Perceptron's AutoGlide System selected by DaimlerChrysler

Automotive Industries, Nov, 2003

Perceptron's AutoGuide robot guidance systems have been selected by DaimlerChrysler Corporation to automate assembly operations in the production of a new model Mercedes-Benz to be produced in 2004.

14 Perceptron AutoGuide robot guidance systems will be installed in the automaker's Rastatt, Germany, assembly plant. The systems will provide fully automated seam sealing, closure panel assembly and position-optimized hole punching for taillights. Perceptron's laser sensors and AutoSolve software algorithms are designed to measure the exact position of each vehicle in 3-dimensional space and calculate best fit position information to guide industrial robot paths during the assembly operation. This allows the vehicle to be built to great accuracy and consistency.

Perceptron's first generation robot-guidance systems were developed in close cooperation with Mercedes-Benz production experts. The initial application automated their door assembly processes.