TEMPE, AZ—The Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing index rose to 55.3 percent last month from 54.2 percent in February. The latest reading exceeded the MarketWatch forecast of 54.6 percent.
OYSTER BAY, NY—According to a new report published by ABI Research,the number of production-ready additive manufacturing platforms that ship each year will increase to nearly $2 trillion in sum by 2030, as the technology’s use in structural and mission-critical commercial applications comes to fruition.
TOULOUSE, France—Inspired by auto racing's popular Formula E series, Air Race E plans to hold its first series of competitions in 2020 in partnership with Airbus.
PITTSBURGH—Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) has selected 11 projects that aim to strengthen U.S. manufacturing and create new industrial automation applications.
HANNOVER, Germany—Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU) have developed a way for people and robots to work together in an intuitive way that feels like human teamwork.
LOS ANGELES—Engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a way to weld an aluminum alloy that was difficult to join in the past.
CAMBRIDGE, MA—Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a robot that uses touch and vision technology to play Jenga, a popular game that requires agility.
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