive, physically punishing work that chews through human bodies. — Read the rest

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