FORD MOTOR COMPANY
TECH & AI
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
HEADQUARTERS: MICHIGAN, US
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 177,000
MARKET CAP: US $ 51.62BN NUMBER OF COUNTRIES: 125
The six UR10 cobots, created by Universal Robots, can sand the entire body in just 35 seconds. Final checks are completed by two employees before the vehicle body continues along the line.
Ford and Boston Dynamics In 2020, Ford deployed Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robots, named Fluffy and Spot, to scout hard-to-reach areas in its Van Dyke Transmission Plant.“ We design and build the plant. After that, over the years, changes are made that rarely get documented,” explained Mark Goderis, Ford’ s Digital Engineering Manager.
“ By having the robots scan our facility, we can see what it actually looks like now and build a new engineering model. That digital model is then used when we need to retool the plant for new products.” Without the robots, scanning one plant could take weeks.
A HISTORY OF FOR AUTOMATION
1946
The term“ automation” was coined by Ford’ s VP of Manufacturing, Delmar Harder
86 June 2026