“Lights-out manufacturing” is a term to mean the method of making things in a way that’s entirely automated and does not need humans to be involved in the process.
Of course, humans initially set up the process, build the factory and so on, but the factory which outputs the final product only requires robotics and automation technology.
It’s an idea that has probably been explored in science fiction many times, but in reality, a fully automated factory that needs no human intervention at all is still a distant dream. [Read more…] about Hirotec on long journey towards lights-out manufacturing with robots from Otto and Yaskawa
