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Watch Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid handle automotive struts

Robotics Business Review

Boston Dynamics released a video showing its Atlas humanoid picking and placing automotive struts. Atlas acquires the automotive struts, using its grippers from a vertical storage unit, and places them horizontally onto a flow cart. Agility’s Digit is being tested by Amazon and GXO Logistics.

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Ont. to provide free training for automotive manufacturing workers

Canadian Manufacturing

million to support two projects to help over 360 people land full-time jobs in the province’s growing automotive manufacturing sector. The first project, managed by the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA), will include three-month paid job placements through their network of more than 300 members.

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BMW testing Figure 01 humanoid at South Carolina automotive plant

Robotics Business Review

based Figure AI signed an agreement with BMW Manufacturing to test its 01 humanoid at the car maker’s plant in Spartanburg, S.C. BMW Manufacturing employs 11,000 people at its 8 million-sq.-ft. BMW said its Spartanburg facility is the largest automotive exporter in the U.S., Sunnyvale, Calif.-based

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Forvia increases logistics productivity with fleet of MiR robots

Robotics Automation News

Forvia, a top-tier automotive technology supplier, says it has increased its logistics productivity, strengthened stability of production processes and decreased safety risks with a fleet of robots robots from Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR).

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How Automotive Robotics is Transforming the Auto Industry

Robotics Automation News

Our century is seeing a new change in industrialization where robotics have become the new norm in production and manufacturing. The automotive sector is one of the main industries that has experienced a lot of transformation.

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Ontario announces new program to train more workers for careers in automotive manufacturing

Canadian Manufacturing

3, the Ontario government announced that they are investing $5 million to provide free training to 500 people from underrepresented groups to prepare them for jobs in the province’s automotive manufacturing sector. STRATFORD — On Aug. After completing the program, each participant will receive a job offer from a local employer.

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ABB Opens Updated Robotics Facility

Gary Mintchell

I attended virtually—just could not work out the logistics to make it physically. Through the new Customer Experience Center, ABB will showcase its leading hardware and software solutions, pioneering the latest digital and AI-powered automation technologies with customers, and developing and manufacturing next generation robots.

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