Toyota Is Making Fake Human Fingers to Improve Worker Safety
Toyota is most well-known for making reliable cars, but the Japanese auto giant puts an emphasis on the actual process of making cars and that involves squishy human workers who are prone to accidents on the factory floor—especially while working with heavy automated machinery. No matter how efficient the famous Toyota Production System is, it's no good without human hands that pull the levers and push the buttons that keep the line running. But hands and fingers can easily be pinched or otherwise injured when working with robots, so Toyota took a handy approach and started making dummy fingers to evaluate and maximize the safety of its workers' hands.
