The Ford manufacturing plant in Valencia, Spain, is mechanizing some of its workers with exoskeletons that improve the endurance and morale of its older employees. Ford began its evaluation of ...

HALF MAN, HALF MACHINE. Full-blown automation may be the future of manufacturing, but we’re not there yet. While some machines have taken over the more painstaking tasks on the factory floor, humans ...

What if we had mini versions of super-powers? Would you settle for 15 pounds of added lifting power for a task you performed a million times a year? That's what Ford is testing at one of its assembly ...

Robots have long been a part of the automotive assembly process, but what about cyborgs? You won’t find any factory workers jacked into the internet yet, but Ford is trying out a new exoskeleton ...

Robots have long been a part of the automotive assembly process, but what about cyborgs? You won’t find any factory workers jacked into the internet yet, but Ford is trying out a new exoskeleton ...

Wearable technology is taking on a different meaning in the world of automobiles. As employees age and younger people shun the idea of working on a factory production line, car companies are looking ...

For people who work jobs that have them performing the same exact movements for hours a day each day, on-the-job repetitive stress injuries are a big concern. Ford wants to help its employees be safer ...

Following successful trials, Ford will now offer employees the use of exoskeletons to reduce the strain of factory work. Despite the emergence of Industry 4.0, smart factories, sensors, and data ...

Assembling cars can be a physically-demanding task, which is why Ford recently began equipping its factory workers with assistive exoskeletons. Hyundai is now getting in on the act, with plans to ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...

Exoskeletons have been a staple of the sci-fi imagination for decades: think Tony Stark's Iron Man outfit or Aliens' Ripley suiting up to shift containers (and battle the xenomorph queen). But those ...