OLA partners with ABB’s robotics and automated factory solutions

February 17, 2021 4:44 pm

Ola partners up with ABB for building their Electric Scooter while using ABB’s remote digital connectivity and monitoring technology with Ola’s own AI engine and tech stack.

Ola, one of the leading mobility companies in the world, recently announced that it has selected ABB as one of their key partners for robotics and automation solutions for its mega-factory in Tamil Nadu, India. Ola’s scooter mega-factory, billed to be the world’s largest scooter factory, is expected to be ready and operational in the coming months.

Ola will utilise ABB’s automation solutions in its factory’s key manufacturing process lines, including its welding and painting lines, while the robots will be deployed extensively for the battery and motor assembly lines. These include ABB’s “IRB 5500” paint and “IRB 2600” Integrated Dressing robots in its welding and painting lines and “IRB 6700” robots for assembly and material handling in the battery and motor assembly areas.

ABB robots will be digitally integrated into Ola’s AI-enabled mega-factory to optimise robot performance, productivity and product quality. The use of ABB’s robots and automation solutions will ensure remote digital connectivity and monitoring of the robots that will ride on Ola’s proprietary AI engine and tech stack.

“We are delighted to bring on board ABB, a global leader in robotics, machine automation and digital services, as a key supplier and partner for robotics and automation solutions that will be deployed at our scooter mega-factory. ABB’s solutions will be riding on Ola’s own proprietary AI engine and tech stack embedded in our scooter mega-factory. We are bringing in global expertise and stitching up partnerships that will help us build out our factory in record speed and roll out the first of our electric scooters in the coming months”, said Bhavish Aggarwal, Chairman and Group CEO, Ola.

Ola is building its mega-factory on Industry 4.0 principles and is going to be powered by its own proprietary AI Engine and tech stack that will be deeply integrated into all its systems, continuously self-learning and optimising every aspect of the manufacturing process. This will provide unprecedented control, automation and quality to the entire operations, especially with Ola’s implementation of cyber-physical and advanced IoE systems.

With an initial annual capacity of 2 million units, Ola’s factory will create 10,000 jobs and serve as the company’s global manufacturing hub for both India and international markets across Europe, UK, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand. The factory is also expected to be the country’s most automated factory with about 5,000 robots and automated guided vehicles in use once the factory is fully operational to its full capacity.