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CAMBRIDGE, MA—In a perfectly capitalist system, increased profit produced by automation flows to the owners of the business, not the workers, argues one analyst.

MUNICH, Germany—Many industries are not yet automated as extensively as possible, according to a new report by the International Federation of Robotics and the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association.

Early in 2011, Bruce O’Neill made an important decision for Detroit-based Focus: HOPE’s Center for Advance Technolo-gies.

The software manages, plans and simulates production processes.

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Researchers at MIT have developed a robot that can mimic silk worms and spiders and weave a cocoon-like structure with a little programming help from humans.

The Dodge Dart compact sedan differs significantly from the two other vehicles that are built at Chrysler’s Belvidere, IL, assembly plant—the Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot sport utility vehicle.

MERIDIAN, ID—Electronics assembler Computrol Inc. has installed a new selective solder system at its assembly plant here.

BEIJING—Chinese factories are automating at such a rate, that China may soon overtake Japan and South Korea as the world’s biggest market for robots.

DRACHTEN, Netherlands—Philips Electronics has installed a flexible, robotic assembly line to produce electric shavers.

WALTHAM, MA—Excelitas Technologies has implemented a state-of-the-art high-speed automated assembly system to produce laser irradiance detectors.