you’re gonna have a thing called robots, and robots are gonna be a big factor. I predict that robots are gonna be a big factor in the future and it’s gonna help out.

I mean, industrial robots have been a pretty prominent thing at auto manufacturers for an awfully long time.

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https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/183434/

Robot, First Unimate Robot Ever Installed on an Assembly Line, 1961

Unimate robots were the world’s first successful industrial robots. The units, designed by Unimation Inc., could perform tasks in manufacturing facilities that were difficult, dangerous, or monotonous for human workers. This is the first Unimate ever used on an assembly line. It was installed at the General Motors plant in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1961 to unload a die-casting press.