Additive repairs for the F-35. LIFT’s initiative doesn’t let down. Harder, better, faster, stronger. Agility robotics has Amazon’s attention.
New way to produce metal powders. Pittsburgh is an automation powerhouse. Nothing is ever certain. Always a new way. Set phasers to culture.
We’ve seen an exponential growth in investments into robotics companies formed in the last 10 years, and every indicator suggests that this is just the start. There’s a growing demand for robotics and automation in the United States.
Ben and Steve get amped for MFG! They discuss Amazon’s BIG investment in automation innovation, a new military rifle, DOD 3D printing the largest structures, Honda coming for 3D design repositories, the blockchain revolutionizing copyright laws, and more.
Carbon-alternative composites. 3D prints you’re supposed to throw out. Freeform liquid 3D printing. AR interest is booming again. The Wankel isn’t dead!
Ben got to go to Oak Ridge National Labs and Steve didn’t. Stephen hasn’t bought a new Pocket NC because the credit card’s maxed out. Benjamin is impressed by GE’s specialty composites and performance-efficient jet engines.
Robot capabilities are accelerating at a record pace. Get a grip on their unprecedented leap in capabilities by leading national robot expert Andra Keay, managing director of Silicon Valley Robotics, at AMT’s 2022 MFG Meeting, April 27-30, in Florida.
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What funding data says about the future for robotics, additive manufacturing, and the software tying it all together.
Tracking the average value of machine orders over time is a good way to approximate the demand for automation or other technological improvements intended to increase productivity. The average value of machines can be tracked using data from AMT's USMTO...