Will AI replace Tire Repairers and Changers?
AI can do 0% of the work Tire Repairers and Changers do at least twice as fast. None of their 24 tasks show real AI use yet. Robots can technically handle 19 physical tasks. 5 still need a person.
AI is already doing this0 · 0% of time
People already use AI for these tasks in real work, based on Anthropic's analysis of how Claude is used.
- Real AI use has not reached any of this job's tasks yet.
AI could do this next0 · 0% of time
AI can speed these up by at least half, but real use has not caught up yet. These are next in line.
- No other tasks in this job can be sped up by AI today.
Robots can technically do this19 · 87% of time
Physical tasks that today's robots can perform in at least some settings. Robots are cost competitive for very few tasks so far, so this change moves slower.
- Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.Robots: purpose built settings10% of time
- Remount wheels onto vehicles.Robots: purpose built settings10% of time
- Reassemble tires onto wheels.Robots: purpose built settings10% of time
- Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools.Robots: purpose built settings10% of time
- Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.Robots: purpose built settings7% of time
- Rotate tires to different positions on vehicles, using hand tools.Robots: structured workplaces6% of time
- Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly.Robots: purpose built settings6% of time
- Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.Robots: purpose built settings4% of time
- Inspect tire casings for defects, such as holes or tears.Robots: purpose built settings4% of time
- Separate tubed tires from wheels, using rubber mallets and metal bars or mechanical tire changers.Robots: purpose built settings4% of time
- Drive automobile or service trucks to industrial sites to provide services or respond to emergency calls.Robots: structured workplaces4% of time
- Clean and tidy up the shop.Robots: purpose built settings4% of time
- Locate punctures in tubeless tires by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tires in water baths and observing air bubbles.Robots: purpose built settings3% of time
- Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels.Robots: purpose built settings3% of time
- Prepare rims and wheel drums for reassembly by scraping, grinding, or sandblasting.Robots: purpose built settings3% of time
- Inflate inner tubes and immerse them in water to locate leaks.Robots: purpose built settingsunder 1% of time
- Clean sides of whitewall tires.Robots: purpose built settingsunder 1% of time
- Apply rubber cement to buffed tire casings prior to vulcanization process.Robots: purpose built settingsunder 1% of time
- Buff defective areas of inner tubes, using scrapers.Robots: purpose built settingsunder 1% of time
Still needs a person5 · 13% of time
No real AI use, no proven AI speedup and no robot that can do it yet. This is the part of the job to build on.
- Assist mechanics and perform various mechanical duties, such as changing oil or checking and replacing batteries.6% of time
- Seal punctures in tubeless tires by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plugs into punctures, using hand tools.4% of time
- Glue tire patches over ruptures in tire casings, using rubber cement.1% of time
- Order replacements for tires or tubes.1% of time
- Patch tubes with adhesive rubber patches or seal rubber patches to tubes, using hot vulcanizing plates.under 1% of time
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What this means
Little of this work suits AI. The bigger change here is robots: today's robots can technically do 87% of the working time, though they are rarely cheap enough to replace people yet.
What to do next
- Keep an eye on the 19 physical tasks robots can technically do. Cost keeps most robots out of work today, so this shift is slower.
- Build on the 5 tasks that stay human. This is where your judgment, skill and relationships matter most.
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