Julie Johnsson and Paul Shukovsky
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
Boeing employees perform quality checks. (Alex FLynn/Bloomberg News)
Boeing Scuttles Use of Robots for Fuselage Work on 777, 777X Jetliners
Boeing employees perform quality checks. (Alex FLynn/Bloomberg News)
Score one for the humans. After four years of trial and error, Boeing Co. is dumping one of its most ambitious forays into automation: the robots that build two main fuselage sections for its 777 jetliners and an upgraded version known as 777X.
November 14, 2019