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Wohlers Associates, powered by ASTM International, last week announced the release of Wohlers Report 2023. This year’s report examined the growth of the additive manufacturing, or AM, industry with insights from 10 industry sectors. New content included an examination of large-format additive manufacturing applications, including in aerospace and construction, as well as a look at the growing number of AM…
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…& Autonomous Systems Program at ASTM International, delivered the keynote address on optimizing warehouse operations with robots and AI. He was previously former senior advisor for technology research and planning at FedEx. This year’s event will highlight new developments in these applications and more. Robotics vendors are welcome to provide speakers as long as they also bring users. How to…
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Industrial standards organization ASTM International has put out a call for presentations for its International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing, or ICAM 2023. The event will be from Oct. 30 to Nov. 3 at the Hyatt Regency – Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The organization's Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) is hosting the conference, which is supported by more…
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ASTM International’s F45 committee for robotics, automation, and autonomous systems today announced that it is developing a proposed standard that will focus on the use of hardware and peripherals in robotic training systems. “The proposed standard can help ensure that robotic training systems perform consistently and reliably across different environments and use cases,” said Anton Koretskov, a member of ASTM…
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…South Carolina Research Authority and ASTM International are hosting an “Unleash the Bots” demonstration day on April 4 at Clemson University's International Center for Automotive Research. The goal of the event is to enable companies to discuss common challenges across manufacturing, said the Tech Demo Day organizers. Such challenges include finding more flexible and safer ways to deliver and handle…
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ASTM International is calling on university students to take part in the standards group’s new competition designed to spur interest in exoskeleton technologies. The Exo Games will take place from Aug. 15 to Aug. 17 at the University of Central Lancashire Engineering & Innovation Centre in the U.K., but the deadline to apply is Friday, March 10, at 11:59 p.m.…
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ASTM International’s F45 committee on robotics, automation, and autonomous systems committee has announced its next face-to-face meeting for April 19 and 20, 2023. It is developing a standard on mobile manipulator performance for static and indexed tasks. Robotics manufacturers, suppliers, integrators, and end users could use the proposed standard (WK83858) to verify the performance characteristics of a mobile manipulator, said…
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ASTM International today said it will host an in-person workshop to support the development of its Roadmap for Advanced Technologies for the Digitalization of the Construction Industry. The workshop, co-sponsored by the ASTM International Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will take place on Jan. 25 and 26, 2023, at…
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…and 3D printing. Standards organization ASTM International acquired Fort Collins, Colo.-based Wohlers Associates in 2021. The advisory group now includes technical and market experts to support the growing additive manufacturing (AM) industry. “ASTM International sees AC as the next frontier in construction,” noted Terry Wohlers, head of advisory services and market intelligence at Wohlers Associates. “To gain a view of…
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…standards efforts are under way. ASTM International’s robotics, automation, and autonomous systems committee this week said it is developing a standard on mobile manipulator performance for static and indexed tasks. The proposed standard will describe accepted procedures and test methods, including the supporting test apparatus, for measuring the static/indexed task performance of a single mobile manipulator, said the F45 committee.…
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…& Autonomous Systems Program at ASTM International, at this year's event. Compliance with the MassRobotics standard is voluntary, but it can help with robotics adoption, said Ryden. At the same time, the effort is open to interested parties and is working to complement existing standards, he said. “The standard can help influence adoption, but it does not affect or duplicate…
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…& Autonomous Systems Program at ASTM International, delivered the keynote address. He explained how warehouse and logistics companies are increasingly turning to automation to deal with labor shortages, supply chain challenges, and heightened competition. ASTM International's Aaron Prather Prather also described the types of systems that are available, pitfalls for adopting robots and software, and promising systems that are coming…
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…help both suppliers and users. ASTM International today announced that its F45 committee on robotics, automation, and autonomous systems has formed a new subcommittee on grasping and manipulation. The new subcommittee, F45.05, will develop standards that evaluate performance in several major areas of robotic manipulation. The first three task groups of the committee will develop standards for performance of grasping-type…
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…Systems Program at standards organization ASTM International. Speakers for the other RAC ’22 sessions include: Goods-to-Person Systems Keep Workers in the Loop: John Santagate, vice president of robotics at Körber Supply Chain Software, and William (Bill) Twickler, vice president of solutions at GXO Logistics Machine Tending and Welding With Cobots: Josh Pawley, founding partner at Vectis Automation, and Brian Havey,…
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…standards with members of the ASTM International standards committee. Exoskeletons could potentially reduce workplace back injuries in material handling by 20% to 60%, found the study, which was published in the Journal of Applied Ergonomics. “This is a critical advancement because work-related injuries to overburdened workers are a major factor contributing to the current dynamics in the labor market,” said…
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