Ford steps up quality drive, using laser robots for inspection

Laser robots inspect the quality of a new Ford Focus built at the company's Michigan Assembly plant (Photo: Ford)

Ford hopes to boost quality through a major investment in robots that can check for problems using laser technology. The U.S. based carmaker said it is investing $100 million globally to install laser inspection robots at its plants. They will check for wind noise problems and should help Ford give its cars a higher quality [...]