Weekend Roundup

• At the Techonomy 2012 conference this week, company Theometrics laid out a plan to use robots to perform layout-marking tasks in construction sites. The owner of the company says robots would help bridge a gap in construction that currently leads to inefficiencies and delays. (Los Angeles Times)

• The U.S. Army has placed an order for an additional 68 RQ-7B Shadows. (Flightglobal)

• Foxconn is bringing in its first round of robot workers to replace human employees. It’s part of a move to eventually have 1 million manufacturing robots at its facilities. (Tech Crunch)

• China’s Aviation Industry Corp. debuted a static display of its Wing Loong UAV at Airshow China. (Flightglobal)

• Northrop Grumman performed a first flight with its new and bigger version of the optionally piloted Firebird. (Defense Systems)