Toyota’s Home Robots Are Getting Smarter
TRI released a video of the robot performing various tasks, such as wiping a table clean while carefully removing objects in the way
Ford Buys Two Digit Robots from Agility Robotics and the End is Nigh
With the announcement that Agility Robotics is selling two Digit robots to Ford, we are now that much closer to our inevitable destruction. Ford is the first customer to purchase Digit, Agility Robotics’ humanoid robot, with the intention of using it for commercial purposes. Ford plans to leverage Digit in its push to explore smart […]
Ford Collaborative Robots Help Finish Fiestas in Europe
Welp, this is how it begins: Ford is having robots work together for common goal, which is now the completion of Ford Fiestas at the automaker’s Cologne, Germany, production facility but will almost certainly evolve into the destruction of the human race. Six Ford collaborative robots — cobots, as it were — team up to […]
RTA Reveals Vehicle Inspection Robots at Gitex Technology Week
Robots Will Soon be Inspecting Your Car at Dubai Petrol Stations https://t.co/joh54MSVmv #dubai #news #dubainews pic.twitter.com/Nu7e35V3fY — insydo Dubai (@insydo_DXB) October 15, 2018 Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will soon be using Smart Inspection Robots to enhance its vehicle inspection processes. The organization revealed the robot at the 38th Gitex Technology Week, this past weekend. […]
Honda Says Humans, Not Robots, Still Build the Best Cars
Automakers are divided over the topic of whether people or robots are best used in the process of assembling cars. Tesla, for instance, is trying to automate as much as it can. “You really can’t have people in the production line itself,” said Elon Musk in 2016. “Otherwise you’ll automatically drop to people-speed. There’s still […]
Honda Just Unveiled Four Adorable Robots Ahead of CES 2018
While Honda is mostly known as an automaker, those who follow the brand a little more closely know that it also likes to delve into the world of robotics and mobility. Just ahead of CES 2018 (January 9th through the 12th), Honda released a video preview of four tiny, adorable robots as a part of […]
Dueling Robots Fall in Love with Hyundai i30 in Epic New Commercial [VIDEO]
Wall-E and EVE… David and the Blue Fairy… R2-D2 and C-3PO… robot relationships are complicated. Emotions in robots–just like in humans–can be messy. But they make for great commercials. To advertise the all-new Hyundai i30 in Europe, the automaker has created a 60-second video called “Hearts of Steel.” And it turns the automotive factory line […]
Robots Build “Mean” 2017 Civic Hatchback in New Honda Commercial
There’s been a lot of talk in our politics lately about the decline in American manufacturing. But how many of those jobs have actually disappeared due to bad trade deals, and how many have simply been lost to angry robots working in a subterranean plant located directly below their human counterparts? I only ask because […]
Nissan Studies Collision-Free Vehicles with these Adorable Robots
The idea of robots scares some people thanks to movies like The Terminator and I, Robot, where robots become self-aware, realize humans are jerks, and start all kinds of chaos. Thankfully, when Nissan developed these EPORO robots to study collision-free vehicles, they made them really cute. These chick-shaped robots use Laser Range Finder technology to […]
Ford Studies Space Robots to Make Telepathic Cars
Car conversations are usually reserved for Pixar cartoons. I imagine my own talking car would be making some rather comical complaints about the cheap gas I give him. But Ford is working to make this strange concept a reality, and for good reason. By studying the communications of space robots… What’s that? Yes, I said […]
Ford Pickup Truck Testing is so Intense they Use Robots
Have you been in a Ford pickup truck lately? If you have, you will notice they continue to get leaner, meaner, faster, stronger and more powerful. With all of these improvements comes a lot of testing on Ford’s part, and sometimes human testing just isn’t enough. That’s why Ford pickup truck testing just got a […]
Ford Cologne Electric Vehicle Center Opens, Will Be Carbon Neutral
Ford took another significant step toward an all-electric future this month with the grand opening of the Cologne Electric Vehicle Center. The production facility in Germany will be the primary production hub for Ford EVs in Europe, operating at a maximum capacity of more than 250,000 vehicles per year at full strength. Ford’s EVs are […]
New F1 Sprint Race Format is a Terrible Idea
Formula 1 is introducing an awful new sprint race format that nobody asked for
Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia Celebrates 25 Years of Operations
Since 1996, TMMWV has made nearly 20 million powertrains — averaging at a little over 92 powertrains per minute.
Ford Using Robot Test Drivers at Weather Factory
Robots are coming for all of our jobs, and Ford is giving them the keys and putting them in the driver’s seat — literally. At Ford’s Weather Factory in Cologne, Germany, a pair of robot test drivers are doing arduous work that should be reserved for human flesh. Speaking of Human Flesh: The 2021 Ford […]
U-M Opens Ford Motor Company Robotics Building
Earlier this month, the University of Michigan officially opened its four-story, $75-million Ford Motor Company Robotics Building. Set on the north side of the campus, the 134,000-square-foot-complex provides advanced facilities and tools for students as well as Ford researchers and engineers. Top Honors: 2021 Ford F-150, Mustang Mach-E win NACTOY Awards The Ford Motor Company […]
Forgotten Vehicles of the 80s: The Buick Reatta
While Buick may be focusing solely on S(YOU)Vs right now, the brand has a long history of making sedans and coupes. One vehicle of the 80s that often gets missed among the list of iconic Buicks is the Reatta. Let’s take a look at this car that only lasted four years on the assembly line. […]
Apparently, There’s a Giant Bumblebee Statue in Oklahoma
If you’re a fan of the long-running Transformers franchise, the heroic Bumblebee needs no introduction. This awesome — and let’s face it, kind of adorable — Autobot has been a beloved staple of the Transformers brand for 37 years. If you’ve ever had the itch to get up close and personal with this robot in […]