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BMW testing Figure 01 humanoid at South Carolina automotive plant

Robotics Business Review

Source: Figure AI The interest in humanoid robots continues to gain steam. BMW said its Spartanburg facility is the largest automotive exporter in the U.S., Brett Adcock, Figure’s founder and CEO, said the initial tasks include moving bins and boxes and other “various logistics things” inside the BMW body shop.

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Sanctuary AI enters strategic relationship with Magna to build embodied AI robots

Robotics Business Review

or Sanctuary AI, is entering a new strategic partnership with automotive components supplier Magna International Inc. In December 2023, Sanctuary secured patents for numerous technologies developed both internally and through strategic acquisitions from external sources. The company acquired the latest assets from Giant.AI

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Will autotech ventures race east in 2024?

Robotics Business Review

Source: LinkedIn As The Robot Report reported last October, one of the biggest autotech stories of the year was the stalling of Cruise after California’s Department of Motor Vehicles suspended its driverless testing license. We’ve done many pilots both in automotive, as well as the commercial space,” she said.

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ABB Robot Ensures Precise Laser Welding for Chemical Vessel Production

i4.0 today

The end user was keen to solve logistical challenges by bringing the welding of the product in house from a European sub-contractor. The company, an ABB Value Provider, has extensive experience designing and building robotic automation solutions for companies in industries including aerospace, automotive and nuclear.

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Diamond is a farmer’s best friend

Manufacturer's Monthly

OEMs of harvesting equipment need to have confidence in the reliability of their designs, which means sourcing the best in power transmission genuine parts. We work collaboratively on customer projects every week, and I’m on the phone to them almost every day to discuss supply logistics.

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How to Achieve Net Zero Manufacturing

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For example, supply chain and sourcing decisions have an impact on an organization’s overall carbon footprint, as do fulfillment logistics. These steps include: Assess Net Zero Readiness This stage involves a high-level view of your operations and processes, particularly how they fit together in the overall scheme of the organization.

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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 6: Why, and How, Hardinge is Reshoring Machine Tool Production

Modern Machine Shop

Once they understood how to do that stuff, then we start sourcing locally. And then over time, we built a very good engineering team over there could design machine tools to fit that same model with the market wanted, which was a low-cost, commodity is the wrong term, but a low-cost commodity machine that was affordable.