Julie Johnsson and Paul Shukovsky

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Boeing Scuttles Use of Robots for Fuselage Work on 777, 777X Jetliners

Boeing 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.

Julie Johnsson and Paul Shukovsky | Bloomberg News
November 14, 2019
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