GM’s New Factory Robots Are Sparking a Debate About Jobs General Motors’ decision to install approximately 50 collaborative robots at its Factory Zero electric vehicle plant in Detroit has sparked a renewed debate about automation […

Factory automation is accelerating across the auto industry, setting up a new battle between labor and management

General Motors has rolled out 50 collaborative robots at its Factory Zero plant in Michigan, in a move that has quickly become one of the clearest examples of how automation is reshaping factory work in the US.

Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker's machines are built to be reconfigured.

Dozens of new robot arms have been installed at General Motors’ flagship electric vehicle factory in Detroit—even as 1,300 workers remain out of work following what was supposed to be a temporary layoff. The latest automation push has spurred union pushback over a potentially existential issue for automakers and their workers.

More than 1,000 workers at General Motors’ flagship Detroit assembly plant were idled, many of them indefinitely, as the company installed 50 robots. The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is calling

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Automakers and workers are teed up for what each side views as a fight for existence — with cobots in the middle and already operating in Detroit.

General Motors cut more than 1,000 workers at its Factory Zero plant in Detroit. It softened its EV commitments and paused production more than once. And then it started installing robots. Around 50 collaborative robots,

More and more robots are assisting workers in factories. However, human-robot collaboration is still far from seamless. Researchers from Prof. Lorenzo Masia's team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now developed a solution that enables a factory worker wearing an exoskeleton to work closely and,