Austin has been senior editor for ASSEMBLY Magazine since September 1999. He has more than 25 years of b-to-b publishing experience and has written about a wide variety of manufacturing and engineering topics. Austin is a native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Michigan.
To teach robots how to move objects into an organized arrangement, engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a system called SimPLE (Simulation to Pick, Localize, and placE).
NEW YORK—According to a new study conducted by ABI Research, BYD Auto Co. is the top electric vehicle manufacturer in the world, just ahead of Tesla Inc.
GRAZ, Austria—Engineers at the Graz University of Technology recently developed a new process that enables adhesive-free joining of metal and wood components.
OAK RIDGE, TN—Engineers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a thin, flexible, solid-state electrolyte that may double energy storage for next-generation electric vehicles and portable electronic devices.