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Robotire is capable of changing four tires in about 10 minutes. The company is currently in the process of rolling it out in select shops around the country.

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  1. Abraham Samma

    June 25, 2020 at 5:25 pm

    Nice. Short, informative and to the point.

  2. @AbrahamSamma

    June 25, 2020 at 1:25 pm

    Nice. Short, informative and to the point.

  3. BLM Too

    June 25, 2020 at 5:27 pm

    STOP TAKING BLUE COLLAR JOBS!

    Teach them shits do spread sheets or teach math.

    • BLM Too

      June 25, 2020 at 5:28 pm

      Also, who tf takes an hour to change a tire???

  4. H. L. Taylor

    June 25, 2020 at 5:27 pm

    STOP TAKING BLUE COLLAR JOBS!

    Teach them shits do spread sheets or teach math.

    • H. L. Taylor

      June 25, 2020 at 5:28 pm

      Also, who tf takes an hour to change a tire???

  5. @seemslegit2412

    June 25, 2020 at 1:27 pm

    STOP TAKING BLUE COLLAR JOBS!

    Teach them shits do spread sheets or teach math.

    • @seemslegit2412

      June 25, 2020 at 1:28 pm

      Also, who tf takes an hour to change a tire???

  6. m

    June 25, 2020 at 5:40 pm

    very good pitch

  7. Ryan Ambrose

    June 25, 2020 at 6:05 pm

    No need to pay a living wage.

  8. @DangerAmbrose

    June 25, 2020 at 2:05 pm

    No need to pay a living wage.

  9. Sam G

    June 25, 2020 at 6:32 pm

    This “business model” and presentation is flawed and questionable in so many ways:
    – You don’t need a well trained mechanic to change tires. I expect this to be close to minimum wage. Replacing an at-will minimum-wage employee with a USD 250k robot seems questionable. But it gets even better.
    – The robot costs USD 250k. According to the interview it takes nine months to recover the costs at 100 tires per day at USD 5 per tire. Even if you assume a 7 day workweek and 31 day-months, this only comes to ca. USD 140k…
    – It takes up to 20 minutes for the robot to change the tire. A person needs 60 minutes. How can you increase revenue by 4x (if there is even the demand for 4x – this is a big question), when the time is only 1/3? Nobody will pay extra to have a robot change the tires.
    – The robot still requires a person to do certain tasks, i.e. the shop will have to pay a the salary AND the fee for the robot.
    – The robot, supposedly, solves the problem of finding mechanics. Since a mechanic is still required, how does the robot solve the problem?
    – One benefit of the robot is to have a shop run 24/7, according to the interview. According to the video it is difficult to find people to change tires. Since the robot still requires one person, is’t it going to be even more difficult to find a person doing tire changes at 3am? Is there demand to have tires changed at 3am?
    – How many shops have the demand for 100 tires to be changed, EVERY SINGLE DAY? Of course, there are busy times during the year, but not year-round.

    This ain’t going to be a success. Sorry.

    • M35532

      June 25, 2020 at 11:49 pm

      I also don’t see the point of it at this current time.

      Electrification of our transport system and continued advancement in robotics will put a lot of mechanics out of work, it’s just a fact.

    • J. Diego Caporale

      June 26, 2020 at 5:08 am

      @M35532 I don’t understand this comment. This is the advancement in robotics that will start/continue to but mechanics et al out of work and electric cars still have tires.

    • Jacob Fowler

      June 26, 2020 at 3:20 pm

      Sure you still need to hire a person to complement the robot, but at 1/3 the cycle time. Your now hiring 1 person instesd of three. On top of that, this one person will have down time to do other things as well. Sure 250k is a lot to recover from, but what if there are financing options? You could potentially make this purchase and have an immediate positive impact on net cash flow, if your into that sort of thing.

    • Sam G

      June 26, 2020 at 7:41 pm

      ​@Jacob Fowler The person will not have time to do anything else: within the 20 minutes this person has to drive the car on the lift, take care of the weights on two tires, drive the car of the lift, drive the car back on the lift the other way around (note, there is only one robot on one side), take care of the weights of the other two tires and drive the car back down. This leaves minimal time between each step.

      They mention an increase of revenue, i.e. they don’t talk about replacing three mechanics with one mechanic as this would mean that the revenue stays the same.

      Re financing: the calculation the guy makes in the video doesn’t work out. At a price of USD 250k per robot this robot needs to change 50k tires before he starts making a profit and this doesn’t even take R/D, financing costs, maintenance et al. into account. Only the biggest of the biggest shops will change 50’000 tires ever at all.

      It is overall an extremely bad thought-out presentation.

    • ingusmant

      June 27, 2020 at 4:02 pm

      Was thinking the same, good analysis

    • IG Mant

      June 27, 2020 at 4:02 pm

      Was thinking the same, good analysis

    • ElectricNed

      April 19, 2022 at 12:52 am

      Yeah, but the robot doesn’t ever call off, take breaks, come in late, smoke meth, forget to care, or forget to torque the lugnuts properly causing someone to loose a wheel at highway speeds and have an accident. Avoided liability is a big savings for businesses.

      The robots definitely are already here for our jobs. It’s up to us to figure out how to avert the trend of automation resulting in fewer livable wage jobs and making everyone work themselves to death in an Amazon warehouse.

    • Mic1981

      August 10, 2022 at 9:51 pm

      Their is a problem with find people who even want to do this work, so this is a solution to a shrinking job market in this industry

    • Tall John

      November 27, 2022 at 4:58 pm

      amen

  10. @samg4134

    June 25, 2020 at 2:32 pm

    This “business model” and presentation is flawed and questionable in so many ways:
    – You don’t need a well trained mechanic to change tires. I expect this to be close to minimum wage. Replacing an at-will minimum-wage employee with a USD 250k robot seems questionable. But it gets even better.
    – The robot costs USD 250k. According to the interview it takes nine months to recover the costs at 100 tires per day at USD 5 per tire. Even if you assume a 7 day workweek and 31 day-months, this only comes to ca. USD 140k…
    – It takes up to 20 minutes for the robot to change the tire. A person needs 60 minutes. How can you increase revenue by 4x (if there is even the demand for 4x – this is a big question), when the time is only 1/3? Nobody will pay extra to have a robot change the tires.
    – The robot still requires a person to do certain tasks, i.e. the shop will have to pay a the salary AND the fee for the robot.
    – The robot, supposedly, solves the problem of finding mechanics. Since a mechanic is still required, how does the robot solve the problem?
    – One benefit of the robot is to have a shop run 24/7, according to the interview. According to the video it is difficult to find people to change tires. Since the robot still requires one person, is’t it going to be even more difficult to find a person doing tire changes at 3am? Is there demand to have tires changed at 3am?
    – How many shops have the demand for 100 tires to be changed, EVERY SINGLE DAY? Of course, there are busy times during the year, but not year-round.

    This ain’t going to be a success. Sorry.

    • @user-kz5kn2wp5h

      June 25, 2020 at 7:49 pm

      I also don’t see the point of it at this current time.

      Electrification of our transport system and continued advancement in robotics will put a lot of mechanics out of work, it’s just a fact.

    • @jdcaporale

      June 26, 2020 at 1:08 am

      @@user-kz5kn2wp5h I don’t understand this comment. This is the advancement in robotics that will start/continue to but mechanics et al out of work and electric cars still have tires.

    • @samg4134

      June 26, 2020 at 3:41 pm

      ​@@jacobfowler7537 The person will not have time to do anything else: within the 20 minutes this person has to drive the car on the lift, take care of the weights on two tires, drive the car of the lift, drive the car back on the lift the other way around (note, there is only one robot on one side), take care of the weights of the other two tires and drive the car back down. This leaves minimal time between each step.

      They mention an increase of revenue, i.e. they don’t talk about replacing three mechanics with one mechanic as this would mean that the revenue stays the same.

      Re financing: the calculation the guy makes in the video doesn’t work out. At a price of USD 250k per robot this robot needs to change 50k tires before he starts making a profit and this doesn’t even take R/D, financing costs, maintenance et al. into account. Only the biggest of the biggest shops will change 50’000 tires ever at all.

      It is overall an extremely bad thought-out presentation.

    • @samg4134

      June 26, 2020 at 3:41 pm

      ​Jacob Fowler The person will not have time to do anything else: within the 20 minutes this person has to drive the car on the lift, take care of the weights on two tires, drive the car of the lift, drive the car back on the lift the other way around (note, there is only one robot on one side), take care of the weights of the other two tires and drive the car back down. This leaves minimal time between each step.

      They mention an increase of revenue, i.e. they don’t talk about replacing three mechanics with one mechanic as this would mean that the revenue stays the same.

      Re financing: the calculation the guy makes in the video doesn’t work out. At a price of USD 250k per robot this robot needs to change 50k tires before he starts making a profit and this doesn’t even take R/D, financing costs, maintenance et al. into account. Only the biggest of the biggest shops will change 50’000 tires ever at all.

      It is overall an extremely bad thought-out presentation.

    • @samg4134

      June 26, 2020 at 3:41 pm

      ​@Jacob Fowler The person will not have time to do anything else: within the 20 minutes this person has to drive the car on the lift, take care of the weights on two tires, drive the car of the lift, drive the car back on the lift the other way around (note, there is only one robot on one side), take care of the weights of the other two tires and drive the car back down. This leaves minimal time between each step.

      They mention an increase of revenue, i.e. they don’t talk about replacing three mechanics with one mechanic as this would mean that the revenue stays the same.

      Re financing: the calculation the guy makes in the video doesn’t work out. At a price of USD 250k per robot this robot needs to change 50k tires before he starts making a profit and this doesn’t even take R/D, financing costs, maintenance et al. into account. Only the biggest of the biggest shops will change 50’000 tires ever at all.

      It is overall an extremely bad thought-out presentation.

    • @ingusmant

      June 27, 2020 at 12:02 pm

      Was thinking the same, good analysis

    • @ElectricNed

      April 18, 2022 at 8:52 pm

      Yeah, but the robot doesn’t ever call off, take breaks, come in late, smoke meth, forget to care, or forget to torque the lugnuts properly causing someone to loose a wheel at highway speeds and have an accident. Avoided liability is a big savings for businesses.

      The robots definitely are already here for our jobs. It’s up to us to figure out how to avert the trend of automation resulting in fewer livable wage jobs and making everyone work themselves to death in an Amazon warehouse.

  11. Brandon Hallam

    June 25, 2020 at 6:44 pm

    Labor shortage my ass

    • Chris Valiente

      June 29, 2020 at 9:34 pm

      I almost was hoping to be covid positive when I heard him say that so that my time on this planet would be dramatically reduced. The most blatant lie and incompetency on behalf of a “start up”.

  12. @brandonhallam51

    June 25, 2020 at 2:44 pm

    Labor shortage my ass

  13. Manfye Goh

    June 26, 2020 at 12:21 am

    cant persuade me actually..

  14. @manfyegoh

    June 25, 2020 at 8:21 pm

    cant persuade me actually..

  15. DigitalXrisXros

    June 27, 2020 at 2:48 pm

    😍

  16. DigitalXrisXross

    June 27, 2020 at 2:48 pm

    😍

  17. @DigitalXrisXros

    June 27, 2020 at 10:48 am

    😍

  18. Chris Valiente

    June 28, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    I like this area, I just don’t think this is a solution. I’m Out.

  19. Chris Valiente

    June 28, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    I like this market segment, I just don’t think this is the solution. I’m Out.

  20. Joseph

    July 2, 2020 at 1:36 pm

    5 dollars per tire x 100 tires per day x 30 days per month x 9 months does not equal 250,000 dollars. It is only 135,000 dollars. I’m just doing the math. The man should be sure his numbers are correct because some people do check, and if he is not presenting things accurately it leaves people to doubt other claims being made.

    • Tom Chamberlain

      August 16, 2022 at 2:54 pm

      The subscriber pays 5. Per tire. 20. Per car. X 25 cars. He charges customers 10. Per tire. 40 Per car x 25 = 500. Profit per day. No vacations. No days off. No training. No turnover. I just had to wait 2 days for front end alignment.
      Tire shops don’t have enough techs. We need robots to speed up the process.

  21. @Joseph-ws8je

    July 2, 2020 at 9:36 am

    5 dollars per tire x 100 tires per day x 30 days per month x 9 months does not equal 250,000 dollars. It is only 135,000 dollars. I’m just doing the math. The man should be sure his numbers are correct because some people do check, and if he is not presenting things accurately it leaves people to doubt other claims being made.

    • @chambo5554

      August 16, 2022 at 10:54 am

      The subscriber pays 5. Per tire. 20. Per car. X 25 cars. He charges customers 10. Per tire. 40 Per car x 25 = 500. Profit per day. No vacations. No days off. No training. No turnover. I just had to wait 2 days for front end alignment.
      Tire shops don’t have enough techs. We need robots to speed up the process.

  22. shamshad sahab

    July 3, 2020 at 2:51 pm

  23. Luis Villa

    August 5, 2020 at 5:01 am

    A shortage of labor lol give me a break

    • Stephan Fogiel

      August 20, 2022 at 5:07 am

      Tesla is always short of service techs. That’s saying soemthing

  24. @luisvilla799

    August 5, 2020 at 1:01 am

    A shortage of labor lol give me a break

    • @stephanfogiel2167

      August 20, 2022 at 1:07 am

      Tesla is always short of service techs. That’s saying soemthing

  25. PKY Spice Cook

    September 12, 2020 at 3:52 pm

    Tire gripper, what make have you use? It seems PHD.. Please share the details, if possible.

  26. @pkyspicecook1566

    September 12, 2020 at 11:52 am

    Tire gripper, what make have you use? It seems PHD.. Please share the details, if possible.

  27. Jos Panackal

    November 4, 2020 at 11:43 am

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  28. @jospanackal

    November 4, 2020 at 6:43 am

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  29. Cable

    November 6, 2020 at 11:01 pm

    60 minutes to change 4 tires? Where I work we get in trouble if it takes more than 12 lmaoo

    • Tall John

      November 27, 2022 at 4:54 pm

      how many people? 4? 15×4=60

  30. @cable5653

    November 6, 2020 at 6:01 pm

    60 minutes to change 4 tires? Where I work we get in trouble if it takes more than 12 lmaoo

    • @maximolotov

      November 27, 2022 at 11:54 am

      how many people? 4? 15×4=60

  31. Israel, Lion Tribe of Faith

    September 1, 2021 at 5:42 pm

    That is a rip off at that price

  32. @israelliontribeoffaith1986

    September 1, 2021 at 1:42 pm

    That is a rip off at that price

  33. Robert Stone

    October 30, 2021 at 8:38 pm

    lol

  34. @robertstone2051

    October 30, 2021 at 4:38 pm

    lol

  35. mahyar abbasi

    December 24, 2021 at 3:32 am

    It does not take 60 minute for a human to change 4 tires.
    20 mins MAX, start to finish, one man,
    Even if you use floor jacks

    • Mic1981

      August 10, 2022 at 9:52 pm

      their is how ever a problem find people to even do this work, so this is a solution to a shrinking job market in this industry.

  36. @carsandcars100

    December 23, 2021 at 10:32 pm

    It does not take 60 minute for a human to change 4 tires.
    20 mins MAX, start to finish, one man,
    Even if you use floor jacks

    • @Mic-xl2nl

      August 10, 2022 at 5:52 pm

      their is how ever a problem find people to even do this work, so this is a solution to a shrinking job market in this industry.

  37. Jose Calderon

    February 10, 2022 at 8:26 pm

    My staff well kick that robots ass it does not take an hour to change out 4 tires oh and by the way I have 32 years working with tires

    • Mic1981

      August 10, 2022 at 9:54 pm

      then you know that their is a shrinking jobs market, and the automotive sector has been on a down turn for 10 years now, this is the solution to a problem, KNOW ONE WHATS TO DO THIS WORK!

  38. @josecalderon6209

    February 10, 2022 at 3:26 pm

    My staff well kick that robots ass it does not take an hour to change out 4 tires oh and by the way I have 32 years working with tires

    • @Mic-xl2nl

      August 10, 2022 at 5:54 pm

      then you know that their is a shrinking jobs market, and the automotive sector has been on a down turn for 10 years now, this is the solution to a problem, KNOW ONE WHATS TO DO THIS WORK!

  39. Mj Gray

    February 10, 2022 at 8:35 pm

    What about stripped studs? What about special wheels and tires not manufactured from auto dealer? what about balancing? This is a load of expensive crap. We have a tire shop been around over 30 years and this machine can never replace a human with eyes and knowledge. If they partnered with Hunter you know it’s gonna cost an arm a leg and a kidney!

  40. @mjgray6895

    February 10, 2022 at 3:35 pm

    What about stripped studs? What about special wheels and tires not manufactured from auto dealer? what about balancing? This is a load of expensive crap. We have a tire shop been around over 30 years and this machine can never replace a human with eyes and knowledge. If they partnered with Hunter you know it’s gonna cost an arm a leg and a kidney!

  41. Gregory Kim

    August 2, 2022 at 6:52 am

    1:19

  42. @gregory000

    August 2, 2022 at 2:52 am

    1:19

  43. boosted saleen

    August 9, 2022 at 2:25 pm

    Discount tire is going to this system this year .

  44. @boostedsaleen6146

    August 9, 2022 at 10:25 am

    Discount tire is going to this system this year .

  45. matthew boas

    August 15, 2022 at 1:16 am

    These robots changing the tires on your car at the tire change place is absolutely stupid this is what’s going to drive our country into wrecking the more more robots they bring in less and less jobs there will be what are people going to do to make money not everybody wants to sit on a computer screen at home doing nothing these idiots need to wake up and smell the damn coffee

  46. @matthewboas3776

    August 14, 2022 at 9:16 pm

    These robots changing the tires on your car at the tire change place is absolutely stupid this is what’s going to drive our country into wrecking the more more robots they bring in less and less jobs there will be what are people going to do to make money not everybody wants to sit on a computer screen at home doing nothing these idiots need to wake up and smell the damn coffee

  47. BadWolf77

    January 27, 2023 at 11:19 pm

    With the education and intelligence of millennials, can you really tell the difference between the robot and an 20yo shop employee?

  48. @Darkmattermonkey77

    January 27, 2023 at 6:19 pm

    With the education and intelligence of millennials, can you really tell the difference between the robot and an 20yo shop employee?

  49. Flielow

    May 19, 2023 at 6:38 am

    Thread stripping, custom wheels low profile tires, tire balancing, installing and removing tire valves, ……there 80% more involved to removing and installing tires than a robot can currently do. A six figure machine that just takes a tire off is a huge waste of money. And I know that thing is not gonna put the tire back on with out marring up the wheels if their chrome. And even if you argue that it helps the technician not hurt his back. The technician will still need to place the tire on a balancer, bend over and install tire valves lift the tire onto a tire buster….i can go on an on. But ya, sure spend all that cash on a glorified tire remover. But if that’s all it can do….better hope you have clients walking through the door every 20 minutes. There days when I only had 5 clients come in. And half of them just wanted a tire repair.

  50. @Flielow

    May 19, 2023 at 6:38 am

    Thread stripping, custom wheels low profile tires, tire balancing, installing and removing tire valves, ……there 80% more involved to removing and installing tires than a robot can currently do. A six figure machine that just takes a tire off is a huge waste of money. And I know that thing is not gonna put the tire back on with out marring up the wheels if their chrome. And even if you argue that it helps the technician not hurt his back. The technician will still need to place the tire on a balancer, bend over and install tire valves lift the tire onto a tire buster….i can go on an on. But ya, sure spend all that cash on a glorified tire remover. But if that’s all it can do….better hope you have clients walking through the door every 20 minutes. There days when I only had 5 clients come in. And half of them just wanted a tire repair.

  51. O. H. W.

    June 23, 2023 at 5:11 am

    Welp… It does NOT take 60 minutes to change out all 4 tires. Takes about 15 min.

  52. @o.h.w.6638

    June 23, 2023 at 5:11 am

    Welp… It does NOT take 60 minutes to change out all 4 tires. Takes about 15 min.

  53. Sioechoy Tire

    September 13, 2023 at 4:31 am

    too expensive. let’s make it 25,000 dollars, that sounds better!

  54. @SioechoyTire

    September 13, 2023 at 4:31 am

    too expensive. let’s make it 25,000 dollars, that sounds better!

  55. Phooenixification

    October 20, 2023 at 11:38 am

    Mechanics job will be taken over by robots, so mechanics job change from fix tire to fix robot

  56. @Phooenixification

    October 20, 2023 at 11:38 am

    Mechanics job will be taken over by robots, so mechanics job change from fix tire to fix robot

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