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At Texas instruments the entire factory is automated. We were crazy busy fixing the robots 24/7.Automated assembly lines started out the same, but now almost everyone uses them. They went from having huge staffs that require salaries, retirement, insurance, etc, to an automated line with a few repair techs. I don’t think we are in any immediate danger of having our jobs completely taken, but man I don’t think it’s far off.
With that said it is semiconductor manufacturing that has to remain clean room perfect quality.
I think it depends on the tolerance needed for the robot's movements get before repairs. If it is not really sensitive you can run them till failure and require much less maintenance.