The local interconnect network, or LIN, gives auto designers a low-cost way to add new features to today's vehicles. The controller-area network (CAN) has emerged as the standard high-speed bus or ...

Esmerelda the robot wheeled around the floor, her arms lifting up and down on hydraulics. She scooped up small red-and-blue cones and stacked them onto rods of varying heights, her motors whirring. On ...