The U.S. labor market continued its sluggish performance in June, offering little relief after a disappointing jobs report in May, according to a “Job Market Report” produced by Glassdoor, Chicago.

The robotics revolution is rapidly accelerating, as fast-paced technological advances in automation, engineering, energy storage, artificial intelligence and machine learning converge continue to transform the capabilities of robots and their ability to take over tasks once carried out by humans.

Swift Sensors, Austin, Texas, developed 11 new predictive maintenance tools to its manufacturing analytics dashboard.

Thomas, New York, released its year-end Index Report, which reveals the top product and service categories buyers sourced online in 2018.

Nearly 90% of senior manufacturing industry executives predict that the competitive importance and pace of innovation will increase significantly as companies deepen their adoption of Manufacturing 4.0 (M4.0) technologies, according to results from the latest “Innovation in Manufacturing” research survey.

Contrary to public perception, U.S. manufacturing and logistics industries experienced dramatic growth over the past generation, according to a new report from Ball State Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER), Muncie, Ind., and Conexus Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind.

U.S. business investment projects accounted for $166 billion in capital investment in 2015, according to the EY 2016 US Investment Monitor (USIM), an annual report prepared by the Ernst & Young LLP Quantitative Economics and Statistics (QUEST) and Indirect Tax Incentives practices.

Forrester Research, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., forecasts that cognitive technologies such as robots, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and automation will replace 7% of U.S. jobs by 2025.