(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 ...

At BMW’s sprawling plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, a humanoid robot called Figure 02 has been clocking 10-hour shifts ...

Automotive News Video: Robots beyond the assembly line at CES Advanced robots demonstrated security patrol, karate combat moves, and even cafeteria operations, suggesting automakers could soon replace ...

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 ...

Automakers have long leaned on machinery to manage the heavy lifting in their production facilities. But as technology advances, equipment is evolving into smarter and more complex forms. A recent ...

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, ...

3M has teamed up with General Motors on something that has never been done before in automotive manufacturing: automating paint repair on a moving production line. GM is using 3M’s Finesse-it™ Robotic ...