Companies interested in reshoring can set up shop in WorkFar Robotics’ domestically based production footprint with Industry 5.0 automation capabilities, the company said..
SEATTLE—As tariff wars continuously upend “business as usual,” parts manufacturing is among those industries that are taking a substantial hit, according to collaborative robotics company WorkFar Robotics.
“Planning ahead is difficult if your company is located in the United States and your manufacturing operations are pretty much anywhere else,” the company stated in a press release. “Companies that move to reshore these operations are making a wise investment.”
WorkFar Robotics is ready to assist companies interested in reshoring by helping them hit the ground running with cutting-edge manufacturing technology. The Dover, Delaware-based company is inviting customers and other manufacturers to “future-proof their own operations with high-quality, U.S.-based manufacturing.” WorkFar plans to give customers access to its “large, software-enabled manufacturing footprint with Industry 5.0 automation, creating immense customer value for their manufacturing contracts.”
WorkFar said its manufacturing footprint encompasses wide-ranging manufacturing services trusted by household names and the United States Department of Defense (DoD). Its factory capabilities are reported to include plastic injection molding; mold and tool building; CNC machining; 3D printing; and full product assembly, along with value-added services like product design, prototyping, and secondary operations.
The company’s customers and end customers have included the likes of General Electric, Toyota, BMW, Bosch, Daifuku, Emerson, Mazak, Dematic, and Applied Industrial, as well as the U.S. DoD, the release stated.
According to WorkFar, top-tier customers prioritize its services not only for the substantial manufacturing capacity available, but also for the company’s competitive rates for new and existing manufacturing contracts. These are in addition to the benefits of U.S.-based manufacturing, which include more reliable supply chains, insulation from tariff hikes, sustained quality control, faster turnaround times, and a reduced environmental footprint.
Precision-manufactured parts for humanoid robots
In some manufacturing environments, the physical manipulation of objects by humans can result in toxic exposure, repetitive stress injuries, electric shock, or worse. To address this problem, WorkFar Robotics specializes in providing remote-operated, humanoid robots as a service.
The robots are purpose-built for the burgeoning niche of jobs that are considered too dangerous or too unsavory for human hands. But because these jobs are not yet fully automatable, they still require human brains. In addition to manufacturing, such jobs are found in logistics, chemicals, and other industries, the company said.
Precision engineering is key to ensuring that WorkFar’s robots can fulfill the intentions of their remote human operators.
“The manufacturing and assembly of these robots incorporate several thousands of parts total, all of which (aside from the off-the-shelf components) are made in-house in a WorkFar manufactory located in the USA,” the release stated. “These parts include proprietary-designed plastic injected parts and molds, sheet metal fabricated parts, and CNC machined parts that go into robots’ hands, joints, torso, omni-wheel base, and more.”
Because WorkFar manufactures its humanoid robots in-house, along with numerous other customers’ unrelated products, it can offer “an enormous manufacturing economy-of-scale and available capacity,” the company said.
Decades of expertise help businesses prepare for future
WorkFar’s oldest U.S. factory is said to have a long history, with more than 40 years of business operations experience in producing and assembling plastic and metal parts for diverse markets. These markets include aerospace, defense, medical, automotive, appliances, food service, industrial and consumer goods, and even other robotics companies, the company said.
WorkFar acquired its flagship factory in 2021 to mass produce humanoid robots in the United States. As it looks toward the future, the company is working to increase its global footprint by another order of magnitude, via acquisition, to facilitate mass adoption of its versatile humanoid robots.
According to WorkFar, cutting out the middlemen in the process of building parts for its humanoid robot technology has led to an incredible efficiency boost for the company and its manufacturing customers. It has also “made it easier to maintain a business-as-usual state during times of uncertainty and upheaval,” the company said.