Mesmerizing to watch the blend of machine and man. I’m in awe of the precision of the process.
steve
on 19 Mar 09
The machines used to make the cars are just as cool as the cars themselves. Except, of course, for the current lack of a manual transmission in the US ‘09 A4. :-(
nothing special – advanced robotic manufacturing. people like robots, robots like people. It would be nice to see Intel manufacturing process – 2 engineers for the whole plant )
Luis
on 20 Mar 09
I get the feeling someone over at 37S owns one?
ambrosen
on 20 Mar 09
Just for the record, there’s an ad entitled “Alternatives to Basecamp” showing up there, in case you’re bothered.
This video reminds me of making process of our daily rails server rental service in the cloud (http://tinysvr.com). To create automated services, many trial&errors should be iterated. I wonder how many vehicle bodies engineers at Audi scrapped to achieve the welding automation part. In our case, I probably wasted more than 30 servers (but they are “instances” thanks to amazon ec2) to automate everything in setting up a rental server.
When you see that, it’s kind of surprising that cars are not more expensive than they are. Think about all the people involved (designers, engineers, manual workers…), all the very specific tools, the materials themselves, shipping…
Nice reminder to be in awe for some things we take for granted.
Luke
on 22 Mar 09
@Tim
If you’re able to purchase one of those cars, you’re most likely taking a lot of things for granted already.
If you’re able to purchase one of those cars, you’re most likely taking a lot of things for granted already.
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Justin
on 22 Mar 09
@Luke
A walk through Toyota wouldn’t look that much different, you know.
I also don’t see much correlation between wealth and taking things for granted.
Ben
on 23 Mar 09
German car tech girls are hot.
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About Jason Fried
Jason co-founded Basecamp back in 1999. He also co-authored REWORK, the New York Times bestselling book on running a "right-sized" business. Co-founded, co-authored... Can he do anything on his own?
Johnny Dangerously
on 19 Mar 09I got a boner watching that!
Chad Fife
on 19 Mar 09Mesmerizing to watch the blend of machine and man. I’m in awe of the precision of the process.
steve
on 19 Mar 09The machines used to make the cars are just as cool as the cars themselves. Except, of course, for the current lack of a manual transmission in the US ‘09 A4. :-(
Nils
on 20 Mar 09Also check out the commercial by KUKA (who are making most of the automotive industries robots): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h31mcihNBO4
condor
on 20 Mar 09only in germany would they have models assembling cars
The Zen
on 20 Mar 09Seems like the video is gone. Alternative links?
tobto
on 20 Mar 09nothing special – advanced robotic manufacturing. people like robots, robots like people. It would be nice to see Intel manufacturing process – 2 engineers for the whole plant )
Luis
on 20 Mar 09I get the feeling someone over at 37S owns one?
ambrosen
on 20 Mar 09Just for the record, there’s an ad entitled “Alternatives to Basecamp” showing up there, in case you’re bothered.
Also, nice to see the HQ(ish) in YouTube.
wizardofcrowds
on 21 Mar 09This video reminds me of making process of our daily rails server rental service in the cloud (http://tinysvr.com). To create automated services, many trial&errors should be iterated. I wonder how many vehicle bodies engineers at Audi scrapped to achieve the welding automation part. In our case, I probably wasted more than 30 servers (but they are “instances” thanks to amazon ec2) to automate everything in setting up a rental server.
Tõnu
on 22 Mar 09Jason, this is just one way to build a German car. Here’s a much more famous one: Building Trabant, an East German Car
Tim
on 22 Mar 09When you see that, it’s kind of surprising that cars are not more expensive than they are. Think about all the people involved (designers, engineers, manual workers…), all the very specific tools, the materials themselves, shipping…
Nice reminder to be in awe for some things we take for granted.
Luke
on 22 Mar 09@Tim
If you’re able to purchase one of those cars, you’re most likely taking a lot of things for granted already.
claudia olivos
on 22 Mar 09Absolutely and totally agree:
If you’re able to purchase one of those cars, you’re most likely taking a lot of things for granted already.
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Justin
on 22 Mar 09@Luke
A walk through Toyota wouldn’t look that much different, you know.
I also don’t see much correlation between wealth and taking things for granted.
Ben
on 23 Mar 09German car tech girls are hot.
This discussion is closed.