At Tesla, Workers Team Up with Robot Superheroes

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Description: At Tesla’s Freemont, California plant, the biggest robots on the assembly floor are named after comic book X-Men superheroes.

Source: WSJ.com – video report

Date: April 15, 2015

Link: http://www.wsj.com/video/at-tesla-workers-team-up-with-robot-superheroes/F9732D42-BAC6-47AE-B226-87E945966ADF.html

Questions for Discussions:

  • Why do you think naming the robots changes the way workers interact and think about them?
  • How else could management improve working with robots?

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