The painting of automotive bodies on assembly lines was one of the first applications of advanced process automation. The auto industry pioneered the mass production “Class A” finish and modern ...

The next thing rolling off an American auto assembly line might not be a pickup truck or SUV. Some Ford and General Motors facilities might soon start producing advanced missile systems. In late June ...

The U.S. Mint's American Innovation $1 Coin program features the ingenuity of the country. A new $1 coin for Michigan celebrates the auto assembly line as a development that transformed manufacturing, ...

To understand the significance of unboxed assembly, let's first consider its historical roots. The moving assembly line, introduced by Ford in 1913, revolutionized car production, slashing assembly ...

Autonomous processes and innovative robot technology: to incorporate the all-electric Macan into the production line at the Porsche plant in Leipzig, the centerpiece of production – the marriage – was ...