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Re: ?Auto Factory Tours?

To: "Brian Reynolds" <reynolds@ll.mit.edu>,
Subject: Re: ?Auto Factory Tours?
From: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 13:45:21 -0500
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From: "Brian Reynolds"

> Does anybody know if any of the auto factories give tours to the public?
>
> I keep wondering how much work is done by robot & automation.


Donno about auto factories but I know that one Japanese tractor factory has
a tour that demonstrates the extent of it's robotics:  half way through the
tour, when you're beginning to wonder where all the people are, they TURN
OFF THE LIGHTS!   The line just keeps on building tractors!

Tony
 . . . come to think of it, I've had a couple of cars that MUST have been
built in the dark by PEOPLE. . .

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