# Audi checks around 1.5 million spot welds a shift with AI at Neckarsulm, where staff used to sample welds by hand with ultrasound

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20230630-assembly-line-worker-5
Date: 2023-06-30 · Stage: Deployment
Can this record move a task judgement? yes
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## Scope

Germany. The carmaker's release says that using artificial intelligence it analyses around 1.5 million spot welds on 300 vehicles each shift at its Neckarsulm site, that until recently production staff used ultrasound to monitor weld quality manually based on random analyses, and that with AI employees can now focus on possible anomalies. One plant's body shop, after a pilot; it gives no change in headcount, and the staff may be quality specialists rather than line operators.

## Source

- Audi MediaCenter — press release 'Audi begins roll-out of artificial intelligence for quality control of spot welds' (Neckarsulm, 30 June 2023) — https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/audi-begins-roll-out-of-artificial-intelligence-for-quality-control-of-spot-welds-15443 (primary source)

## What this means

On one car line, AI now checks every weld, and people handle what it flags instead of sampling by hand.

## What it does not show yet

One plant, no headcount figures, and the staff may be quality specialists.

## How to verify it yourself

Open Audi's press release of 30 June 2023 on AI for spot welds and find "around 1.5 million spot welds on 300 vehicles each shift".


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