Powered by Kuka Robotics, Ford is among the first auto makers where car workers collaborate and work hand-in-hand with robotic systems on the assembly line.
Shareholders at Voith and Friedhelm Loh have agreed to sell their stakes in Kuka to electrical appliance manufacturer Midea, giving the Chinese bidder a controlling stake of 52.8% in the robotics maker.
MACH 2024, the UK’s national event for inspiring, innovating, and connecting manufacturing, has once again been hailed as a triumph, with thousands of visitors filling the five halls at the NEC in Birmingham over the weeklong show in April.
Nineteen Group has announced a full programme of STEM activities that will take place under the banner ‘Manufacturers & Engineers of the Future’ at Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week on 6th June at the NEC, Birmingham.
UK manufacturing leader and industrialist Philippa Glover has been appointed an Honorary Senior Fellow of Industrial Automation and Innovation at the University of Liverpool’s Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC).