While the automotive industry is highly automated, huge opportunities remain for incremental growth. Collaborative robots are driving new efficiencies across the industry, in applications including machine loading, inspection, and assembly in the production of powertrain, electronics, and interiors.

For Tier 1 OEMs to contractors throughout the supply chain, flexible, cost-effective cobots are improving output and consistency for a spectrum of sub-assemblies, modules, and systems. Easy-to-deploy and redeploy cobots ideally address the industry’s need for customization and fast response to changing consumer demands.

Cobots can work side-by-side with human workers, improving their output and consistency and allowing them to support more in-line processes in a single work space. While traditional automation requires an all-or-nothing approach, cobots allow automotive manufacturers to automate specific tasks and see fast return on investment.