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Pella is investing in automation to boost productivity and improve the quality of its windows and doors.

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an AI-driven robotic assembly system lets users build simple objects by describing them with words.

SAN FRANCISCO—A variety of start-ups are developing and manufacturing humanoid robots for factories, warehouses, healthcare providers and even households. Now, a new start-up, Foundation Future Industries Inc., is developing humanoid robots for a different customer—the U.S. military.

STADE, Germany—Robots are great tools for manufacturing and assembly processes that require motion, such as cutting, welding, dispensing, sanding and painting. They are less good at machining solid steel or following complex milling paths. That’s because what robots offer in flexibility, they lack in stiffness. 

WICHITA, KS—Researchers at the National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University have developed a dual-robot automated fiber placement (AFP) system to fabricate thermoplastic composite structures directly in space without tooling.

During The Assembly Show last fall, we sat down with Anthony Leo, president of IPR Robotics, to talk about new product development in the automation sector.

FRANKFURT—The VDMA OPC Robotics Initiative will make it easier for industrial robots to communicate with each other.

BLACKSBURG, VA—Engineers at Virginia Tech University believe that collaborative robots may help autistic adults find jobs in manufacturing.

Cobot sales are expected to grow at a cumulative annual rate of 31 percent over the next five years.

The survey questioned 1,000 workers in each of five countries: U.S., China, Japan, U.K. and Germany. Across the board, workers are embracing robots.