Austin Weber

GAYDON, England—Engineers at JLR are finding new ways to reuse production tools and equipment as the automaker converts facilities to make battery-powered vehicles.

MIAMI—Formula 1 cars made out of Lego bricks were the talk of the track at yesterday’s grand prix motor race here.

Competitive market pressures forced Cat to adopt new technology and implement lean manufacturing processes.

PALO ALTO, CA— Ford Otosan recently deployed quantum computing to streamline vehicle sequencing operations.

ARMONK, NY—IBM Corp. plans to invest $150 billion in America over the next five years.

ANN ARBOR, MI--The Association for Advancing Automation has issued a national robotics strategy.

WASHINGTON—The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s new Automated Vehicle Framework aims to spur development of self-driving cars and trucks in the United States.

TROY, MI—Slate Auto plans to build a small, bare bones, customizable electric truck that will cost less than $20,000.

 H2 Clipper Inc. plans to deploy autonomous and semi-autonomous robotic swarms to assemble its rigid airship.

Engineers at Rice University are developing next-generation wearable devices that are smarter, lighter weight and more flexible than current alternatives.