66 Kuka Production Robots Arrive in Houston for Cybertruck Assembly Line (spotted 12/18/22)

[Jhodgesatmb]

Absolutely.

The ones in the 10,000 kg range are probably more the pick and place sort of robots.

I just skimmed a few, maybe it’s a mix of bigger and smaller bots.

That makes sense. Welding robots only have to move into position and do their welding thing. That said, those welding robots are pretty amazing.

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[Jhodgesatmb]

If that “leaked” prototype body photo is legit, the body is mostly high strength steel and cast aluminum painted or treated for corrosion resistance.

My guess is no high strength steel in the BIW; just cast and stamped aluminum and the SS for the exoskeleton. But its only a guess. I wouldn't be surprised or upset with some high strength steel.

 

[Ogre]

Hydroformed stainless steel BIW? Single piece cast rear end?

I am very skeptical of these statements.

 

[Ogre]

Tesla’s automation team was originally a German company Tesla acquired (because they were struggling financially). So there is likely some bias and familiarity there.

None of us have a good idea of what the cost to acquire and install these robots was versus an equivalent robot from FANUC. Or if FANUC even has equivalent robots. So it is exceedingly silly to claim it was more expensive to acquire these then the ones from FANUC.

 

[Ogre]

My guess is no high strength steel in the BIW; just cast and stamped aluminum and the SS for the exoskeleton. But its only a guess. I wouldn't be surprised or upset with some high strength steel.

I would think the B pillar would be HSS myself. They need to resist side impacts and aluminum would sheer instead of bend which would be nasty right there.

Seems like the whole cage makes more sense in HSS than aluminum for a similar reason. You want something that deforms and retains some strength.

 

[greggertruck]

Tesla’s automation team was originally a German company Tesla acquired (because they were struggling financially). So there is likely some bias and familiarity there.

"The More You Know".

Friendly reminder Twitter is dumb and we don't talk about it here, or politics. xoxo

Let's just not. ?

 

[FutureBoy]

This is where the robots hit the road.

Shits getting real now.

 

[kbolt]

Could you imagine having three factories is a single type of robot and then moving to a new one and needing to retrain everyone? New software, new programming, new codes, new errors, new quirks. What a nightmare.

 

[charliemagpie]

I wonder if they could make a 15 foot tall Telsa Bot to replace these fixed machines.

1 bot to rule them all.

 

[Crissa]

I wonder if they could make a 15 foot tall Telsa Bot to replace these fixed machines.

1 bot to rule them all.

Then you'd have robots with RSI.

-Crissa

 

[flowerlandfilms]

Yeah? It's not. That's a Photoshop. Even the way it dropped is sus. An anon sent it to a little known youtuber in Georgia who included it in a Tesla video with barely a comment until someone posted to Twitter and youtuber back-linked. This YouTuber is making a Tesla news video and doesn't realize the photo value? Either doesn't know anything about Tesla or.... I think I know who Anon is. I see you Kim Java.

*citation needed*

 

[Dids]

*citation needed*

No citation that's just how it came out. I saw it happen on Twitter. And you can watch both Kim Java videos on YouTube.
Not to dox her or anything but she married to a guy who has access to some of the best graphics artists in the world.

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