The goal of the R&D project is to track and reduce the carbon footprint related to robot electricity usage, resulting in more sustainable manufacturing.

The labor contract, in force for 3,200 employees at the automaker’s assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the first UAW contract at a Southern auto plant outside of the Detroit Three.

U.S. manufacturing activity expanded again in February while input prices at factories surged to a near 3‑1/2‑year high, reflecting rising costs from tariffs and other pressures, even before U.S.-led ...

LONDON—The number of manufacturers that expect to automate key production processes by 2030 will more than double, from 18 percent to 50 percent, according to PwC.

Compared with Industry 4.0, where humans mainly act as supervisors, Industry 5.0 elevates human expertise and contextual understanding. The objective is to allow people to focus on high-value ...

Humanoid robots are one of the hottest topics of 2026. But, despite all the hype, many manufacturers plan to cautiously ...

Power distribution shouldn’t lock a facility into one layout. Here’s how engineers are designing leaner, code-compliant power ...

The study focuses on the advantages and difficulties encountered when users wear a back-support exoskeleton during manual material handling tasks. In addition, the research offers a statistical ...

A team of young engineers at the University of Tennessee is using a six-axis collaborative robot to automate assembly steps such as terminal insertion and wire routing.

MUNICH—The BMW Group is the latest automaker that plans to use humanoid robots in an assembly plant. After experimenting with the technology at its facility in Spartanburg, SC, the company is now ...

Rivian Automotive Inc. will assemble its much-anticipated R2 on a technologically advanced production lie that runs on smart and connected digital systems.

Zoomlion said it has cut excavator manufacturing cycle time to 6.5 days and achieved a production pace of one machine every six minutes by building a shared smart factory system designed to handle ...