[varispeed]

Are these pushed by hand? I'd believe if you said it happens in the UK. Fabs are still stuck in the 90s.

[NoiseBert69]

Joking.

There are videos from JLCPCB (one of the biggest). That stuff is 90% automated.

[sitzkrieg]

bias (even blind) are certainly automated these days. only time i've seen people manually via in the last several years is using a pcb mill, and little copper rivets you could slam thru a fr2 board for quick in house top/bottom prototypes