Automotive

The cell for the work your line can't fixture.

Tier-supplier and OEM lines are high-mix, high-takt, and short on people. Relling drops one qualified physical-AI workcell into the contact-rich jobs that resist hard automation — machine tending, subassembly, finishing, and inspection — without re-engineering the line around it.

≤ 2 wk
Install to running on your floor
±0.05 mm
In-hand placement for fit-critical parts
100%
End-of-line inspection, not sampled
01The pressure

The line is changing faster than you can staff it.

Mix is up, volumes per variant are down, and the people who used to absorb that variability are getting harder to find. The work that's left is exactly the work classical automation was never built to hold.

Labor

The bench is thin

Skilled machine-tenders and assemblers are retiring faster than they're replaced. Second and third shifts go unfilled.

Mix

High-mix, low-volume

Dozens of variants and short runs make a fixed, single-part automation line impossible to justify.

Quality

Escapes are expensive

A missed defect on a fit- or safety-critical part becomes a sort, a containment, and a customer PPM hit.

02What we automate

The contact-rich jobs on an automotive line.

One cell, reconfigured per part — not a new machine for every job on the floor.

A

Machine tending

Load, orient, and unload CNC, presses, and forming cells through variant changeovers.

B

Subassembly & fastening

Insertions, press-fits, clipping, and driven fasteners with closed-loop force control.

C

Deburring & finishing

Edge-following surface work on castings and machined parts, adapted per geometry.

D

Kitting & line sequencing

Pick, verify, and stage mixed components into kits delivered to the line in build order.

E

End-of-line inspection

Vision-grade verification of every part — dimensions, presence, and surface — not a sample.

F

Service-parts pick & pack

High-SKU aftermarket orders picked, packed, and palletized by one cell, end to end.

03See the work

One cell. Assembly, finishing, inspection.

A

On the line

Components and subassembly handled at takt, across variants.

B

Assembly

Insertions, press-fits, and fastening with force control.

C

Inspection

Closed-loop machine vision. Every part checked, not sampled.

D

Cleaning & finishing

Deburring, spray, and surface work, adapted per part.

04How we work

Qualified off-site. Running in two weeks.

The slow, hard engineering happens on our floor — so the cell arrives tested and dialed in instead of tying up your team for months. A new part is a reconfiguration, not a rebuild.

  1. 01ScopePart, takt, fixturing, and safety boundary fixed upfront.
  2. 02Pre-buildCell built and tuned at Relling HQ, not your line.
  3. 03ConfigureSized and fixtured to your exact part and variants.
  4. 04QualifyProven safe and capable before it ships.
  5. 05PilotFirst production run on your line.
  6. 06ProductionRunning the work, shift after shift.
  7. 07FleetAdd cells as the work pays for them.
05Inside the cell

Everything arrives in one qualified unit.

Arm, sensing, tooling, software, and safety, selected for your part and qualified as a set.

1

Manipulator & end-effector

Arm and tooling selected for your part, qualified as a set.

2

Closed-loop vision

Finds the part, adjusts in real time, verifies its own work.

3

Skill library & runtime

A new variant is a reconfiguration, not a rebuild.

4

Safety & technician interface

Guarding sized to your floor, failures explained in plain language.

06Spec sheet

Will it fit your aisle? Yes.

Footprint~2 × 2 m
Payload12.5 kg
Reach1.3 m
In-hand placement±0.05 mm
Power120/240 V single-phase
SafetyISO 10218 aligned
Acceptance watch72 hr
Install to running≤ 2 weeks

Representative configuration. Final specs are issued with the proposal.

07Qualification & trust

Proven before your quality engineer signs.

T−2wk

Pre-build at Relling HQ

Layout, vision, and the safety dossier are qualified on our floor, not yours.

T−0

Arrival & configuration

The cell arrives pre-built; we tune a working system to your exact part and variants.

72 hr

Acceptance watch

Supervised running and capability data before your quality and safety engineers sign off.

Day 1

Your team operates

Your engineers run it, Relling on call.

Traceable & on-premise

Per-part inspection data and run records stay on your network — ready for PPAP packages and customer audits. Inference runs on-premise; nothing about your floor leaves your floor.

The Automotive brief.

A deeper look at where the cell fits on automotive and tier-supplier lines — the work, the integration path, and how qualification maps to your quality process. PDF, 2026.

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Bring a Relling workcell to your floor.

We started Relling to help American manufacturers make more of what this country needs. We'll scope a single cell to your parts, qualify it before it ships, and stand behind it on your floor.