Articles by Austin Weber

WASHINGTON—According to Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute, almost 2 million U.S. manufacturing jobs could be left unfilled within the next 10 years.

CINCINNATI—GE Aerospace plans to invest nearly $1 billion in its U.S. factories and supply chain.

MAGDEBURG, Germany—Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation here are developing an automated process for electronics recycling..

NEW YORK— As a wave of Baby Boomers reach retirement age during the next five years, collaborative robots will help manufacturers cope with the skills gap. 

BMW AG plans to use a next-generation wiring architecture and simplified harnesses for its Neue Klasse vehicles.

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI—Regent Craft Inc. has conducted a successful test of its 12-passenger battery-powered Viceroy “seaglider” here.

The first application was installed at GM’s Spring Hill, TN, plant, which mass-produces Cadillac SUVs such as the XT5 and XT6.

When the heat’s on, rugged equipment dispenses thermally conductive adhesives.

LucidSim combines generative AI with physics simulators to enable a quadruped robot to learn from synthetic data rather than real-world experience.

CAMBRIDGE, England—A variety of start-up companies are developing next-generation radar technology for autonomous driving and advanced driver assistance system applications.