In 2018, located in Shanghai at the same time as CATL, there is Tesla’s first Chinese super factory.
Tesla, known as the “production maniac”, has now produced more than 930,000 vehicles throughout the year. Tesla, which has reached the million-production mark, has gradually climbed from 368,000 units in 2019 to 509,000 units in 2020, and then to nearly one million units today in just two years.
But for Tesla under the spotlight, few people understand the invisible assistant behind it-a super factory that is highly automated, industrialized, and uses “machines” to produce machines.
The first map of the robot empire
Always the protagonist in the spotlight, this time, Tesla has set off a storm of public opinion with its second Chinese super factory.
It is understood that in 2021, the Tesla Shanghai plant will deliver 48.4 vehicles. Behind the hundreds of thousands of deliveries is the birth of a new energy vehicle industry of 100 billion yuan and a tax contribution of over 2 billion.
Behind the high production capacity is the amazing efficiency of the Tesla Gigafactory: the production of a Model Y body in 45 seconds.
Source: Tesla China public information
Walking into Tesla’s super factory, advanced automation is the most intuitive feeling. Taking car body manufacturing as an example, there is almost no need for workers to participate, and it is all done independently by robotic arms.
From raw material transportation to material stamping, to welding and painting of the body, almost all robot operations are performed.
Source: Tesla China public information
The deployment of more than 150 robots in a factory is the guarantee for Tesla to realize the automation industry chain.
It is understood that Tesla has deployed 6 super factories around the world. For future planning, Musk said that it will invest more robots to expand the scale of production capacity.
Using robots to complete difficult, complex and dangerous work and solve labor shortages is Musk’s original intention to build a super factory.
However, Musk’s robotic ideals do not stop at the application in the super factory.
Next Surprise: Humanoid Robots
“It costs less to make a robot than a car.”
In a TED interview in April, Musk revealed Tesla’s next research direction: Optimus humanoid robots.
In Musk’s eyes, Tesla has great advantages in sensors and actuators, and it can even be implemented by designing special drives and sensors required for humanoid robots.
A general-purpose intelligent humanoid robot is what Musk is aiming for.
“In the next two years, everyone will see the practicality of humanoid robots.” In fact, there has been speculation recently that Musk may appear at Optimus Prime at the second Tesla AI Day held in August this year. Humanoid robot.
“We may also have our own robot partners.” For the next ten-year plan, what Musk needs to do is not only to solve the “labor shortage” with robots, but also to penetrate intelligent humanoid robots into every household.
There is no doubt that the new energy vehicle map created by Musk has not only brought fire to the entire new energy vehicle industry chain, but also extended a batch of leading companies, such as the Ningde era, which is sitting on trillions.
And what kind of surprises and great changes this frivolous and mysterious technology geek will bring to the robotics industry after he develops a humanoid robot, we have no way of knowing.
But the only certainty is that Musk is gradually realizing his robot ideals, either in the form of technology or products, to bring the age of intelligence to the present.
Post time: May-31-2022