Homework on Automation and Layout:

1. What items are included in the overhead for an engineering position?

2. What is the cost of labor in the manufacturing and service sector (look up estimates online in $ per hour)?

3. How much does an industrial robot cost (look up estimates online from 3 sources - list sources in response)?

4. What is flexibility in a manufacturing environment?

5. What is the difference between an assembly line and a flow line?

6. What is a job shop in terms of layout?

7. Watch 3 videos on YouTube or similar about the following topics.

A. Self driving forklift

B. Robot in automative factory

C. Robots for palletizing