CAMBRIDGE, MA—MIT researchers have developed an algorithm that they say will enable robots to learn and adapt to humans so they can soon work side-by-side on factory floors.
LOUISVILLE, KY—Approximately 5,000 people attended the open house at GE’s Appliance Park to celebrate the creation of 1,000 jobs and the opening of two new assembly lines.
ANN ARBOR, MI—Equipping robots with vision guidance systems eliminates the need for expensive fixtures that often must be removed or modified when manufacturers introduce new products or parts.
MEMPHIS, TN—Construction of the new Electrolux appliance factory in Memphis is on schedule, the company’s top U.S. executive said Friday. The first assembly line will start rolling by the end of the first quarter of 2013, and full production will ramp up by the end of 2014.
WASHINGTON—U.S. sales of machine tools totaled $410.4 million in April. That’s a 3 percent increase from April 2011 sales. With a year-to-date total of $1.76 billion, 2012 sales are up 10.2 percent compared with 2011.
KAWAUCHI, Japan—A Tokyo-based manufacturer will open a factory in this village that was up until this April completely evacuated due to the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant disaster.
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