More than 500 Putnam County students visited 11 manufacturers Thursday for Manufacturing Day, a visit that organizers hope will inspire some of them in their career choices.

Manufacturing is changing faster than at any point in my career. Robotics and automation are already reshaping how we design products, run factories, ensure quality, and move goods around the world.

"I am very happy doing what I am doing," says one young electrician who pursued a skilled trade as AI disrupts the job market for college grads.

Though automation reduces the number of jobs in the auto industry, there are still plenty of human workers needed to oversee the robots.

Faced with a shortage of soldiers, the Ukrainian army is eager to deploy robots on the battlefield — for efficiency and to save lives ...

How did the world of bits and bytes become the second-largest source of demand for construction workers, trailing only residential housing?