Spacecraft dockings improve car assembly
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 11:35
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- The next car comes down the conveyor belt ready for the dashboard to be added. Speed and position are controlled as if it were a spacecraft docking automatically with the International Space Station. Invented by entrepreneurs at ESA?s Business Incubation Centre, a new system using similar docking technology precisely fits the dashboard into the car.