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The Rules Of Cyber Risk Are Changing, Manufacturers’ OT Has To Keep Up

For the fourth consecutive year, the manufacturing industry was cyber attackers’ top target in 2025. And new operational technologies create vulnerability

ByLisa Caldwell,

Contributor

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Six Insights From 2025 National Competitiveness Forum

Six insights from the 2025 National Competitiveness Forum on how the U.S. must move faster, act at scale, and lead through innovation convergence.

ByDeborah Wince-Smith,

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Humanoid Robots Building Airplanes: Airbus Buys 6-Figure Robots From UBTech

Robots will be building airplanes soon, if a new deal between Airbus and UBTech Robotics is any indicator ...

ByJohn Koetsier,

Senior Contributor

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Design For Disassembly Can Rescue Waste And Stop Housing Supply Issues

Panasonic is introducing design for disassembly for circularity, a concept that could be adopted for the built environment and help future proof housing.

ByJennifer Castenson,

Contributor

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A Year Of Consequences: Six Manufacturing Predictions For 2026

If 2025 had a defining theme for manufacturers, it was uncertainty. Not the abstract kind. The operational kind.

ByEthan Karp,

Contributor

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Tulip Raises $120 Million Toward Human-Centric AI Factory

Tulip's human-centric approach to AI led it to focus on developing and deploying a new category of software that embeds AI in frontline operations.

ByGil Press,

Senior Contributor

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AI Won’t Save Manufacturing. People Will.

The future of manufacturing won’t be written by machines alone. It will be written by people, using AI to extend what they can do, not replace them.

ByNatan Linder,

Contributor

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Top 10 Humanoid Robot Companies By Shipments Revealed

We're not shipping a lot of humanoid robots yet. But shipments are forecast to almost double each year for the next decade. Here's who's leading now ...

ByJohn Koetsier,

Senior Contributor

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How Modern Manufacturing Helps Rural Companies Attract Skilled Talent

Rural companies may find it hard to source skilled talent, but some leading-edge rural manufacturers have developed innovative techniques to attract skilled workers.

ByJohn Hall,

Senior Contributor

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Atlas Humanoid Robots Production ‘Fully Committed’ For 2026, Factory Will Build 30,000 Per Year

Boston Dynamics latest Atlas humanoid robot is big, strong, and increasingly smart, thanks to Google. The company has plans to ship up to 30,000 per year.

ByJohn Koetsier,

Senior Contributor

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Agibot Launches 3 Humanoid Robots And Quadruped, Says Has Shipped 5,000 Already

Agibot just released a robot dog, a factory-worker humanoid robot on wheels, a "white-collar" humanoid robot for reception-like duties, and a playful dancing robot.

ByJohn Koetsier,

Senior Contributor

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How Education Trends Are Influencing Future Workforce Readiness

How current education trends are shaping future workforce readiness, productivity, and long-term business competitiveness—and why technology alone will not close the gap.

ByAndrea Hill,

Contributor

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The Companies Shaping The Future Don’t Build Like Everyone Else

In 2026, the most consequential competitive advantage will be about accelerating innovation and making manufacturing and supply chain management frictionless.

ByDave Evans,

Contributor

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From Research To Deployment: The Scale-Up Of Defense 3D Printing

Additive manufacturing leaders are focusing on defense, helping the U.S. military move from 'futuristic visions' to manufacturing on the front lines.

ByCarolyn Schwaar,

Contributor

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AI Data Centers Have Paid $6B+ In Tariffs In 2025 — A Cost To U.S. AI Competitiveness?

AI data centers may pay $6B in tariffs in 2025, adding costs to servers and infrastructure. How tariffs shape U.S. AI competitiveness is becoming a key industry question.

ByAnna-Katrina Shedletsky,

Senior Contributor

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Innovation In The Arsenal: What Ukraine Is Teaching America’s Defense Manufacturers

Ukraine’s war is redefining defense manufacturing, pushing the U.S. toward faster iteration, modular systems, and tighter factory-to-frontline feedback loops.

ByAnna-Katrina Shedletsky,

Senior Contributor

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Manufacturers Chasing Blockbuster Revenue Must Get Wicked-Good At Moving Fast

Most people don’t realize how quickly cultural moments can ripple through the world of manufacturing. Take the new Wicked movie.

ByEthan Karp,

Contributor