Adidas begins to sell the footwear entirely sewed by robots

 The German producer of sportswear and footwear reports about readiness of Speedfactory robofactory for start at full capacity. Her cars, in the autonomous mode, begin to sew several models of sneakers which will go on sale already on October 19 this year.

About intentions to create factory on tailoring of footwear without workers people, as opposed to the prospects of transfer of production to the Asian countries for the sake of his reduction in cost, in Adidas have started talking at the end of the 2015th. In one and a half years have debugged process to the level when it isn't a shame to show result to the consumer. At the beginning the factory of robots will release sports shoes from the Adidas Made For (AM4) series.

In this series six models of footwear which are designed taking into account features of life in starting six megalopolises of the planet are presented. First model: AM4LDN, it will also get on the London shelves on October 19th. The second in turn of AM4PAR (Paris), the third – AM4LA (Los Angeles). Three more, intended for Shanghai, Tokyo and New York, it is worth expecting in the 2018th year.

Production of footwear is entrusted to robots from the Futurecraft M.F.G series., little-known to general public. They use 3D technologies - the press and sew footwear on curves for the specific client, taking into account his anatomic features. Approximately and "handwork" in the 21st century, taking into account universal robotization of working processes will look. Adidas just occupies a niche among the first and will start the second similar factory of robots in Atlanta soon. 

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