Topic: Education

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Researchers Train Self-Driving on Virtual Roads

December 1, 2018 · Programs learn to navigate in digital highways. Software such as Simcenter Prescan allows automakers to train their artificial intelligence programs to make the right decision not only in routine events but also in uncommon but imminent events.

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voxeljet Delivers VJET X Printers for Automaker

November 13, 2018 · voxeljet's new large-format printer will be used to produce sand cores for auto engine components

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Creform donates AGVs to Alabama Industrial Training Center

October 29, 2018 · Supporting robotic piece picking applications, AGV system uses wireless opportunity charging, RFID readers, touchscreen HMI and wireless radio.

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Understanding MicroCT for Additive Manufacturing

October 4, 2018 · MicroCT systems employ either a fan-beam or cone-beam approach to transmit X-rays through a part. Data from either type of scanner is collected at a planar detector and then processed to create 3D volume reconstructions, which can be analyzed and viewed layer by layer.

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Driverless Trucks Could Potentially Replace Many of the Nation’s Best Long-Distance Trucking Jobs

September 5, 2018 · A new study by Dr. Steve Viscelli, a sociologist and trucking expert at the University of Pennsylvania, concludes that eroding job quality should be as serious a concern as job loss – and identifies public policies to ensure a future of good jobs in the industry.

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Gold Nanoparticles Shine Light on 3D-Printing Defects

August 31, 2018 · An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Vanderbilt University has developed a technique that uses the optical properties of gold nanoparticles to detect and quantify missing layers in 3D-printed products.

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MRO Academic Insights: Getting up to speed in Alabama

August 21, 2018 · In northern Alabama, the Alabama Robotics Technology Park is training nearly 1,000 automation operators and technicians each year for local manufacturers. It's one of the reasons Alabama is attracting so much manufacturing and distribution activity.

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Big Picture: A Peek at the Future

June 8, 2018 · Five views on how materials handling and other activities within the four walls are changing right in front of us.

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Robotic Automation to Supplant 800 Million Jobs Worldwide by 2030

November 30, 2017 · As many as 800 million workers worldwide may lose their jobs to robots and automation by 2030, equivalent to more than a fifth of today's global labor force according to a new report by the research arm of McKinsey & Co.

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500 Michigan students to tour 35 manufacturing facilities for Manufacturing Day

October 4, 2017 · Students will tour facilities and participate in interactive presentations of in-demand skills and advanced manufacturing jobs throughout Metro Detroit.

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Pack Expo Las Vegas expected to eclipse records

September 1, 2017 · Show producer PMMI projects record attendance and exhibitors, outlines new and returning features.

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Randstad Report: 76% of U.S. workers do not fear automation

August 18, 2017 · Only 14% of worry automation will take their job, nearly one-third (30%) say they think automation will make their job better.

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KNAPP expands North American headquarters in Georgia

June 21, 2017 · Market growth fuels expansion; plans to add 150 employees.

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Autonomous Trucking Overlooks Skilled Labor Need

April 6, 2017 · Analysts expect automated trucks to proliferate in the next five to ten years, leading to significant job losses in the process, but the problem is the numbers do not clearly back up the predictions.

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The Never-Ending Truck Driver Shortage Story

March 8, 2017 · In 2015, American Trucking Associations estimated that for-hire trucking companies had nearly 50,000 fewer drivers than they needed, the shortage was less severe in 2016, but the trade group expects it to worsen in coming years reported the Wall Street Journal.

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Yaskawa: Robotics education is a strategy for the economy

March 30, 2016 · Technology and education intended to fill the gap between what the industry wants and what educational institutions can provide.

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ABB Robotics hosts high school students on Manufacturing Day

October 2, 2015 · Students from the engineering and emerging technologies program in Oakland County schools learn about robot and robotic system manufacturing.

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Improving Manufacturing Product Quality with Flexible Automation and Software

March 24, 2015 · Manufacturers can improve quality using flexible automation by improving sanitation, safety & inspection while speeding production, reducing bad parts and increasing consistency.

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