Fortescue is using KUKA welding robots to handle 6 MW charging cables [video]

Electrek
By Jo BorrásOct 22, 2026, 10:10 am92 pts
Humanoid robots aren’t ready to juice up the massive, 240-tonne electric haul trucks Fortescue is putting to work in Australia’s punishing Pilbara. Instead, the company is using specially modified and massively powerful automotive assembly-line robots from KUKA to wrangle the massive cables needed to…

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