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These Robots Are ­sing Static Electricity to Make Nikes


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Grabit's shoemaking robot

Grabit's shoemaking robot at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale.

Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

The most labor intensive part of putting together a pair of Nikes is assembling the "upper"—the flexible part of the shoe that sits on top of your foot.

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