Automation

Robot Hand Shaking Human Hand

Man or machine? Robots on the rise

The prototype electric Harley-Davidson features a 300-volt battery and has a 90km range and a top speed of 145kmh - image courtesy of Harley-Davidson

Harley-Davidson LiveWire Tour takes electric motorcycle to Canada

hitchBOT experiment destroyed

Fears have been raised that armed UAVs could eventually become autonomous. Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.

Stephen Hawking, Steve Wozniak, Elon Musk call for ban on weaponising AI

Mcity is the world's first controlled environment to test self-driving cars -image courtesy of the University of Michigan.

University of Michigan creates mini city to test self-driving cars

Within just 18 months, it is expected that new production faciolities will increase Jeep's manufacturing capacity by as much as 590,000 units - image courtesy of Jeep.

Hack of a Jeep Cherokee prompts 1.4m vehicle recall

Manufacturing the connected enterprise

The one millionth TorqueFlite 845RE eight-speed automatic transmission moves down the assembly line at the Fiat Chrysler Kokomo Transmission Plant in Indiana - image courtesy of FCA.

Fiat Chrysler celebrates one millionth eight-speed transmission

The Audi plant in Ingolstadt celebrates topping out of new paint shop A new topcoat paint line is being built in the north of the plant site - image courtesy of Audi.

Audi celebrates ‘topping out’ of new A4 paint shop

An experimental exoskeleton developed by Panasonic. Image courtesy of ActiveLink.

Panasonic to release new exoskeleton in September

Google self-driving Lexus RX450h SUV takes to the streets - image courtesy of Google

One step closer to self-driving cars as Google takes testing to Austin