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Hyundai Motors has hinted at the striking design and capabilities of its next generation hydrogen vehicle, which is due for release in 2018, at a preview event in South Korea - image courtesy of Hyundai.

Hyundai FCEV: a sneak peak at the 2018 hydrogen fuel cell SUV

Trump campaigned extensively on bringing manufacturing jobs back to the US. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.

Trump kills Manufacturing Council as CEOs pull out

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Robotics & Automation

China breaks global records for automation

The collaborative robot arm automates processes and manual tasks, where precision is crucial – image courtesy of Universal Robots.

Robotics & Automation

Pick and place robot frees up two labour hours daily

Plants closely related to tobacco were used to grow polio vaccines. Image courtesy of Leaf Expression Systems.

Innovation

Vaccines grown in plants show promise

Since the components are visible after installation and gap dimensions need to be accurate to a tenth of a millimetre, the entire process had to be reliable and precise - image courtesy of toolcraft.

Robotics & Automation

Autonomous robots to manufacture innovative car interiors

Renewable energy such as wind power suffers from intermittant generation capacity. Image courtesy of Wikipedia - Chris Lim.

Alphabet makes move into energy storage

An artist's impression of the solar thermal plant to be built in SA. Image courtesy of Solar Reserve.

World’s largest solar thermal plant to be built in South Australia

Airbus's SAGITTA unmanned aircraft test vehicle takes flight. Image courtesy of Airbus.

Airlines could see billions in savings from pilotless planes

PTC CEO Jim Heppelmann at LiveWorx 2017 - image courtesy of PTC

Innovation

Creating a smart connected product from the beginning

The Airlander 10 in flight. Image courtesy of Hybrid Air Vehicles.

Innovation

Inspecting the hull of the world’s largest aircraft