Austin Weber

DETROIT—General Motors is facing a backlash from the UAW for installing collaborating robots at its Factory Zero complex here, which recently laid off more than 1,000 workers.

SALEM, OR—Agility Robotics Inc. will be listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol “AGLT.”

STUTTGART, Germany—Mercedes-Benz is celebrating its 100th birthday this year.

WASHINGTON—From 1989 to 2023, manufacturing start-ups in the U.S. declined 58 percent.

Panasonic uses AI-powered robots to automatically disassemble appliances, enabling recycling, material recovery, and circular-economy sustainability.

TROY, MI—Despite growing adoption of self-driving vehicle technology on American roads, consumers remain skeptical of the technology.

CHICAGO—The number of industrial robot installations in the United States increased 11 percent to reach 38,000 units in 2025, according to new data just released by the International Federation of Robotics.

DETROIT—General Motors and Lockheed Martin plan to collaborate on a defense manufacturing initiative.

Adhesive bonding enables engineers to create strong joints. But industrial adhesives have several drawbacks, such as outgassing, which can cause problems in some applications.

In today’s age of artificial intelligence, smartphones, video games and virtual reality, pinball has undergone a resurgence. A handful of companies still make pinball machines in the United States. The largest of them all is Stern Pinball Inc.