Robots are an indispensable part of the modern assembly line, whether it’s to mount a steering wheel or pick up packages for shipping at a distribution center. But what if you wanted to shift gears to ...

Some joint-design considerations are universal; others vary with the assembly methods used. Each joining technique has particular design requirements, while certain joint requirements may suggest a ...

On a BMW assembly line in South Carolina, a humanoid robot has quietly reached a milestone that many human workers never see, ...

A University of Washington team created a new tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object. The team tested this system on a suite of 22 objects ...

California-based Figure AI announced on Wednesday that it is officially retiring its Figure 02 (F.02) humanoid robots. The decision comes after an 11-month deployment at BMW Manufacturing’s ...

The industrial automation market is exploding with the kind of growth that makes tech bubbles look like minor market corrections. What started as simple assembly line robots has evolved into an ...

Mercedes Hires Humanoid Robots to Work at Its Factories Apptronik's Apollo robots are 5'8 in height and will complete manual labor tasks like bringing parts to the Mercedes-Benz assembly line.

The compact design of Stäubli’s TS2-60 enables multiple complex actions in a small space. It has maximum payload of 8.4 kg with a 620 mm reach. Every car tire manufactured today comes with a sensor ...

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, car manufacturing companies such as Ford quickly shifted their production focus from automobiles to masks and ventilators. To make this switch possible, ...