I have a client who recently realized just how much he didn’t know about his production facility until workers called out sick and he had to go on the floor himself. Meanwhile, these little guys are measuring, observing, absorbing data about the workings of your plant in ways that you could never do yourself. I’m sure none of your employees will mind being spied on by a little robotic puppy, right? These types of robots give a hint of the future: smaller, more nimble devices that are less…well…robotic and more appealing to humans working with them. Each of the robots contains five cameras, will be able to work with 2 hours of battery, and will patrol the factory floor in order to capture dimensions and data of the plant, with the idea that these tasks will be able to be performed by the robots without a person in the future.
Both robots will initially be operated by a controller who will be responsible for monitoring how the bots operate. As part of this pilot program, Ford is going to be leasing two mobile robots named Spot that will work in that facility. 2 - Ford fetched robot dogs to work in a factory.īoston Dynamics-a global leader in mobile robots-is piloting a program using their robotic innovations in Ford’s Van Dyke Transmission Plant.
