Marc Segura, president of ABB Robotics, believes there are three key trends to watch.

FREMONT, CA—Bloom Energy Inc. has been awarded up to $75 million in tax credits from the federal government to expand domestic manufacturing of solid oxide fuel cells at its assembly plant here.

WALTHAM, MA—Boston Dynamics has introduced a new, fully electric version of its Atlas humanoid robot.

Yamaha Motor Co.’s flagship factory here is using state-of-the-art automated guided vehicles (AGVs) that address the challenges of assembling motorcycles in a high-mix, low-volume environment.

ANN ARBOR, MI—For the 10th consecutive year, Toyota has been awarded more patents from the United States patent office than any other automaker.

CHATANOOGA, TN—Workers at Volkswagen’s assembly plant here began voting today on whether to be represented by the United Auto Workers union.

GREENSBORO, NC—The Volvo Group will build a new assembly plant in Mexico to produce heavy-duty trucks for the North American market.

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a safety check technique that can prove with 100 percent accuracy that a robot’s trajectory will remain collision-free.

On Monday, April 16th, a two-hour presentation was held with reporters and two Boeing engineering managers who detailed the company’s stress and safety tests for the 787, which include testing the plane for 165,000 cycles, each meant to provide an equivalent of a flight, with varying conditions. In addition, the fuselage skin was struck by a 300-pound pendulum, the engineers said.

Rising demand for new commercial and defense aircraft is driving market growth.