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LOXO expands into Germany with self-driving logistics subsidiary

Robotics Business Review

Germany’s strong logistics market, advanced automotive infrastructure, and progressive legislation surrounding autonomous vehicles make it the ideal location for us to further our middle-mile and mobile distribution projects.” In addition, the company operates its own fleet of logistics vehicles, the electric LOXO Alpha and LOXO R1.

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RBR50 Spotlight: Exotec Skypod system scales to serve automotive supplier’s SKU volume

Robotics Business Review

Lane Automotive provides high-performance automotive parts and accessories. Lane Automotive needed to exceed fulfillment deadlines to meet carrier pickup times. “The The seasonal nature of our business generally sees its peaks between March and June,” said James MacEachern, chief operating officer of Lane Automotive.

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Continental develops mobile robot software for logistics, ag with AWS

Robotics Business Review

Continental mobile robots are deployed in logistics operations at manufacturing facilities. Credit: Continental Continental Mobile Robots, a Frankfurt am Main, Germany-based division of Continental’s Automotive Group Sector, has developed mobile robots for use in automotive plants.

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Watch Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid handle automotive struts

Robotics Business Review

Boston Dynamics released a video showing its Atlas humanoid picking and placing automotive struts. Atlas acquires the automotive struts, using its grippers from a vertical storage unit, and places them horizontally onto a flow cart. Agility’s Digit is being tested by Amazon and GXO Logistics.

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Forvia increases logistics productivity with fleet of MiR robots

Robotics Automation News

Forvia, an automotive technology company, says it has increased its logistics productivity, strengthened stability of production processes and decreased safety risks with a fleet of robots from Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR).

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Unlocking Growth in the Automotive Industry in Mexico, Brazil and The Caribbean

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Latin America , Central America , and the Caribbean are witnessing unprecedented automotive growth, propelled by emerging technologies, changing consumer preferences, and innovative business models. This growing sector aligns with consumer needs for flexible, convenient car access, enhancing the automotive industry in Mexico.

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BMW testing Figure 01 humanoid at South Carolina automotive plant

Robotics Business Review

BMW said its Spartanburg facility is the largest automotive exporter in the U.S., Brett Adcock, Figure’s founder and CEO, said the initial tasks include moving bins and boxes and other “various logistics things” inside the BMW body shop. STR is an AMR optimized for intralogistics work in BMW’s automotive factories.