One Lesson, and Everyone Can Do It: BMW Tests Humanoid Robots in Battery Assembly in Leipzig
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The machines of the Swiss company Hexagon are first used in battery assembly, component manufacturing and quality control. They transport components or test vehicle bodies with a scanner for geometric deviations. Employees teach them the required movement sequences with the help of virtual reality glasses. Once learned skills are then transferred to other robots.BMW sees in the human-like machines a possibility to automate existing jobs more fle…
BMW has launched the next test phase for humanoid robots in its Leipzig plant. The robots are supposed to perform physically tiring and repetitive tasks. This would not eliminate jobs, the automaker calms down.
The robots are intended to take over dangerous and ergonomically demanding tasks. They will also be tested in quality control. If the pilot project in Leipzig is successful, they could be deployed in other factories as well.
The human-like robots of the Swiss company Hexagon are intended to support employees primarily in monotonous, ergonomically stressful or safety-critical activities. The aim is to further develop the technology for a later wider use in production. According to the company, Leipzig is the first location in Europe where the new pilot phase with humanoid robots is running.In battery assembly, the robots learn, among other things, how to handle compo…
BMW has launched the pilot phase for humanoid robots at its Leipzig plant. The humanoid machines are being tested in battery assembly and component manufacturing under real production conditions. According to the automaker, Leipzig is the first European location where the new technology is being tested in this way. The robots, from the Swiss company Hexagon, are intended to support employees primarily in monotonous, ergonomically demanding, or s…
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