26-07-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk

Sidewall-E: Meet Calvin, the tyre-stacking Renault robot

Renault is trialling an autonomous robot on the production line at its Douai factory. We meet itImagine for a moment - and stick with me here - picking up a baby seal. Not the BYD saloon but the aquatic mammal. At 40kg, he's a big feller, isn't he?
Now imagine your job is to collect a juvenile example of the pinniped from a box and sling it onto a conveyor belt. You'll be shovelling the adorably chubby things onto the line for hours at a time, with little rest, and you might well be doing it thr
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