An automobile final assembly workshop is the single largest production hall in a car factory. The production line orchestrates over 3000 components and assembles 20 to 40 cars per every hour. Because of high value demands, the last 100 meters of the car parts staging area became critical for feeding the assembly line on time as well as efficiently. Also, the free-up human resources can be reconverting back into productive tasks and join with Toyota’s long term sustainability goal.

To increase productivity and lower operating costs, this automotive OME factory in the Greater Bay Area of South China has upgraded from manual material transport to automatic delivery using autonomous mobile robots from Standard Robots. 8 Oasis 1200D robots, all equipped with an automatic drawing module, towing material and empty carts between the production line, the warehouse, and the assembly line, contributing to the automation of internal logistics, reducing operating costs and increasing overall productivity.