Teradyne Robotics systems are part of Flex’s effort to standardize automation and accelerate productivity across its global manufacturing footprint.
AUSTIN, Texas—An newly expanded collaboration between Flex and Teradyne Robotics is intended to help accelerate intelligent automation across global manufacturing, according to a release from Flex.
Flex plays a dual role under the expanded relationship. The company deploys Teradyne Robotics equipment within its own production facilities while manufacturing key robotics components that enable scalable automation deployments for Teradyne Robotics customers worldwide.
Teradyne Robotics brands Universal Robots (UR) and Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) play a central role in the partnership. Flex manufactures key components for UR while deploying its collaborative industrial robots (cobots) and MiR autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in Flex production environments.
The combination of manufacturing and real-world deployment is reported to provide continuous operational feedback, validating robotics technologies at scale and enabling faster replication of successful automation workflows.
“For more than 20 years, Flex and Teradyne have partnered to deliver semiconductor equipment at global scale,” said Flex President of Lifestyle, Consumer Devices, and Core Industrial, Dennis Kirkpatrick, in the release. “Expanding our relationship into robotics and intelligent automation builds on a strong foundation, combining Teradyne Robotics’ industry-leading technologies with Flex’s advanced manufacturing capabilities, global footprint, and execution expertise.”
Flex supports Teradyne with advanced manufacturing, systems integration, and global supply chain execution for semiconductor test platforms used across electronics and semiconductor production environments. Extending the partnership into manufacturing automation systems is said to reflect a natural evolution, leveraging shared expertise to address rising complexity, scale requirements, and the need for greater flexibility across modern production operations.
“Working closely with Teradyne Robotics as an automation partner allows us to scale intelligent automation while supporting increasingly complex manufacturing environments for customers in electronics, industrial equipment, data center infrastructure, and other critical sectors,” said Rodrigo DallOglio, president of Operational Excellence & Transformation at Flex, in a statement.
Teradyne Robotics and Flex deliver next-generation intelligent automation applications that are reported to incorporate physical AI technologies designed to enable more adaptive, flexible systems within increasingly complex production environments.
“Flex’s experience in manufacturing complex products across industries, combined with its global scale and resilient supply chain, makes it an ideal partner for advancing intelligent automation,” said Teradyne Robotics Group President Jean-Pierre Hathout, in the release. “Together, we’re accelerating the adoption of robotics technologies that improve productivity, flexibility, and operational resilience across manufacturing environments worldwide.”
As part of its ongoing work to advance next generation automation, Teradyne Robotics is integrating emerging physical AI technologies into its collaborative industrial robots and autonomous mobile robots to help manufacturers address growing operational complexity. By combining these capabilities with Flex’s manufacturing expertise and real-world deployment environments, the two companies are working to accelerate the validation and scaling of more adaptive, intelligent automation systems. The goal is for these automation systems to respond to dynamic production needs and improve consistency, throughput, and efficiency across applications and global facilities, the release stated.