Meet Germany's Robot Co-workers

Humans and robots work together on the factory floor at Baden-Württemberg's SEW-Eurodrive. Atika Shubert finds out how these cobots work and what's behind the business success.

Nov 1st, 2016

In this Thursday, July 9, 2015, file photo, the Proctor & Gamble headquarters complex is seen in downtown Cincinnati. Proctor & Gamble is raising prices on a range of goods as higher commodity and freight costs are set to take a bite out of its profits.

P&G Raising Prices to Offset Higher Commodity, Freight Costs

The company has yet to see “notable changes” in consumer behavior in reaction to the higher prices.

A surgical team examines a pig kidney attached to the body of a deceased recipient for any signs of rejection, New York, Sept. 2021.

Pig-to-Human Transplants a Step Closer with New Test

Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work.

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30 Business Leaders Promote Sustainable Investments

The business leaders in the alliance come from about 24 countries and include corporations, manufacturers, tech companies and more.

Bolt-on spindles.

7-Step Process to Improve Your Changeover

Reduce scrap, cut inventory costs and increase on-time delivery.

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Manufacturing Tour Targets Youth

A group of manufacturing industry leaders are on tap to present.

Kevin Lavallee, CEO of TK Elevators' North American operations, stands at the top of the company's new elevator testing facility outside Atlanta, Oct. 13, 2021.

Skyscraper Lab to Test Elevators of the Future

It’s the largest test tower in the Western Hemisphere.

In this June 10, 2020 file photo, cattle occupy a feedlot in Columbus, Neb. Frustrated with persistently low prices, ranchers and others in the beef industry are moving to reverse decades of consolidation and planning to open new slaughterhouses.

Unhappy with Prices, Ranchers Look to Build Own Meat Plants

Crews will start work this fall building the Sustainable Beef plant on nearly 400 acres.

Smokestacks from the Greenidge Generation power plant tower above nearby homes, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, in Dresden, N.Y.

Bitcoin-Mining Power Plant Raises Ire of Environmentalists

They fear a wave of resurrected fossil-fuel plants pumping out greenhouse gases.

TSMC Plans Chip Plant in Japan, Says Supply Shortages Easing

TSMC plans to invest $100 billion to expand manufacturing capacity and support research and development.

A late-19th century photo of Francis Amasa Walker, the third president of MIT.

MIT Grapples with Early Leader

Francis Amasa Walker helped usher the school into national prominence — and shaped the nation’s hardline policies toward Native Americans.

A column of candy, left, featured in TikTok videos is displayed at It'Sugar candy store, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, on the Upper East Side of New York.

'As Seen on TikTok' is the New 'As Seen on TV'

National chains, hoping to get TikTok’s mostly young users into its stores, are setting up TikTok sections.

In this Oct. 22, 2012, file photo provided by the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the platforms Ellen and Elly stand offshore near Long Beach, Calif., in the BSEE's Pacific Region. Oil production in federal waters in the Pacific is down 90% over the past several decades and no new drilling leases have been sold in the region since the early 1980s.

Aging Equipment, Spills Test Ties Between Oil, California

A recent incident has renewed calls to end drilling in coastal waters.