Xaba is on a mission to change automation from simple mechanization to a connected, intelligent ecosystem, enabling factory machines to self-program, self-optimize, and run without a single line of code
DETROIT—General Motors expects to invest $4 billion over the next two years at U.S. assembly plants in Kansas, Michigan and Tennessee that will produce both gas- and battery-powered vehicles.
Detroit startup Aubo Robotics displayed its new screwdriving cobot at the ASSEMBLY Show South. The cobot is unique in that the screwdriver is fully integrated into the arm, eliminating the need to integrate third-party hardware and software.
Flexibility on assembly lines is more important than ever. A product that was run one week may not get produced at all the next. Assembly cells must be rearranged; part supplies must be repositioned; and it all must be done quickly and efficiently.
Mercedes is testing humanoid robots at its assembly plants in Berlin, Germany, and Kecskemét, Hungary, and the automaker plans to bring them to other factories in the near future.