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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a common part of the technology landscape, in hardware and software, including the use of machine learning and deep learning. Design engineers will be challenged to use both deep learning and machine learning in their own design processes to more quickly explore the design space and optimize final designs, as well as incorporate deep learning…
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3DEO experienced significant growth in 2018, its second full year of operation. During the year 3DEO printed over 30,000 paid parts for customers across various industries including medical, aerospace, defense, consumer and industrial equipment. “We are very proud of what we accomplished in 2018 working hand-in-hand with end-use customers. We are also very excited for what’s to come in 2019.…
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FedEx SameDay Bot With the FedEx SameDay Bot, retailers will be able to accept orders from nearby customers and deliver them by bot directly to customers’ homes or businesses the same day. FedEx is collaborating with companies such as AutoZone, Lowe’s, Pizza Hut, Target, Walgreens and Walmart to help assess retailers’ autonomous same-day and last-mile delivery needs. On average, more…
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Women make up only 13% of the engineering workforce. That’s a pretty alarming statistic, and to change it, there is an active effort underway to foster interest in engineering among young female students, including DiscoverE’s recent Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, celebrated on February 21. Timed to last week’s event, Siemens PLM Software showcased its own rendition of a…
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Protolabs is being showcased as part of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) State of Manufacturing Tour, which highlights manufacturing’s digital transformation, the job opportunities created by this transformation, and the skills required now to work in the industry. The cross-country tour takes place in late February. NAM’s President and CEO Jay Timmons and Manufacturing Institute Executive Director Carolyn Lee…
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A new light-based 3D printing technique developed at the University of California at Berkeley can create objects from a viscous liquid in just a few minutes. The technique avoids layering, and can create flexible object as well as encasing existing objects in the material. “I think this is a route to being able to mass-customize objects even more, whether they…
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Vanderlande has signed a strategic partnership with Fizyr to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technology for its automated order picking, storage, unloading and palletizing robotic solutions. The results will be integrated into Vanderlande’s existing product portfolio, such as Smart Item Robotics (SIR), which has been designed to handle the large variety of items common to the warehouse, parcel and airports markets.…
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Kijenzi, a start-up formed at Penn State’s University Park campus, is helping medical facilities in Kenya access CAD files and manufacture medical devices and replacement parts for medical equipment using 3D printing. Kijenzi was originally formed to create a mobile 3D printer that could be used to quickly produce equipment like braces, clamps and vacuum pumps at remote hospitals in…
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Researchers at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering have developed 3D-printed rubber material that can repair itself, potentially increasing the longevity of items like tires, shoes, and other items that are frequently fractured or punctured, while decreasing manufacturing time. Assistant Professor Qiming Wang led the research team. The new material is manufactured with a 3D printing method…
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Brexit and Supply Chains As the biggest decision in many of our lifetimes, the UK’s departure from the European Union (Brexit) will have consequences – good and bad – that will ripple through decades to come. In recent weeks, one prominent concern has been the impact a Brexit “no deal” scenario could have on imports, particularly for the food and…
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Applied Automation Technologies (AAT) and DMG MORI have set up a partnership for on-machine measuring software. The companies will offer this software technology as a solution within the DMG MORI Qualified Products (DMQP) program. Having the ability to perform CMM (coordinate measurement machine) measurement and metrology tasks is an important part of ‘smart machining’ manufacturing processes. CappsNC provides capabilities to…
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Siemens PLM Software announces an expansion of the Digital Innovation Platform with the introduction of the latest version of NX software, which has been enhanced with machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. These new features can update the user interface to help users more efficiently use software to increase productivity, Siemens says. The ability to automatically adapt the…
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Automation and Artificial Intelligence The Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program released new research that analyzes the impacts of automation on the American workforce, examining data focused on the mix of industries, geographies, and demographic groups across the U.S. The report, titled Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places, offers projections for how automation and artificial intelligence will…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
