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BMW testing Figure 01 humanoid at South Carolina automotive plant

Robotics Business Review

BMW said its Spartanburg facility is the largest automotive exporter in the U.S., IDEALworks was formed by BMW’s Logistics innovation team, which during the previous five years had developed the Smart Transport Robot STR with the Fraunhofer Institute and other technology partners such as NVIDIA. and it has assembled more than 6.3

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SMMT Chief Executive Mike Hawes recognised for services to the UK automotive industry

SMMT

Mike Hawes, Chief Executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), has been awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the automotive industry in the King’s Birthday Honours List.

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COMPANIES TO ACTION: UNLOCKING RAPID GROWTH IN THE DIGITAL AUTOMOTIVE ERA

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

The shift towards digitalization in vehicles is giving rise to an increasingly transformative automotive landscape. Finally, the importance of cybersecurity automotive solutions cannot be overstated, given the vulnerability of software-oriented vehicles to security threats.

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Charting the next chapter at MGS

i4.0 today

Forming a critical part of the companys wider growth strategy, incumbent Managing Director Neil Garrity will continue to serve as Chair. Since moving to its current location in 2013, MGS Technical Plastics has invested more than 3 million in its new facility, enhancing its operations with modern, efficient machinery, industry 4.0

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Boston Dynamics debuts electric version of Atlas humanoid robot

Robotics Business Review

Roboticists continued to improve Atlas, giving it a smaller form factor and more sensors, training its artificial intelligence, and enabling it to do increasingly impressive feats. In the meantime, the company itself changed owners, from Google in 2013 to SoftBank in 2017 and most recently to Hyundai in 2020.

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Safe-Guard Products Canada appoints Managing Director

Canadian Manufacturing

Michel Archambault (CNW Group/Safe-Guard Products International, LLC) MISSISSAUGA — Safe-Guard Products International, LLC, provider of branded protection products for the automotive, RV, powersports and marine industries named Michel Archambault as Managing Director of Safe-Guard Products Canada.

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Automation, Electrification, and Connectivity: The Auto Industry in the ITC

Foley

Automakers and their suppliers have long been participants in unfair trade investigations before the International Trade Commission (“ITC”), but the scope and subject matter of automotive-related investigations is evolving. § 1337) authorizes the ITC to issue an injunction in the form of an exclusion order. 337-TA-928.