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GAYDON, England—Engineers at JLR are using drones to inspect production machinery and equipment.

DAYTON, OH—Joby Aviation Inc., a company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, has acquired an additional assembly plant here.

SALCHING, Germany—BMW and Encory have opened a new facility here to recycle batteries from electric vehicles.

COLQUITT, GA—Grupo Vialume, a manufacturer of reflective raised pavement markers, will invest $4.4 million to build a new assembly plant here, creating 150 new jobs over the next seven years. 

DETROIT—General Motors is the latest automaker to announce a big loss from its investments in electric vehicles.

LAS VEGAS—Caterpillar is investing millions of dollars in artificial intelligence technology to transform its factories and products.

LAS VEGAS—Boston Dynamics Inc.'s next-generation Atlas humanoid robot is currently in use at Hyundai’s assembly plant in Ellabell, GA.

LAS VEGAS—Bosch GmbH is partnering with Microsoft Corp. to expand its Manufacturing Co-Intelligence system.

SKANDERBORG, Denmark—Kamstrup, a Danish manufacturer of smart water meters, is using selective soldering equipment from Nordson Electronics Solutions to assemble through-hole components on circuit boards. The technology has enabled Kamstrup to increase throughput by 20 percent and reclaim 6 meters of factory floor space.

SAN DIEGO—Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a next-generation wearable device that enables people to control robots and other machines using everyday gestures.