Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 48.53
December 18, 2018
Earlier this month, Ford Motor Co. gave the media a peak inside its new Advanced Manufacturing Center, a $45 million facility in Redford that will use 3D printing, virtual reality, simulation and collaborative robots to create new innovations in vehicle production. “More than 100 years ago, Ford created the moving assembly line, forever changing how vehicles would be mass-produced,” said Joe Hinrichs, Ford’s president of Global Operations. “Today, we are reinventing tomorrow’s assembly line — tapping technologies once only dreamed of on the big screen — to increase our manufacturing efficiency and quality.” The 3D printing in the facility includes…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 42.36
May 04, 2021
…Robotics Inc. yesterday said that it has worked with Ford Motor Co. to deploy an AI-controlled robot at the automaker's Livonia Transmission Plant. The robot is programmed and managed with the SymbioDCS robot-agnostic platform to assemble transmissions for the Bronco Sport, Escape, and Edge vehicles, among others. Founded in 2014, Symbio Robotics said it applies artificial intelligence and automation to improve human-machine collaboration in manufacturing. The Emeryville, Calif.-based company claimed that SymbioDCS enables teams to quickly teach robots to execute tasks, increasing efficiency, improving quality, and reducing ergonomic hazards. AI helps humans, robots tackle transmission assembly Assembly of transmissions is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 37.24
September 16, 2021
Ford Motor Co., Argo AI, and Walmart Inc. yesterday said they are working together to launch an autonomous vehicle delivery service in Miami, Austin, Texas, and Washington, D.C. Walmart said it will be its first multi-city autonomous delivery collaboration in the U.S. The last-mile service will use Ford self-driving test vehicles equipped with the Argo AI Self-Driving System. “We're excited to expand our autonomous delivery efforts in three new markets alongside Argo and Ford,” stated Tom Ward, senior vice president of last-mile delivery at Walmart U.S. “This collaboration will further our mission to get products to the homes of our…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 37.22
February 13, 2017
Ford Motor Company has announced it is investing $1 billion during the next five years in Argo AI, an artificial intelligence company, to develop a virtual driver system for the automaker’s autonomous vehicle coming in 2021 – and for potential license to other companies. Founded by former Google and Uber leaders, Argo AI is bringing together some of the most experienced roboticists and engineers working in autonomy from inside and outside of Ford. The team of experts in robotics and artificial intelligence is led by Argo AI founders Bryan Salesky, company CEO, and Peter Rander, company COO. Both are alumni…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 29.88
June 24, 2021
…market for mobile robots continues to go global. OTTO Motors today announced a series of partnerships to make its autonomous mobile robots available to a global audience. The Kitchener, Ontario-based company also said it has successfully completed third-party assessments to demonstrate that its products meet or exceed all relevant safety standards in Europe and the U.S., including ANSI/RIA R15.08, which it helped to define. “One of the things that sets OTTO Motors apart is our process-first approach to automating material handling,” stated Rick Baker, chief revenue officer of OTTO Motors. “It is how we’re able to achieve facility-scale transformation for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.39
December 15, 2021
…to differentiate themselves based on safety and reliability. OTTO Motors this week named two executives with engineering and integration experience as co-presidents. The Kitchener, Ontario-based company also recently announced a lifetime powertrain warranty for its autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs. “When we built our first prototype in 2013, the world of automation was a different place,” recalled Matthew Rendall, CEO of OTTO Motors. “The most important concept—not only in AMRs, but also in best practices when designing and installing automation, was maximizing return on investment [ROI]. We set out to design a transformative materials-handling solution using autonomy technology that has…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.26
February 11, 2022
Toyota Motor North America has turned to Symbio Robotics Inc. to make better use of the industrial robots on its assembly lines as it shifts to electric vehicles. Toyota is using the SymbioDCS software framework to program its industrial robots to automate assembly processes and to better take advantage of the robots' artificial intelligence capabilities. “Symbio’s AI-based software gives Toyota’s team real-time control of our industrial robots and provides even more flexibility to help meet changing customer and market demand,” said Pascal Renouil, general manager of advanced technology at Toyota Motor North America. AI software unlocks new robot capabilities SymbioDCS…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.66
December 04, 2016
…do not have to pursue exemptions to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards when attempting to test cars on public roads due to the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. New entrants in the auto industry, like Google and others, are not granted the same right under the FAST Act. The Cupertino company argues that the best way to maximize safety benefits for autonomous vehicles, ensure fair competition and encourage innovation is for the NHTSA to amend policy to state that seeking exemptions isn't necessary for internal development vehicles on public roads. The other half of the letter, which is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.20
March 01, 2024
…standard in electric vehicle (EV) charging. Automotive manufacturers including Ford, General Motors, and BMW have committed to transitioning to the NACS by 2025. Scythe said an industry-wide move toward standardized charging infrastructure will streamline user experiences by providing reliable and simple charging solutions. “With the US moving towards the adoption of NACS across the board, it's clear that this standardized charging solution will be the optimal and most convenient method for charging any EV or machine - including M.52 - for the foreseeable future,” said Davis Foster, Co-founder and chief engineer of Scythe. Existing Scythe M.52 mowers to be forward…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.21
September 11, 2023
OTTO Motors today announced the OTTO 1200, which it claimed is the highest-performing, heavy-duty mobile robot for compact environments. It can safely move payloads of up to 1,200 kg (2,650 lb.), said the Kitchener, Ontario-based company. The autonomous mobile robot (AMR) is equipped with patented adaptive fieldset technology to quickly and safely maneuver around people in narrow spaces, claimed OTTO Motors. The company said it delivers the same reliability, productivity, and durability as its other products, now in a compact package. “Nearly a decade ago, OTTO Motors introduced the first heavy-class AMR for material handling,” stated Matt Rendall, co-founder and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.70
July 01, 2021
…base, along with ABB, KUKA, Mitsubishi Electric, and Yaskawa Motoman. FANUC this month announced that it will supply a Ford Motor Co. electric vehicle plant in Cologne, Germany, with 500 robots next year.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.76
April 17, 2020
…more than 60 countries at companies such as Toyota, Ford Motors, Raytheon, ABB and CABKA North America. In addition to helping MiR grow its AMR installations across the United States and Latin America, these partnerships better enable the CSIs to offer customized solutions for their end users’ specific applications. According to Darryl King, vice president of sales at JMP, “Our goal is to help drive the adoption of automation technology by providing the expertise to deliver solutions and support our customers during their journeys. For 30 years, JMP has been providing exceptional customer experiences while delivering the very best automated…
