A welding shop environment is completely different than an assembly plant. Its amazing to me that the guys in the stainless steel “clean room” at my work can be just two feet from the filth of the production weld shop
In fact, this VW factory is the third largest in the world. The largest is Hyundai's headquarters in Ulsan in Correia do Sul, capable of producing 1.5 million cars per year, followed by the Fiat factory in Brazil which is capable of producing 950 thousand cars per year.
"All I asked for was a freaking rotating chair!" I feel like Hammond could have installed that seat belt in less than 60 seconds if they weren't trying to ham it up for the episode.
So many solutions for ergonomics. But try being a bag loader at an airport. Small area warm weather. Carry several tonnes of bags in less than 30min then you go to the next plane and do the exact same thing
5:38 Here they tell you: 60 sec to do the job! Fixing one Belt. But a new car every 16 sec ! ? So you know: they have more than one production line there in Wolfsburg! Normal speed of a line in Germany is about that 60 sec per work station for smaller models or up to 250 sec for middleclass cars. So I assume they have about 5-6 lines in Wolfsburg for all the different models? And then yout get a new car every 16 sec working from Monday 06:00 am until Friday 10:00 pm. (Edit: wrong time mark)
I remember when I worked at an Audi Factory. I was at the training center and I basically was paid for wasting company resources. I go to rev an R8 & a tour to the factory though, so that was nice.
lol hybrid team of robots and humans, obviously that robotic hand thing will fully replace humans in a few years! will probably be making sushi as well and have me out of a job too 😅
I work with robots in manufacturing. What I say to people, they don’t mean less people, but your job will change. Keeping these things running takes a huge amount of effort and skills.
there is (24*365*3600) = 31536000 seconds in year. 31,5 milion seconds. 800000 cars per year means roughly 1 car each 40 seconds if the factory is running 24/7 or 168 hours a week. According to hammond, it produces a car in 16 seconds, which means the factory is running around 68 hours a week.
In Germany workes got rights. You are not allowed to work longer than 10 hours for a short time and long time for 8 hours a day, you have the right to not work on every sunday etc. During night there will be produced way less cars that day
@@panadaboy5699 Oh yea I'm sure it's as easy as Ctrl+Alt+Del. I can't wait for those who make, program, and maintain these machines to be replaced by robots too. Those responsible for fixing these are most definitely overpaid for what is most definitely something easy to fix.
0:07 Honestly 😅 6.5 Million m2 = 6.5 Km2 It's like saying I have a 1,000,000 micrometre scale, which can also be called as a 100 cm scale or a Meter scale 😇
the KUKA co-robot MIRCO was announced in this video to 3-4 years in future. So this video is 4 years old now. So? Any news? DOes anybody know anything about it? How is it used in Wolfsburg?
My neck of the woods. Been there worked there and know ever corner of that place. Robots actually help humans. Weight assist is a major thing the USA is now catching up on. Welding is another because DOT welding can be done quicker and more accurate than any human can do it. And robots can't touch and feel like human's and will take generations of engineering to come closer to it. Value the human body and you see why robots do the work for human's which are problematic for human's and than you understand it.
there will be a day, when no human will build anything, if the great flood does not come first, or a new ice-age... When no-one can make an income from work, how is that person going to buy a car? Universal income is a must, in the interest of all parties involved.
how does 800000 cars per year add up to 3600 a day? that would mean the factory's only operating on 222 days per year..... I guess the actual daily average is lower and 3600 is just the peak output
"800000 cars a year, 3600 a day, one per 16 seconds." - That's to suggest the factory only manufactures 800000/3600=222 days/year, 16 hours/day instead of 24/7?
Equipment breaks. You have so many different moving parts. Delays are to be expected. People who expect everything to go perfectly would collapse a factory. Delays are just inherent in manufacturing and you must be aware of the risks.
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viedeos are too short
Whats next? Robot Brothels?
Guided Meditation ji
"I've read about robots like this on the internet" lol
I went on the internet and I saw this
🤣🤣🤣
Such robots are called cobots
This reminds me of working at Bentley Motors, just a lot less robots there and a lot more alcoholics.......
Nice one day I'd like to visit it for myself. Lol see how I'm made 😅
As far as i know, Bentley is a part of the Volkswagen Group.
@@joaswesterbeek8126 still want to visit the production line
@@BentleyBohemian_96 With your name, of course you must !
They do actually offer factory tours to the general public.
@@joaswesterbeek8126 Yeah, and the vehicles may still be "bastards", BMW engined Volkswagens. Posh Volkswagens, though....
"Yes. Just step into his arms. If you'd like to."
"We call zis hugging." XD
I could neva
someone's car has a seatbelt installed by hammond
Not really, that was a training model.
Someone is wet behind the ears..
and that person is in a casket
@@JaYb97716 someone is eating a sandwich right now.
*Had* as it has surely crashed by now
"We will find out" Who said Germans have no sense of humour?
Da51lva you mean this guy in a white shirt?, he looks rather terrified😜
Big day ahead, gonna be on TV with Richard Hammond. Better wear my best pineapple sweater 🍍
Maybe he had no Idea
what do you mean? that sweater is legendary
I like how they gave him a little padding for his rolex lol
@@waynepantry7023 its ON the watch and it's for both.
That prevents scratches on visible areas for the customer
5:00 richard thought hed escaped the short jokes that came so often in top gear
Yasar Syed how hard can it be!? Haha
As someone that works is a factory with robots making mufflers for vehicles i'm astounded at how clean the shop and robots are.
germans
A welding shop environment is completely different than an assembly plant. Its amazing to me that the guys in the stainless steel “clean room” at my work can be just two feet from the filth of the production weld shop
👍💎
The guy in the red shirt has totally received a handy J from that robot.
100% especially the way he looks and smiles at it. Lol
Na, my money's on pineapple boy.
. . .and then gotten a hug. 😁
Absolutely magnificent. What a wounder. We are truly living in the future.
*wonder
We are living in the present and this comment was posted in the past
In fact, this VW factory is the third largest in the world. The largest is Hyundai's headquarters in Ulsan in Correia do Sul, capable of producing 1.5 million cars per year, followed by the Fiat factory in Brazil which is capable of producing 950 thousand cars per year.
As a technician i can reveal: machines DO call in sick....
Thankfully.
"is he in hugging mode or crushing mode" " we will find out" 🤣🤣🤣
The fact that there is actual consumer demand for 3,600 new cars a DAY is crazy considering the price of a new car these days.
In the west people are doing well. You can get a Golf for 20,000€.
I want that seat, but not the job. ha
"we call this hugging"
"All I asked for was a freaking rotating chair!"
I feel like Hammond could have installed that seat belt in less than 60 seconds if they weren't trying to ham it up for the episode.
The pineapple sweater. Takes a real man.
Adrian with his Detroit accent in Germany. Bet his Family worked for the big three.
On tonight's episode of Top Gear,
Richard stands on a roof,
Richard talks about his grandad,
and Richard sits on a chair
THEY TOOK OUR JAAABBBSSSS
de tukr jurbs
@@stepsmikoy2017 Durrrkaa durrr!.
So many solutions for ergonomics. But try being a bag loader at an airport. Small area warm weather. Carry several tonnes of bags in less than 30min then you go to the next plane and do the exact same thing
Nerds: move into his arms, we call this hugging
I worked there in 2000...unbelievable place
A study in efficiency. The place I work is a study in inefficiency.
5:38 Here they tell you: 60 sec to do the job! Fixing one Belt. But a new car every 16 sec ! ?
So you know: they have more than one production line there in Wolfsburg!
Normal speed of a line in Germany is about that 60 sec per work station for smaller models or up to 250 sec for middleclass cars.
So I assume they have about 5-6 lines in Wolfsburg for all the different models? And then yout get a new car every 16 sec
working from Monday 06:00 am until Friday 10:00 pm. (Edit: wrong time mark)
I remember when I worked at an Audi Factory. I was at the training center and I basically was paid for wasting company resources.
I go to rev an R8 & a tour to the factory though, so that was nice.
What did they pay you?
@@dragospahontu Cranjis McBasketball
@@barackobama9815 what?
I open my mouth like a fool when i see the miracilous minds that engineered and implemented this factory !
lol hybrid team of robots and humans, obviously that robotic hand thing will fully replace humans in a few years!
will probably be making sushi as well and have me out of a job too 😅
i doubt it. there are some things that only a human can do
I work with robots in manufacturing. What I say to people, they don’t mean less people, but your job will change. Keeping these things running takes a huge amount of effort and skills.
@@stefanzzz6778 that's the aim
there is (24*365*3600) = 31536000 seconds in year. 31,5 milion seconds. 800000 cars per year means roughly 1 car each 40 seconds if the factory is running 24/7 or 168 hours a week. According to hammond, it produces a car in 16 seconds, which means the factory is running around 68 hours a week.
In Germany workes got rights. You are not allowed to work longer than 10 hours for a short time and long time for 8 hours a day, you have the right to not work on every sunday etc.
During night there will be produced way less cars that day
That pineapple sweater😂
Now i want to work there...
No, they don't call in sick...they simply break.
And can be fixed easily
@@panadaboy5699 Oh yea I'm sure it's as easy as Ctrl+Alt+Del. I can't wait for those who make, program, and maintain these machines to be replaced by robots too. Those responsible for fixing these are most definitely overpaid for what is most definitely something easy to fix.
@@845835 nah bro it's easy u just need to put some double A batteries in
@@845835 Easy to fix ? You have never worked on a robot it seems. Those are the worst.
@@nessotrin I was being sarcastic to Panda Boy
"It was undoing, not doing"
How did Richard and 16000 workers survive without high vis jackets?
6:21 i like how he covered his rolex with a foam strap
@@waynepantry7023 i guess he did it ,so that he doesn't scratch his rolex !
That explains so much about Volkswagen's...
They also make a Seat Tarraco in this factory
Little do they know, Mirko will be replacing the ceo saving millions in bonuses.
Please make episodes longer
I think Hammond may have landed himself the best job in the world here!
Wow, that’s a lot of check engine lights.
Volkswagen make some of the best diesel engines
6:20 bosch angle exact
Amazing stuff 😉
Very nice makes the job easier
3:11 We call this hugging :D
How does this not have more views lol
there just a few people in Australia... not like 450 million in Europe...
Brilliant video
Don't worry Richard. When skynet goes online we'll have machines building machines.
Geiles Outfit, Ananas !!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
0:07 Honestly 😅
6.5 Million m2 = 6.5 Km2
It's like saying I have a 1,000,000 micrometre scale, which can also be called as a 100 cm scale or a Meter scale 😇
You get to love the little hamster 🐹......
😂😂😂😂😂
Leaning over does not give you back problems, sitting does XD
Time when i was working there in VW Wolfsburg
That guy sure wears that pineapple well
Richard always a pain in the behind..
I can almost hear the HOW DARE YOU's.
But the machines zone out the noise :P
Nice
the KUKA co-robot MIRCO was announced in this video to 3-4 years in future. So this video is 4 years old now. So? Any news? DOes anybody know anything about it? How is it used in Wolfsburg?
I want to believe him that it is 3 - 4 years before robots will work alongside humans. But.. the guy has a pineapple sweater on.
Where will all these cars gonna go
Is that a version of Xbox kinect I see on the robot @ 2:09
My neck of the woods. Been there worked there and know ever corner of that place. Robots actually help humans. Weight assist is a major thing the USA is now catching up on. Welding is another because DOT welding can be done quicker and more accurate than any human can do it. And robots can't touch and feel like human's and will take generations of engineering to come closer to it. Value the human body and you see why robots do the work for human's which are problematic for human's and than you understand it.
Producing 800,000 endless money pits per year according to Scotty Kilmer. 😁
With how fast they produce them they are bound to be cutting corners, It's no wonder why they are money pits
How did I know it was Volkswagen.
Germans are the best in Automotive technology
one of the best......
I’m binge watching all this guys stuff rn where his vistes cool places what’s his name Richard or whatever
So only 3 screws are holding the entire seatbelt. interesting
Those are beefy screws holding 40Nm
Wow
In world where corporations want robots not people who will buy these cars if nobody is working:(
Do you see how many workers there are?
Where do they fake the missions tests?
This is the biggest car factory.................................. in the world.
This is the biggest car factory pause in the world
This is really cool, but do we need one auto manufacturer plant that can produce 800k cars a year?
It’s crazy someone in top gear owns owns so many car companies like Porsche idk all
they do call in sick. they break down all the time.
That's what engineers and technicians are for.
1 car every 16 sec, why do i had to wait 3 monts for my car?????
Transport and because all volkswagen Cars are manufactured in Germany it will take a while to get to you in the US
there will be a day, when no human will build anything, if the great flood does not come first, or a new ice-age...
When no-one can make an income from work, how is that person going to buy a car? Universal income is a must, in the interest of all parties involved.
The people do the robots building the cars
A car every 16 seconds? That makes me wonder... How many cars are bought in a year???
8 million
I always thought toyota had the biggest car factory
its is or was the biggest producer of cars, thats not saying they got the biggest factory, but its still posible!
how does 800000 cars per year add up to 3600 a day? that would mean the factory's only operating on 222 days per year..... I guess the actual daily average is lower and 3600 is just the peak output
They do not run 24/7
Is this the Volkswagen facility with the sausage factory?
Yes
@@philippsteigerwald7695 they closed it down now
I wonder what it will be like in 100 years time ????
This VW place is probably churning out some Audi cars too
@TheSushiraw what you call near by, 600km?
its a VW factory, not Audi...
No, Seat actually
I owned this at time of pub.
They're all robots including the humans.
The robots will be here to assist the human worker.. more like take over the human worker !
RDJ getting trained to work with robots
Do the robots install the cheatware, or do the humans still do that?
gavser Gavser LOL 👍🇩🇰
Show us the room where they defeat the smog protection.
There should be robots in industries but only 15 to 20 percent........
"800000 cars a year, 3600 a day, one per 16 seconds." - That's to suggest the factory only manufactures 800000/3600=222 days/year, 16 hours/day instead of 24/7?
Equipment breaks. You have so many different moving parts. Delays are to be expected. People who expect everything to go perfectly would collapse a factory. Delays are just inherent in manufacturing and you must be aware of the risks.
@@jaredlangley6924 And workes in Germany have rights
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3:12 "Crazy Russian Scientist Invents "hugging""
was that lady painting the car by hand?
It was probably a glue or adhesive
Haven't they watched I, Robot..
I'm studying automation and it's the most horrible thing 😂😂😂😂
And now VW might close factory in Germany.
That may be but there’s thousands of unsold car parked in fields all round the world over production
Cool show bad host
bruh why you gotta insult Hammond
Do not insult the hamster he'll come crashing through your house in a rimac and set you straight