11. NOW TO SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THE BMW MANUFACTURING PLANT IS INTRODUCING ITS NEWEST INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY HUMANOID ROBOTS. JAMYA JAMYA JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE ON THIS JAMYA. CAROL. NIGEL. THAT’S RIGHT. IT’S THE LATEST PRODUCTION. EXCUSE ME? THE LATEST GENERATION OF ROBOTS. FIGURE TWO. BMW GROUP HAS ANNOUNCED ITS 66. EXCUSE ME. SUCCESSFUL TESTING IN REAL PRODUCTION. BMW MANUFACTURING AND FIGURE I HAVE DEVELOPED A COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT TO EVALUATE HOW HUMANOID ROBOTS CAN BE SAFELY USED IN AN AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT. BMW MANUFACTURING SAY THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE ABILITY OF HUMANOID ROBOTS, FIGURE TWO. WE’RE TOLD THAT IT WOULD HELP IMPROVE ECONOMICS AND SAFETY FOR THEIR TEAM. THE FIGURE TWO ROBOT IS CAPABLE OF ACCOMPLISHING TASKS REQUIRING VARIED AND DYNAMIC MANIPULATION, COMPLEX GRASPING, AND COORDINATION OF BOTH HANDS AND UNISON TO ACCOMPLISH TWO HANDED MANIPULATION TASKS. IT WAS A TWO WEEK TESTING PERIOD WITH A POSITIVE RESULT. 1994. THERE WERE ONLY 36 ROBOTS IN THE BODY SHOP, AND LESS THAN 25% AUTOMATION. TODAY, IT IS 99% AUTOMATED, WITH OVER 3000 ROBOTS FOR ANY SPECULATION THAT ROBOTS WILL REPLACE WORKERS, NO JOBS WOULD BE ELIMINATED BY THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY. THE MUNDANE, REPETITIVE WORK THAT WOULD BE DONE BY THESE ROBOTS WOULD ALLOW OUR ASSOCIATES TO FOCUS ON OTHER TASKS THAT INVOLVE CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING TO BETTER SUPPORT THE OVERALL TRANSFORMATION. AT PLANT SPARTANBURG. IN THAT INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IS WHAT DRIVES BMW MANUFACTURING COMPANIES THAT INVEST IN INNOVATION, SUCH AS THIS, ARE MORE SUSTAINABLE, BECOME MORE PRODUCTIVE, AND HAVE A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE. JAMYA WHEN ARE THESE ROBOTS SUPPOSED TO START WORKING AT THE PLANT? WELL, KARA, THERE ARE NO ROBOTS WORKING IN THE PLANT RIGHT NOW, AND THERE’S NO DEFINITE DATE AS TO WHEN. BUT THEY’LL CONTINUE WORKING WITH FIGURE TWO FOR DATA AND TRAINING. LI