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Ford Motor Company has successfully automated a high-precision water shield application on continuously moving, unsynchronized assembly lines at its Cologne Electric Vehicle Center, achieving near-zero repair rates. By deploying Universal Robots cobots integrated with Inbolt 3D AI vision guidance, the system adapts to real-time vehicle positioning without requiring rigid, expensive "lift-and-locate" infrastructure.
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Traditional manual inspection workflows are often slow, siloed, and ill-suited for modern digital production, necessitating a shift toward smarter, connected systems that provide real-time data and improve operational workflows. Rodrigo Alfaia, Product Director at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, explains how to do that.
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