Ubtech, a humanoid robot research and manufacturing company based in the southern Chinese city Shenzhenand FAW-Volkswagen, one of China’s first automotive joint ventures, announced that they will work together to develop highly intelligent and flexible production lines. Like a car factory with humanoid robots, without the staff.
The The goal of the collaboration is to integrate humanoid robots into industrial operations at the FAW-Volkswagen plant. This in the city of Qingdao in eastern China.
What tasks will the robots perform in the factory?
Under the cooperation agreement, FAW-Volkswagen will give Ubtech access to its production lines at the Qingdao factory, where Ubtech’s industrial humanoid robots, named after Walker Swill perform tasks such as tightening bolts, assembling components and handling automotive parts.
Ubtech will devote resources to improving and optimizing its humanoid robots for industrial applications. It thus supports FAW-Volkswagen’s efforts to improve the intelligence and automation of its factories.
He humanoid industrial robot Walker S It has already been used for on-site training at Chinese electric car maker NIO’s plant and at Dongfeng’s engine assembly plant in Liuzhou, a city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (South).
