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  • Опубліковано 5 тра 2020
  • Richard Hammond visits the Wolfsburg Volkswagen Factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, and gets an exclusive inside look on their new robotic arm tech, and their unique chairs built to quickly get human workers in and out of a car.
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  • @DiscoveryAustralia
    @DiscoveryAustralia  4 роки тому +41

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  • @chimukahabasonda9048
    @chimukahabasonda9048 4 роки тому +533

    "I've read about robots like this on the internet" lol

    • @Samld1200
      @Samld1200 4 роки тому +20

      I went on the internet and I saw this

    • @anuttampani1271
      @anuttampani1271 4 роки тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @across646
      @across646 3 роки тому +2

      Such robots are called cobots

  • @MrJoeCla
    @MrJoeCla 4 роки тому +803

    This reminds me of working at Bentley Motors, just a lot less robots there and a lot more alcoholics.......

    • @BentleyBohemian_96
      @BentleyBohemian_96 4 роки тому +31

      Nice one day I'd like to visit it for myself. Lol see how I'm made 😅

    • @joaswesterbeek8126
      @joaswesterbeek8126 4 роки тому +7

      As far as i know, Bentley is a part of the Volkswagen Group.

    • @BentleyBohemian_96
      @BentleyBohemian_96 4 роки тому +3

      @@joaswesterbeek8126 still want to visit the production line

    • @thefreedomguyuk
      @thefreedomguyuk 4 роки тому +5

      @@BentleyBohemian_96 With your name, of course you must !
      They do actually offer factory tours to the general public.

    • @thefreedomguyuk
      @thefreedomguyuk 4 роки тому +1

      @@joaswesterbeek8126 Yeah, and the vehicles may still be "bastards", BMW engined Volkswagens. Posh Volkswagens, though....

  • @Memerino-ly7yr
    @Memerino-ly7yr 4 роки тому +801

    someone's car has a seatbelt installed by hammond

    • @JosefHu
      @JosefHu 4 роки тому +93

      Not really, that was a training model.

    • @oxygengraphafonadelaverberator
      @oxygengraphafonadelaverberator 4 роки тому +5

      Someone is wet behind the ears..

    • @am8o2
      @am8o2 4 роки тому +38

      and that person is in a casket

    • @darkshadowsx5949
      @darkshadowsx5949 4 роки тому +5

      @@oxygengraphafonadelaverberator someone is eating a sandwich right now.

    • @DonNorway
      @DonNorway 3 роки тому +1

      *Had* as it has surely crashed by now

  • @slickstretch6391
    @slickstretch6391 3 роки тому +107

    "Yes. Just step into his arms. If you'd like to."
    "We call zis hugging." XD

  • @DrZbo
    @DrZbo 4 роки тому +210

    I like how they gave him a little padding for his rolex lol

    • @DrZbo
      @DrZbo 4 роки тому +4

      @@waynepantry7023 its ON the watch and it's for both.

    • @batlu97
      @batlu97 2 роки тому +4

      That prevents scratches on visible areas for the customer

  • @Da51lva
    @Da51lva 4 роки тому +213

    "We will find out" Who said Germans have no sense of humour?

    • @TWARDOWSKY.
      @TWARDOWSKY. 4 роки тому +3

      Da51lva you mean this guy in a white shirt?, he looks rather terrified😜

  • @yessirrr735
    @yessirrr735 4 роки тому +203

    5:00 richard thought hed escaped the short jokes that came so often in top gear

    • @mzhuang4242
      @mzhuang4242 4 роки тому +2

      Yasar Syed how hard can it be!? Haha

  • @HawsDaBaws
    @HawsDaBaws 4 роки тому +67

    As someone that works is a factory with robots making mufflers for vehicles i'm astounded at how clean the shop and robots are.

    • @SamDePrez
      @SamDePrez 4 роки тому +25

      germans

    • @danielnapast4955
      @danielnapast4955 4 роки тому +6

      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

    • @az.ksac.snap502
      @az.ksac.snap502 8 місяців тому

      👍💎

  • @Akkillies
    @Akkillies 4 роки тому +166

    The guy in the red shirt has totally received a handy J from that robot.

    • @willtaylor6112
      @willtaylor6112 4 роки тому +17

      100% especially the way he looks and smiles at it. Lol

    • @JRRossi101
      @JRRossi101 3 роки тому +4

      Na, my money's on pineapple boy.

    • @proberts34
      @proberts34 3 роки тому +2

      . . .and then gotten a hug. 😁

  • @benlabrier3550
    @benlabrier3550 4 роки тому +139

    Big day ahead, gonna be on TV with Richard Hammond. Better wear my best pineapple sweater 🍍

    • @wakawashi8574
      @wakawashi8574 4 роки тому +2

      Maybe he had no Idea

    • @nilsgr
      @nilsgr 4 роки тому +18

      what do you mean? that sweater is legendary

  • @theodor12
    @theodor12 4 роки тому +34

    "we call this hugging"

  • @cruzonthehill
    @cruzonthehill 4 роки тому +35

    Absolutely magnificent. What a wounder. We are truly living in the future.

  • @5Andysalive
    @5Andysalive 3 роки тому +59

    As a technician i can reveal: machines DO call in sick....
    Thankfully.

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc 3 роки тому +11

    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.

    • @dragospahontu
      @dragospahontu 2 роки тому +2

      In the west people are doing well. You can get a Golf for 20,000€.

  • @chewbacca5008
    @chewbacca5008 4 роки тому +13

    The pineapple sweater. Takes a real man.

  • @McGrady412
    @McGrady412 4 роки тому +81

    I want that seat, but not the job. ha

  • @slickstretch6391
    @slickstretch6391 3 роки тому +9

    "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.

  • @Finallybianca
    @Finallybianca 4 роки тому +19

    Adrian with his Detroit accent in Germany. Bet his Family worked for the big three.

  • @greghawkins59
    @greghawkins59 3 роки тому +5

    Nerds: move into his arms, we call this hugging

  • @Arcadiez
    @Arcadiez 4 роки тому +8

    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

  • @jackydark9158
    @jackydark9158 2 роки тому +1

    A study in efficiency. The place I work is a study in inefficiency.

  • @stinchjack
    @stinchjack 3 роки тому +4

    On tonight's episode of Top Gear,
    Richard stands on a roof,
    Richard talks about his grandad,
    and Richard sits on a chair

  • @muctop17
    @muctop17 Рік тому +3

    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)

  • @johnhogan9547
    @johnhogan9547 4 роки тому +3

    I worked there in 2000...unbelievable place

  • @v4lkerya
    @v4lkerya 4 роки тому +12

    Living in Wolfsburg, it makes me kinda proud! :D

  • @mohammedawais8699
    @mohammedawais8699 4 роки тому

    Brilliant video

  • @davelydon1982
    @davelydon1982 4 роки тому

    Amazing stuff 😉

  • @sravan_krishnan
    @sravan_krishnan 4 роки тому +24

    "It was undoing, not doing"

  • @micha3502
    @micha3502 4 роки тому +9

    6:20 bosch angle exact

  • @TheCrazyhumans
    @TheCrazyhumans 4 роки тому +1

    3:11 We call this hugging :D

  • @Charlieneumann04
    @Charlieneumann04 10 місяців тому

    "is he in hugging mode or crushing mode" " we will find out" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Mirda-bg3pi
    @Mirda-bg3pi 3 роки тому +3

    Now i want to work there...

  • @carbonking53
    @carbonking53 3 роки тому +3

    That pineapple sweater😂

  • @davidsmit1069
    @davidsmit1069 4 роки тому

    Very nice makes the job easier

  • @aamirashrafali8752
    @aamirashrafali8752 4 роки тому +2

    6:21 i like how he covered his rolex with a foam strap

    • @aamirashrafali8752
      @aamirashrafali8752 4 роки тому

      @@waynepantry7023 i guess he did it ,so that he doesn't scratch his rolex !

  • @blondeguy08
    @blondeguy08 4 роки тому +1

    Please make episodes longer

  • @thatcopenguy
    @thatcopenguy 4 роки тому +10

    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.

  • @saabaton169
    @saabaton169 4 роки тому +2

    That explains so much about Volkswagen's...

    • @dragospahontu
      @dragospahontu 2 роки тому

      They also make a Seat Tarraco in this factory

  • @delliscool4924
    @delliscool4924 5 місяців тому

    I open my mouth like a fool when i see the miracilous minds that engineered and implemented this factory !

  • @robertr7923
    @robertr7923 4 роки тому +6

    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.

    • @valentin5234
      @valentin5234 3 роки тому +3

      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

  • @845835
    @845835 4 роки тому +25

    No, they don't call in sick...they simply break.

    • @panadaboy5699
      @panadaboy5699 4 роки тому +2

      And can be fixed easily

    • @845835
      @845835 4 роки тому +2

      @@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.

    • @panadaboy5699
      @panadaboy5699 4 роки тому +3

      @@845835 nah bro it's easy u just need to put some double A batteries in

    • @nessotrin
      @nessotrin 3 роки тому

      @@845835 Easy to fix ? You have never worked on a robot it seems. Those are the worst.

    • @845835
      @845835 3 роки тому

      @@nessotrin I was being sarcastic to Panda Boy

  • @ericjensen9375
    @ericjensen9375 2 роки тому +2

    Wow, that’s a lot of check engine lights.

    • @dragospahontu
      @dragospahontu 2 роки тому +1

      Volkswagen make some of the best diesel engines

  • @TS-RoYal88
    @TS-RoYal88 3 місяці тому

    Nice

  • @MakeSushi1
    @MakeSushi1 3 роки тому +5

    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 😅

    • @taylorgarrett793
      @taylorgarrett793 3 роки тому +1

      i doubt it. there are some things that only a human can do

    • @stefanzzz6778
      @stefanzzz6778 3 роки тому

      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.

    • @dragospahontu
      @dragospahontu 2 роки тому

      @@stefanzzz6778 that's the aim

  • @johnathansmith9059
    @johnathansmith9059 4 роки тому +37

    THEY TOOK OUR JAAABBBSSSS

  • @juangato6522
    @juangato6522 3 роки тому +1

    Wow

  • @efahngon
    @efahngon 3 роки тому +2

    Is that a version of Xbox kinect I see on the robot @ 2:09

  • @princehassaniii530
    @princehassaniii530 4 роки тому

    You get to love the little hamster 🐹......
    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @hydroruf
    @hydroruf 4 роки тому +6

    How did Richard and 16000 workers survive without high vis jackets?

  • @romcomomg
    @romcomomg 3 роки тому +5

    Geiles Outfit, Ananas !!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @frozenprakash
    @frozenprakash 3 роки тому +4

    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 😇

  • @smilingskull7827
    @smilingskull7827 Рік тому

    Little do they know, Mirko will be replacing the ceo saving millions in bonuses.

  • @slayer_dan
    @slayer_dan 3 роки тому +1

    Time when i was working there in VW Wolfsburg

  • @thefreedomguyuk
    @thefreedomguyuk 4 роки тому +1

    I think Hammond may have landed himself the best job in the world here!

  • @samrouse5481
    @samrouse5481 4 роки тому +1

    How does this not have more views lol

    • @Arltratlo
      @Arltratlo 4 роки тому

      there just a few people in Australia... not like 450 million in Europe...

  • @jonatanolsen37
    @jonatanolsen37 3 роки тому +1

    Leaning over does not give you back problems, sitting does XD

  • @0farmerjohn0
    @0farmerjohn0 3 роки тому +2

    Don't worry Richard. When skynet goes online we'll have machines building machines.

  • @jb76489
    @jb76489 4 роки тому +1

    Where do they fake the missions tests?

  • @eusebiusbob3249
    @eusebiusbob3249 4 роки тому +4

    That guy sure wears that pineapple well

    • @trexmidnite
      @trexmidnite 4 роки тому

      Richard always a pain in the behind..

  • @rez4405
    @rez4405 4 роки тому +1

    Where will all these cars gonna go

  • @sweeptheleg.
    @sweeptheleg. 4 роки тому +14

    Producing 800,000 endless money pits per year according to Scotty Kilmer. 😁

    • @h3llblaz3r12
      @h3llblaz3r12 4 роки тому +5

      With how fast they produce them they are bound to be cutting corners, It's no wonder why they are money pits

  • @Andressantiagooo99
    @Andressantiagooo99 3 роки тому +1

    I’m binge watching all this guys stuff rn where his vistes cool places what’s his name Richard or whatever

  • @lsellclumanetsolarenergyll5071
    @lsellclumanetsolarenergyll5071 3 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @Omanastylez
    @Omanastylez 3 роки тому +1

    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.

  • @milorobays2272
    @milorobays2272 3 роки тому +2

    1 car every 16 sec, why do i had to wait 3 monts for my car?????

    • @joshuakotei6261
      @joshuakotei6261 3 роки тому

      Transport and because all volkswagen Cars are manufactured in Germany it will take a while to get to you in the US

  • @ashdjones
    @ashdjones 9 днів тому

    I owned this at time of pub.

  • @Okanaganguy2021
    @Okanaganguy2021 3 роки тому +1

    In world where corporations want robots not people who will buy these cars if nobody is working:(

    • @Sedna063
      @Sedna063 3 роки тому +1

      Do you see how many workers there are?

  • @hakimben8472
    @hakimben8472 4 роки тому +2

    So only 3 screws are holding the entire seatbelt. interesting

    • @batlu97
      @batlu97 2 роки тому +1

      Those are beefy screws holding 40Nm

  • @TheTarrMan
    @TheTarrMan 3 роки тому +1

    How did I know it was Volkswagen.

  • @sedricgaming9139
    @sedricgaming9139 3 роки тому +1

    It’s crazy someone in top gear owns owns so many car companies like Porsche idk all

  • @artano5954
    @artano5954 4 роки тому +4

    This is the biggest car factory.................................. in the world.

    • @saieelprabhu2581
      @saieelprabhu2581 4 роки тому

      This is the biggest car factory pause in the world

  • @JackCarregan
    @JackCarregan 4 роки тому +23

    they do call in sick. they break down all the time.

    • @cracka5431
      @cracka5431 4 роки тому +19

      That's what engineers and technicians are for.

  • @thetwogardens6048
    @thetwogardens6048 4 роки тому +1

    I wonder what it will be like in 100 years time ????

  • @MiguelBaptista1981
    @MiguelBaptista1981 3 роки тому +1

    I can almost hear the HOW DARE YOU's.
    But the machines zone out the noise :P

  • @richard_nj
    @richard_nj 3 роки тому +1

    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

    • @Sedna063
      @Sedna063 3 роки тому +2

      They do not run 24/7

  • @ma-nh9zg
    @ma-nh9zg 3 роки тому +1

    There should be robots in industries but only 15 to 20 percent........

  • @prof.m.ottozeeejcdecs9998
    @prof.m.ottozeeejcdecs9998 3 роки тому +1

    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.

    • @johnny_eth
      @johnny_eth 3 роки тому +1

      The people do the robots building the cars

  • @JT-sz7xc
    @JT-sz7xc 4 роки тому

    This is really cool, but do we need one auto manufacturer plant that can produce 800k cars a year?

  • @Shithead63
    @Shithead63 4 роки тому +1

    This is where I work.

  • @zyourzgrandzmaz
    @zyourzgrandzmaz 4 роки тому

    Cool show bad host

    • @tolman4497
      @tolman4497 4 роки тому +3

      bruh why you gotta insult Hammond

    • @shadowxxe
      @shadowxxe 4 роки тому +1

      Do not insult the hamster he'll come crashing through your house in a rimac and set you straight

  • @PaulTaylor80
    @PaulTaylor80 4 роки тому

    What’s its first name Angela?

  • @jonnynomoney4453
    @jonnynomoney4453 4 роки тому

    watch their faces with no sound at 5:38 lol what is happening

  • @markiangooley
    @markiangooley 4 роки тому

    Is this the Volkswagen facility with the sausage factory?

  • @MrKinezos01
    @MrKinezos01 5 місяців тому

    Bob Morton Likes this Post ....
    (Robocop 1)

  • @rrrohan2288
    @rrrohan2288 4 роки тому

    thats uber big

  • @dionjones7440
    @dionjones7440 4 роки тому +1

    The robots will be here to assist the human worker.. more like take over the human worker !

  • @bilal6094
    @bilal6094 4 роки тому +1

    Haven't they watched I, Robot..

  • @edwardmyers1746
    @edwardmyers1746 4 роки тому +1

    This VW place is probably churning out some Audi cars too

    • @Arltratlo
      @Arltratlo 4 роки тому

      @TheSushiraw what you call near by, 600km?

    • @Arltratlo
      @Arltratlo 4 роки тому

      its a VW factory, not Audi...

    • @dragospahontu
      @dragospahontu 2 роки тому

      No, Seat actually

  • @_Flyingtoast
    @_Flyingtoast 4 роки тому +6

    3:12 "Crazy Russian Scientist Invents "hugging""

  • @chadmoodley3497
    @chadmoodley3497 4 роки тому +3

    I always thought toyota had the biggest car factory

    • @Arltratlo
      @Arltratlo 4 роки тому

      its is or was the biggest producer of cars, thats not saying they got the biggest factory, but its still posible!

  • @danielyeroshalmi7492
    @danielyeroshalmi7492 4 роки тому

    was that lady painting the car by hand?

    • @shadowxxe
      @shadowxxe 4 роки тому

      It was probably a glue or adhesive

  • @sohail_tanwar
    @sohail_tanwar 4 роки тому

    RDJ getting trained to work with robots

  • @smOOdiebOOdie
    @smOOdiebOOdie 3 роки тому +2

    🍍

  • @jaket3453
    @jaket3453 4 роки тому +1

    A car every 16 seconds? That makes me wonder... How many cars are bought in a year???

  • @Trialnerror
    @Trialnerror 4 роки тому

    Show us the room where they defeat the smog protection.

  • @howegav
    @howegav 4 роки тому +1

    Do the robots install the cheatware, or do the humans still do that?

    • @JJ-uu8bo
      @JJ-uu8bo 4 роки тому

      gavser Gavser LOL 👍🇩🇰

  • @ameenmohamed5367
    @ameenmohamed5367 4 роки тому +11

    They're all robots including the humans.

  • @chaabitahatakieddine
    @chaabitahatakieddine 4 роки тому +3

    I'm studying automation and it's the most horrible thing 😂😂😂😂

  • @anishadamane4179
    @anishadamane4179 4 роки тому

    I thought he would go to the Gita factory