Rear axles are one of the most complex assemblies in a Porsche – and still require a human touch How cars are assembled may not be the first thing that springs to mind when entering a car showroom but it might further down the line if unreliability strikes. Robots have played a part in production since the early 1970s and ad agency Collett Dickenson Pearce broke new ground in the UK in 1979 with what became a famous TV commercial for the Fiat Strada, rejoicing in the tagline: ‘Handbuilt by Robots.’ Porsche has, perhaps unknowingly, echoed that sentiment at the Leipzig plant where it produces the Macan and Panamera, using…
Why factory robots can’t completely replace humans
