Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.38
…regional network and execution competency, we can make smart manufacturing and digital transformation solutions more accessible to businesses in Southeast Asia,” Tarkieltaub added. CAD-IT to offer Plex Systems and Fiix With the new partnership, CAD-IT said will begin offering Rockwell Automation’s smart manufacturing and automation services, including the newly acquired cloud based native smart manufacturing platform from Plex Systems, as well the cloud-based artificial intelligence powered computerized maintenance management system Fiix. Rockwell said both products are designed to be used across Asia Pacific for customers in the restaurant, household, personal care, and automotive industries. CAD-IT, which has offices in China,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.89
As the director of the Center for Advanced Manufacturing for the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Christine Nolan has seen firsthand the work being done throughout the commonwealth to bolster local industries. Created by the state legislature in 1982, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is a state public economic development agency that supports industries throughout Massachusetts through grant funding and programming. The collaborative is made up of five parts that focus on specific divisions, including broadband, cybersecurity, digital health, innovation, and manufacturing. Nolan’s agency gives grant funding to companies and universities working on projects aimed at creating jobs and advancing manufacturing. “We care…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.82
…developed by KUKA Systems Corp. at its Ford Advanced Manufacturing Center in Redford, Mich. The company said the robot is always on time, precise, and only needs to take short breaks to recharge. Ford’s additive manufacturer operators even gave it a name – “Javier.” While the process itself is autonomous, Ford operators are responsible for uploading 3D designs to the printer and maintaining the machinery, and for engineering new ways to use the technology. All night long The KUKA robot lets Ford operate its 3D printers even after employees have left for the day. Not only does this increase throughput,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.85
…a host of challenges facing the supply chain and manufacturing industry,” he said. “It's a critical time, and we see this as a perfect opportunity for startup teams with bold ideas and solutions to accelerate the Industry 4.0 transformation.” Founded in 2017 as Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota Ventures invests in early-stage startups from around the world. The Los Altos, Calif.-based venture capital firm has more than $500 million in assets under management. Its funds include the Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund, which focuses on artificial intelligence, cloud computing, autonomy, mobility, robotics, smart cities, digital health, financial technologies, materials, and energy. It…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.30
…the entire ecosystem of housing,” he added. The gantry-mounded additive manufacturing and finishing system. Source: Diamond Age Diamond Age to automate home construction Diamond Age said it is building a suite of 26 end-of-arm robotic tools to offset 55% of the manual labor required to build a new home. The company is also developing additive manufacturing tools that move along a gantry system to add layers of concrete to “print” the interior and exterior walls of the house. Using 3D printing and robotics technology, Diamond Age said it has advanced its full-stack automation platform by scaling up the building envelope…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.42
…Ph.D. student Tae-Ho Kim, and a team in SFU's Additive Manufacturing Lab have researched how the intracies of origami and bioinspired motion can help robots perform diagnostic procedures. They have replaced the traditional blood-pressure check by replicating the folding mechanisms of the leech in their design of 3D-printable origami sensors. The leech-inspired origami (LIO) sensors can be integrated onto the fingertips of a humanoid sensing robot. The research was published in the journal npj Flexible Electronics from Nature Publishing Group. “Our origami-inspired dry electrode has unique characteristics such as suction for grasping and foldability inspired by nature,” said Kim, a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.45
…problems. Omron's Asia-Pacific group this week announced its “innovative-Automation” manufacturing concept, based on its “three I's” or innovations of digital engineering transformation, letting machines do what they can do beyond human abilities, and advanced collaboration with people. Omron Automation Americas is based in Hoffman Estates, Ill. In November 2021, the industrial automation provider acquired a 10% stake in collaborative robot maker Techman Robot and opened a proof-of-concept center in Novi, Mich. California center to work on controllers Omron said its California expansion enables it to develop highly precise, high-speed motion technology that fits the needs of customers in the semiconductor,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.16
…and infrastructure health monitoring. Dive said it uses large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) techniques and a novel system architecture to rapidly produce the DIVE-LD at a fraction of the time and cost of existing AUVs. Unmanned offerings to provide ocean intelligence Anduril and Dive said the integration of the next DIVE-LD iteration with the Lattice OS autonomy software “will further disrupt this segment of the market.” “We built Dive to make undersea exploration safer, smarter, and cheaper and to offer customers the highest level of customization,” said Bill Lebo, co-founder and CEO of Dive Technologies. “With Anduril, we will rapidly scale…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.24
…XC metal 3D printer to an aerospace customer. The additive manufacturing system is designed for faster production and larger, mission-critical parts, according to Velo3D. “I believe that the Sapphire XC will quickly become the gold standard in advanced metal additive manufacturing,” stated Benny Buller, founder and CEO of Velo3D. “Because our customer is already utilizing our end-to-end production solution, they can immediately and seamlessly move parts to Sapphire XC to achieve a phenomenal production rate increase.” “We made a huge effort to ensure that Sapphire XC uses the exact same manufacturing process as Sapphire,” he added. “The ability to move…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.99
…agreement with Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. The Pflugerville, Texas-based additive manufacturing company said it expects use the $346 million in cash from the deal to fund organic growth initiatives. Founded in 2013, Essentium said it develops industrial 3D printing solutions across systems, materials, software, and services “to enable a new distributed and sustainable manufacturing footprint.” The company claimed that its ecosystem can quickly create high-quality parts that match the strength of injection molding in full-scale production at a very low total cost of ownership (TCO). “Essentium is transforming the future landscape of supply chains by delivering truly distributed, sustainable manufacturing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.81
FANUC America Corp. and the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) yesterday announced that they have decided to co-market the stackability of their respective industry-recognized certifications to help meet the acute shortage of skilled industrial robotics and automation operators. “The collaboration between FANUC and MSSC will provide a major benefit to employers looking to fill Industry 4.0 robotics and CNC technical positions,” said Paul Aiello, director of the CERT Education Group at FANUC America. “The entire manufacturing industry in the U.S. is facing a growing shortage of higher-skilled technicians vitally needed at the operator level.” “We look forward to incorporating the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.29
…than photolithography and microfabrication,” he said. “We looked into additive manufacturing and screen printing, which eliminate the need for a clean room and are nonrigid compared wth traditional silicon.” “We have a close relationship with one retailer, which was looking for purpose-built sensors for its 54,000 SKUs, some of which are highly dependent on grasp,” said Hussein. “It is pushing the boundaries for tactile manipulation more than any other warehousing company.” Touchlab is ANA Avatar XPRIZE finalist Touchlab was recently named one of the 15 finalists in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE, in which competitors are developing means for people to…