(CNN)-- An automotive assembly line robot killed a worker at a car factory in Germany this week, a prosecutor's office said. The man, 21, was installing the robot at a Volkswagen assembly line on ...

Developments in autonomous robotics have the potential to revolutionize manufacturing processes, making them more flexible, ...

Efficiency in automotive parts production has improved by 40%, which means new cars can roll off the assembly line faster and at lower costs, ultimately resulting in more affordable prices for ...

Apptronik's Apollo robots are 5'8 in height and will complete manual labor tasks like bringing parts to the Mercedes-Benz assembly line. Mercedes-Benz is adding Apptronik's Apollo humanoid robots to ...

You just knew this was coming. No doubt, you've heard about the staffing shortages in factories. And guess what? The solution seems to be robots. At Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing in Hungary, they’ve ...

A breakthrough achieved at a lab in the United States could bring friction stir welding to assembly lines. The technique involves the use of a spinning tool to generate intense levels of deformation ...

In assembly lines, robots are programmed to perform a single task with high precision. Consider the example of automobile assembly, depicted in the picture above. Cars move along a conveyor belt, ...