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dexterity, and adaptiveness that
humans have. A similar phenomenon
is happening in manufacturing. Tesla,
for example, has been using robots
alongside humans to produce its
electric vehicles. Company CEO Elon
Musk has famously talked about the
“machine that builds the machine,”
and this approach is evident in the
more than 1,000 robots that take part
in the production of Tesla’s Model 3
sedans at the company’s Fremont,
California, plant. While facing Model
3 production delays, however, Musk
pointed to overuse of automation and
moved to re-balance the machine-to-
human mix. Robots, after all, haven’t
demonstrated the ability to perform
certain tasks well, such as those
requiring dexterity or finesse.
Meanwhile, some industry pundits
have pointed to even closer
collaboration between humans and
increasingly more intelligent machines
as a hallmark of Industry 5.0. But if
Image 1:
Robots are already being used to facilitate fulfillment processes in warehouses. In the
future, they may become even more self-sufficient. Photo courtesy of Chesky/Shutterstock
Image 2:
An engineer monitors factory robotics via real-time monitoring system
software. Is this what Industry 5.0 will look like? Photo courtesy of Zapp2Photo/
Shutterstock.
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