Cobot: A helping hand at MINI Plant Oxford

Posted on 14 Feb 2018 by The Manufacturer

At MINI Plant Oxford, where 1,000 built-to-order cars are manufactured each day, a ‘Riveting, Innovation Technology in Assembly’ (RITA) cobot was introduced in April 2017.

RITA on the MINI Plant Oxford production line, helping to assemble components for the car’s crumple zone pre-assembly – image courtesy of BMW Group MINI. Working alongside and in parallel with a human operative, the RITA cobot rivets together three components for the car’s crumple zone pre-assembly. Previously, the riveting process…

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