All manufacturing companies, and especially those in the automotive sector are automated and continue to expand their automation novelties.
Information has reached me about the manufacturing plant that Nissan has in Tochigi, which is the most automated (actually robotized) of the group, and from there they learn experiences to later transfer them to other industrial plants.
The plant is huge and you can see a photo of it.
Nissan calls this factory the "smart factory" and has very few manual workers, since almost all processes and assemblies are robotized, although there are tasks that are more flexible and are carried out by people.
100% robotization doesn't always make sense.
In this plant, the robots themselves take the data of their "jobs" to verify that they are within the specified measurements. And some of the few manual workers out there verify the results offered by robots, perform maintenance, etc ... but the real "protagonists" are the robots.
This is the path that all companies follow to generate repetitive and quality products, and to reach these levels requires many years of work and trial and error.
Several car models are assembled on the same assembly line, and with robots it is easier to adapt to varying production needs, and to quickly switch from one model to another.
On the plant's website, Nissan offers guided tours for those interested. A shame to be so far away and not be able to see it.
In Japan there are some of the most automated plants that exist, and partly because of that they continue to be at the cutting edge of technology in different fields.
Technology is what makes countries rich and Japan is.
An example to follow for many others, including Spain.
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