Another major benefit of using automated material handling systems is the energy savings they bring. Take for example chain ...

The fully flexible, reconfigurable Intelligent Island Manufacturing System (I²MS) supports high-mix manufacturing, enables ...

Tesla Inc. has a plan to fend off cheaper competition from China with a $25,000 electric car. But first it has to overhaul a 100-year-old manufacturing process pioneered by Henry Ford. The company is ...

To understand the significance of unboxed assembly, let's first consider its historical roots. The moving assembly line, introduced by Ford in 1913, revolutionized car production, slashing assembly ...

Arrival wants to blow up the assembly line to reach profitability faster. Arrival's "microfactories" are designed to be mobile and modular. Industry experts warn of complex supplier relationships, ...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk may be ready to disrupt the traditional automotive assembly line manufacturing process with a new patent revealed ahead of the company's robotaxi day. What ...

Auto assembly is among the most complex operations in existence, and it requires thousands of parts, people, and machines to make it all work. While early automobiles were built individually by hand, ...

You just knew this was coming. No doubt, you've heard about the staffing shortages in factories. And guess what? The solution seems to be robots. At Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing in Hungary, they’ve ...

The need for Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) began shortly after the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, but it took a hundred years for it to ultimately come into focus in the 1960s, and it ...