On July 21, BMW Group announced that it is expanding its physical AI expertise, with its Landshut plant, Germany becoming a key center for developing AI-powered robotics software for component production. The work complements ongoing humanoid robot pilot projects at its plants in Leipzig, Germany and in Spartanburg,
On July 15, Yazaki announced that it has opened and begun full-scale operations at Innovation Hub – REN, an innovation facility for developing AI and robotics-based manufacturing technologies at its Y-CITY research and administrative center in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture. The facility will support activities ran
On July 15, NVIDIA announced an expansion of its partnership with Toyota as they work jointly to develop and deploy AI-enabled systems that can perceive, reason and act in the physical world, using AI across vehicles, infrastructure and industrial operations.
This builds on last year’s announcement that Toyota will d
On July 15, Walden Robotics, a Physical AI company building and deploying general-purpose robots, launched out of stealth with a USD 300 million funding round co-led by Toyota (Toyota Motor Corp, Toyota Invention Partners, and Toyota Ventures Climate Fund) and Deviation Capital.
The funding round, which values the c
On July 15, Allur announced that it has opened the first Robotics and Industrial Automation Center in Kazakhstan at the Allur plant. It has five domestic robotic systems. These are machines tailored to specific production tasks, such as welding, marking, transportation of parts, intrashop logistics, and warehouse ope
On July 13, Mercedes-Benz expanded its Kecskemét plant in Hungary and started production of the new all-electric C-Class, marking the first battery-electric core model manufactured at the site.
As part of a EUR 1 billion investment under the company's 2022–2026 business plan, the facility has doubled its footprint to
On July 8, Fraunhofer IWU announced that it is developing a hybrid-autonomous assembly system (HAutoMont) with Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH that combines manual and automated work to install passenger car underbody panels more efficiently and at lower cost. The project also aims to improve future assembly processes and co
On July 8, the Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of Egypt held a meeting with the officials of the Chinese company Jiangsu Changhong. Jiangsu Changhong is planning a factory for automotive equipment and production lines in Egypt with investments of USD 20 million. The ministry is coordinating with relevant aut
Ford was recently cited at the top of JD Power’s 2026 Initial Quality Survey, showing the rewards of improvements made in their manufacturing quality. The result was enabled by fine tuning their production processes, beginning when it created a unified industrial system in 2023 among Vehicle Engineering, Manufacturin
On June 26, Renault Group announced that it has introduced Calvin, a new-generation robot, on its production lines. It is developed with French startup Wandercraft, and the robot is designed to support factory workers.
The two companies worked closely to develop Calvin, testing and improving it from the lab to the fa
On June 25, BMW Group announced that it will begin using the new Figure 03, humanoid robot, at its Spartanburg plant, South Carolina, US, after the successful trial of Figure 02. The new robot will handle complex parts sequencing in logistics.
The company first tested Figure 02 in 2025 with Figure AI. Over 10 months,
On June 24, VW Poznan announced that it will set up a new corporate prototype foundry at its Poznań plant, Poland, to produce parts for developing and testing future vehicles.
It is located in Poznan’s Wilda district. The facility will make prototype parts for different VW brands, including electric motor housings, s
On June 24, AvtoVAZ announced that its plastics division has started production of bumpers for the LADA Azimut crossover.
The bumpers are produced using a fully automated process in which plastic is heated to over 200°C and molded under pressure. The entire process, including molding, cooling, and removal of the fini
Hyundai Motor Group is preparing to acquire SoftBank Group's remaining 9.65% stake in Massachusetts-based Boston Dynamics, which possesses top-tier humanoid robot technology, to make it a wholly owned subsidiary. HMG is reviewing plans to purchase SoftBank's remaining stake if it exercises a put option allowing it to
On June 22, Daihatsu Motor announced that it has introduced an AI-based inspection system for automotive parts at the No. 1 area of its Shiga (Ryuo) Plant as part of its shopfloor-led digital transformation (DX) initiatives.
The newly developed system inspects transmission components produced on the aluminum machinin
On June 18, Durr, Germany, announced that it is building a turnkey paint shop for VW Autoeuropa at its Palmela plant, Portugal, along with a new software system to manage it.
For painting, the plant will use EcoBell4 Pro Hu system with 2x2K technology, which can apply both glossy and matte coats with one applicator w
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