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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by sprafa on Monday July 06, 2020 @01:08PM (#23749954)
I think what Elon learnt from that experience is that manufacturing things is hard, and that building that knowhow and ability to both build and troubleshoot robot factories like this one is not something you do overnight, even if you hire the best engineers.

Basically it’s unlike software and that might be where he stumbled.

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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by SkyMarshal on Monday July 06, 2020 @02:42PM (#23751240)
Andy Grove used to talk about this a lot - that manufacturing know-how does not come easily, and that continuous improvement and innovation in manufacturing depends on continuing to actually do it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/opinion/andy-groves-warni...

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Re:Playstation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory by barrenko on Monday July 06, 2020 @04:51PM (#23752605)
That man was something else.
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