NEW YORK-Although robots have made great strides in manufacturing, where tasks are repetitive, they are still no match for humans, who can grasp things and move about effortlessly in the physical world. Designing a robot to mimic the basic capabilities of motion and perception would be revolutionary. MORE
SEATTLE-Boeing has suspended deliveries of 787 Dreamliner airplane sections from its suppliers, including the one in North Charleston, SC, to the assembly line in Everett, WA, and will hold the line in place for a month while mechanics catch up on work. Boeing spokesman Scott Lefeber said the production slowdown won’t affect the first Dreamliner delivery, now expected in September. MORE
WASHINGTON-The National Institute of Standards and Technology has appointed manufacturing industry executive Michael F. Molnar to be the agency’s first chief manufacturing officer. MORE
NEW YORK-If ambitious plans outlined here last month come to fruition, several of the world’s leading universities could soon be collaborating on engineering-design projects and research activities, exchanging students and professors, and pooling their expertise to work more closely with industry. MORE
WASHINGTON-New orders for manufactured goods in May, up two of the last three months, increased $3.5 billion or 0.8 percent to $445.3 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. MORE
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