The auto plants of the future may have a surprisingly human touch


  • TECH
  • Friday, 27 Apr 2018

A General Motors assembly worker loads the HIC plastic caps at a Collaborative Robot adhesive station at Orion Assembly in Lake Orion, Michigan, U.S., March 19, 2018. Photo taken March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

Carmakers have big plans for their next generation of factories: smarter designs, artificial intelligence and collaborative robots building a wide range of vehicles on the same line.

The plants will also feature a component they say is the secret ingredient to flexible manufacturing: humans.

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