Tag: automaker
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Manufactured in the metaverse: Mercedes-Benz designs virtual factories with Nvidia Omniverse
Building state-of-the-art factories requires a state-of-the art planning system. Mercedes-Benz is taking the next step in digitizing its production process, using the Nvidia Omniverse platform to design and plan manufacturing and assembly facilities. By tapping into Nvidia AI and metaverse technologies, the automaker can create feedback loops to reduce waste, decrease energy consumption and continuously…
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Comau supplies robotic systems for 20 Alfa Romeo manufacturing lines
Comau has designed and deployed a flexible body-in-white (BIW – a car body) manufacturing solution for the all-new Tonale (pictured below), the first Alfa SUV of the new generation, meeting both the customer’s rigorous production targets, quality goals and time to market objectives. The new and enhanced 20 lines are designed to allow the automaker…
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SEAT introduces Effidence autonomous mobile robots at Martorell, Spain plant
European automaker SEAT, which is part of the Volkswagen Group, has introduced two autonomous, collaborative mobile robots that adapt to the needs of employees to help them with tasks such as transporting parts. The AMRs – called EffiBOTs, originally made by Effidence – have been integrated into the operations at the automaker’s Martorell plant in…
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Motors giant Nidec enters into $260 million joint venture with automaker PSA
Nidec, one of the world’s largest suppliers of motors and other industrial components, has entered into a joint venture with global automaker PSA Group. The “Nidec-PSA emotors” joint venture has been created by Groupe PSA and Nidec to initiate the design of “future electric motors”. Shigenobu Nagamori, CEO of Nidec, and Carlos Tavares, CEO of…
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Seat shows off intralogistics robots at Spain factory
Automaker Seat, which is part of the Volkswagen Group, has been showing off its autonomous and collaborative intralogistics robots at its factory in Martorell, in Spain. The company uses 125 automated guided vehicles at the Martorell facility, and the robots share the workspace with 7,000 human employees. As such, Seat – and others – call…
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Daimler lays foundation stone for $280 million Mercedes-Benz plant in Russia
By Jack Stubbs, Reuters Daimler began construction of a new Mercedes-Benz plant near Moscow this week, following through on the first new investment by a major foreign automaker in Russia since Western sanctions were imposed three years ago. Daimler said in February that it will invest more than $280 million in the factory, contrasting with…
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Manufacturing: Trump tempts Toyota with tax break if it builds cars in US instead of Mexico
lockAfter apparently pressuring Ford to change its plans to expand its manufacturing operations in Mexico, President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly putting pressure on Toyota to follow suit. Ford had intended to build a plant in Mexico, but is now applying the brakes on those plans, according to the Economist. A couple of days ago, Ford said…
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Mercedes replaces robots with humans
With all the current talk of robots taking over the world, and replacing millions of workers everywhere, laying waste to economies and societies everywhere, it is surprising that a company known for its advanced technology is replacing robot workers with human workers. Prestige auto brand Mercedes has been employing more humans and fewer robots at its car…