This is the sort of backward-ass thinking that drives me nuts...
"Ford's digital engineering manager Mark Goderis said, "by having the robots scan our facility, we can see what it actually looks like now and build a new engineering model. That digital model is then used when we need to retool the plant for new products."
"We used to use a tripod, and we would walk around the facility stopping at different locations, each time standing around for five minutes waiting for the laser to scan," Goderis said. "Scanning one plant could take two weeks. With Fluffy's [the robot dog's name] help, we are able to do it in half the time."
A typical digital scan of a plant costs around $300,000. Ford claims the robot dogs can do it for a "fraction of the cost."
K, so two question blare out here...
A.) So you are able to do the job in one week, instead of two, with the robot. While the engineers are standing around for 5 minutes waiting for the laser to scan, what are they doing in the meanwhile? Picking their ass, or working?
B.) What will those "scanning engineers" be doing when the robot is doing the work? So while the robot dog is doing it's thing, the humans are still getting paid to do nothing, right?
The FACK, this will just reduce productivity and cost the company MORE money in the long run.
"Ford's digital engineering manager Mark Goderis said, "by having the robots scan our facility, we can see what it actually looks like now and build a new engineering model. That digital model is then used when we need to retool the plant for new products."
"We used to use a tripod, and we would walk around the facility stopping at different locations, each time standing around for five minutes waiting for the laser to scan," Goderis said. "Scanning one plant could take two weeks. With Fluffy's [the robot dog's name] help, we are able to do it in half the time."
A typical digital scan of a plant costs around $300,000. Ford claims the robot dogs can do it for a "fraction of the cost."
K, so two question blare out here...
A.) So you are able to do the job in one week, instead of two, with the robot. While the engineers are standing around for 5 minutes waiting for the laser to scan, what are they doing in the meanwhile? Picking their ass, or working?
B.) What will those "scanning engineers" be doing when the robot is doing the work? So while the robot dog is doing it's thing, the humans are still getting paid to do nothing, right?
The FACK, this will just reduce productivity and cost the company MORE money in the long run.
