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tsssyesterday at 7:07 PM1 replyview on HN

China can do it. No car that leaves a factory there is the same. Everything automated and yet customizable.


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calvinmorrisonyesterday at 7:18 PM

Right but big robot arms do need to be reprogrammed. In short we traded higher throughput for less flexibility. Tooling and such is expensive and complicated. A sheet brake and a welder and a mill and lathe can produce a LOT of stuff without any expensive tooling.

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