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Technological evolution in the field of robotics is emerging with majorbreakthroughs in recent years. This was especially fostered by revolutionarynew software applications leading to humanoid robots. Humanoids are beingenvisioned for manufacturing applications to form human-robot teams. But theirimplication in manufacturing practices especially for industrial safetystandards and lean manufacturing practices have been minimally addressed.Humanoids will also be competing with conventional robotic arms and effectivemethods to assess their return on investment are needed. To study the nextgeneration of industrial automation, we used the case context of the Teslahumanoid robot. The company has recently unveiled its project on an intelligenthumanoid robot named Optimus to achieve an increased level of manufacturingautomation. This article proposes a framework to integrate humanoids formanufacturing automation and also presents the significance of safety standardsof human-robot collaboration. A case of lean assembly cell for themanufacturing of an open-source medical ventilator was used for human-humanoidautomation. Simulation results indicate that humanoids can increase the levelof manufacturing automation. Managerial and research implications arepresented.

Intelligent humanoids in manufacturing to address worker shortage and skill gaps: Case of Tesla Optimus