United Kingdom, May 29 -- BMW is set to use humanoid robots for car manufacturing in Europe for the first time.

The German car manufacturer has announced that two robots, made by Hexagon Robotics, will soon begin working in the company's production sector.

Michael Nikolaides, the head of process management and digitalisation at BMW, told the BBC: "This will be the future of automotive production."

Nikolaides explained BMW's decision to use human-shaped robots for car production.

He said: "If you have a humanoid form, you can pretty much set it to any workplace where a human is working today because it has the same size and the same capabilities."

Nikolaides believes robots will help to overcome a labour shortage in the coming years....