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Ford F-150 Lightning: A Collaborative Effort

“Automation no longer is simply replacing jobs that humans don’t want to perform; think of how robots have overtaken the auto-assembly plant paint booth as a primary example of that kind of application.”

This quote from Chief Executive contributor Dale Buss summarizes one side of the complex issue of automation in industrial manufacturing facilities. How do human workers really operate alongside the robots we talk about all the time? Check out this quick and fun read that shows how collaborative some of the technology we represent works in real life environments, alongside both human and robotic stations.

Automotive manufacturing continues to benefit from factory automation as the demand for vehicles continues to grow while skilled labor is shrinking. Ford’s all-electrical F-150 Lighting pickup is manufactured using collaborative robots and automated systems to increase production output and safety. Read the full article below to learn how Ford is keeping up with its over 200,000 reservations for the F-150 Lightning pickup truck.

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