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China makes a gigantic bet on robotics. bit.ly/4wdxiPu For its 15th Five-Year Plan, China put robots and AI at the center. The country will focus on both industrial and humanoid robots. #China #IFR

Chevy's Bolt was one of the earliest EVs, launching back in late 2016. The automaker dropped the Bolt in 2023 in favor of more modern EVs. But Chevy is bringing back the Bolt as a 2027 model and displayed the vehicle at the recent NY Auto Show. Read more: bit.ly/4da1aDx

Design News congratulates the 2026 DINO Award winners in additive manufacturing! The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) honored those who have contributed significantly to AMUG and additive manufacturing. Read our full write-up below. bit.ly/4vQoEq5

Korean carmaker Kia showcased its PV5 electric taxi concept at the recent New York International Auto Show, attracting a crowd of potential taxi fleet owners and drivers. Read the full analysis here: bit.ly/4vZqsx6

A new system may make micro-precision additive manufacturing more accessible to a wider range of users. At #RapidTCT, John Kawola showed us the microArch S150 series printer from Boston Micro Fabrication. Listen to John explain the system & then read more: bit.ly/4cRxNpE

Fred Fischer was excited to share some of the latest additive manufacturing solutions from Stratasys for specialist applications at #RapidTCT #3Dprinting

Want to see the Chevy Corvette ZR1X sports car up close? Senior Editor Spencer Chin does a walk-around of the vehicle at the NY International Auto Show. bit.ly/4cQ03do

Maximize the full potential of your PLM investment! Himanshu Zalavadiya, CEO and Founder of SteepGraph, shares how his team acts as a strategic integrator—helping organizations optimize, streamline, and maximize the impact of their PLM systems.

In a new @DesignNews feature, Magna’s DHD REX hybrid drive shows how flexibility can support range‑extended EVs and PHEVs. Read more: bit.ly/4cJRZLc

🎥 Live from the Aras User Conference! Design News Senior Editor Rob Spiegel talked with Kash Khetia, Product Manager at Envision, to hear how their platform is transforming the way companies integrate work instructions. Curious how it all works? Watch this short video.

AI isn’t replacing factory workers, it’s amplifying them. In manufacturing, the real power of AI is helping people work smarter, solve problems faster, and keep production running smoothly. 👥 Learn more in @DesignNews: designnews.com/automation/del…

🚀 Ready to take your embedded development skills to the next level? Join us for Modern Embedded Development with C++, led by Jacob Beningo, April 20–24, 2026. Learn how to integrate C++ into real projects and create cleaner, safer firmware. Register now! bit.ly/4csUMIt

Can AI help you improve efficiency and reduce design risk? In this series on Analog AI, Dr. Don Wilcher, Ed.D, MSEIT, EE, CETa, explores the development of analysis modeling tools for integrated circuits (ICs). bit.ly/4c4HnVD #analogai #integratedcircuits

Buckle up for a lap of Circuito de Navarra in northern Spain in the new 1,064-horsepower, all-wheel-drive, twin-turbocharged, hybrid-electric Aston Martin Valhalla! Read more about the supercar here: utm.io/uncl2

Arturo Fernandez of the European Space Agency discusses the importance of power electronics in keeping the Copernicus earth-monitoring satellite operating around the clock at the recent Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC). Read about it here: bit.ly/4dRHnea

Whether you’re looking to scale AI from pilot to plant or integrate AI Agents for manufacturing excellence, MD&M South is the place to be this April! Read more about the sessions and the tech leaders shaping the 2026 expo: utm.io/umZgk #MDMSouth

Career experts say tech firms are investing in AI rather than in humans. What does that mean for engineers and other tech workers? Read about it here. bit.ly/4t1ALOD

Can edge AI help engineers spot issues sooner, without a cloud round trip? @DesignNews looks at TDK SensEI’s edgeRX for real-time vibration and temperature analytics, plus edgeRX Vision for high-speed visual inspection. Read more here: brnw.ch/21x0QLd

Two days until our live webinar with @DesignNews! Join us March 19 at 2:00 PM ET for 'To the Rescue: Contract Design & Manufacturing Support for Engineers'. There is still time to register: webinar.connectmeinforma.com/event/register…

Chevrolet Bolt chief engineer Jeremy Short was under pressure to deliver the 2027 Bolt EV, with production in a new plant. But even more importantly, he had to be sure his wife liked the upgrades! bit.ly/41bTZFl #Chevrolet #Bolt #GeneralMotors