Linear floor tracks enable robots to execute multiple processes for truck sidestep assembly

摘要

For automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), hard tooling is a continual roadblock to efficiency and speed to market. Given wide variation among makes, models, and even same-model components, every model change involves the potential need for new manual processes and custom-designed tools. Vision-guided robots offer the flexibility necessary to side step many of those tooling and fixturing requirements.