Ford plans to invest $100 million in robotic plant laser inspection technology to help make parts fit more accurately and reduce wind noise. Suzanne Ashe Suzanne Ashe has been covering technology, ...

Laser-based inspection seen as critical factor for quality control, wind-noise reduction Ford Motor Co. has earmarked $100 million to install robotic plant laser inspection technology in its assembly ...

The new 2012 Ford Focus is already receiving rave reviews for its fit and finish. And it should come as no surprise, given how much Ford has invested to make sure that the quality hits unprecedented ...

In many modern aviation, naval ship, nuclear facilities, and industrial projects, confined spaces and hazardous environments are very common. Traditionally, many of these applications have required ...

This new equipment has been validated at Airbus industrial facilities in the BahIa de CAdiz Center (CBC), after reaching the TRL6 level (Technology Readiness Level), according to the internal ...

FARO Trek combines the cutting-edge scanning speed and accuracy of the FARO FocusS Laser Scanner with Spot, a quadruped robot capable of remote and autonomous data capture. Suited for general ...

ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, Aug. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kraken Robotics Inc. (TSX-V: PNG) (OTCQB: KRKNF) (“Kraken” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce that following successful trials with ...

Plastics have replaced the materials used previously in many application areas. Above all, fibre-composite materials are very well suited to producing components with precisely defined properties.

A new robot for inspecting ballast water tanks on board ships is being developed. The robot is able to move independently along rails built into the tanks. At the moment, people still carry out such ...

Leica Geosystems has two new autonomous hardware products that are pushing robots to bold new places. Announced recently is a flying UAV laser scanning sensor and a reality capture product for robots, ...

A leader in AI-driven robot inspection, Péter Fankhauser, co-founder and CEO of ANYbotics, talks asset inspection robotics with Neil Tyler. ANYbotics is a Swiss-based developer of AI-driven robot ...