MADISON, AL—Aerobotix Inc. has developed a robotic assembly line that scans, sands, paints and measures complex missile components, thereby achieving critical tolerances required for hypersonic flight.

MARYVILLE, MO—The Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing plant here is adding three additional assembly lines starting this fall.

BLUFFTON, OH — GROB Systems Inc, a company headquartered in Germany that manufactures machining and assembly systems, has designed and created coronavirus testing booths for Ohio hospitals.

WARREN, MI — The Paslin Company plans to invest $45 million to expand its operations here to supply assembly line robotic systems for electric-vehicle maker Rivian.

ZUFFENHAUSEN, Germany—Engineers at Porsche are setting up a new type of assembly line at its factory here to build a new type of sports car. The all-electric Taycan will be assembled in a “factory within a factory” as part of the Porsche Production 4.0 initiative.

LAFAYETTE, IN--Subaru of America is expanding its U.S. assembly plant here to accommodate an upcoming model. The company is shuffling assembly lines and adding space for its upcoming Ascent three-row crossover. Subaru says it is investing $100 million into its plant here and adding about 200 jobs. The additions will yield a total of 5,800 employees working in the facility to produce the Outback, Impreza, Legacy and new Ascent.

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are studying how robots and humans can work closer together on assembly lines.