Flex and Teradyne Expand 20-Year Partnership Into Intelligent Robotics Automation
Flex will manufacture key robotics components and deploy UR cobots and MiR AMRs across its global plants for real-world validation and rapid scaling. Expansion extends a 20-year semiconductor test equipment alliance into intelligent automation, embedding physical AI in collaborative and mobile robots to boost manufacturing flexibility and throughput worldwide.
1. Partnership Expansion into Robotics
The expansion builds on a 20-year collaboration that delivered global semiconductor test platforms and now extends the alliance into intelligent automation solutions for manufacturing environments.
2. Dual Manufacturing and Deployment Roles
Under the agreement, Flex will produce key components for Universal Robots cobots and MiR autonomous mobile robots while deploying these systems across its 30-country production footprint to gather real-world operational feedback and accelerate global rollouts.
3. Embedding Physical AI for Adaptive Automation
Teradyne and Flex will integrate emerging physical AI technologies into collaborative and mobile robots, enabling adaptive workflows that enhance flexibility, consistency and throughput in complex manufacturing operations worldwide.