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Industrial innovations are coming to market at record pace but challenges in crossing the chasm to the mainstream market remain. AMRs detect pallet jacks and iron ore, green steel, EVs and more!
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Through reinforcement learning in the metaverse, digital twins of robots are learning new tasks at accelerated rates. Monitoring usage patterns and failure modes enables robotics as a service models.
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New factory builds are moving to small towns within America and China. As factories setup in remote locations using chatbots and secure remote service technologies will enable 24/7 operations.
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AI-driven manufacturing provides new business opportunities in workcell performance, robot welding and metal forming, and VFDs.
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Generative AI and Metaverse technologies are racing to capture industrial processes so new workers can be trained and boost productivity in a rapidly changing manufacturing operations.
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Trustworthy generative AI teaches robots 60 difficult, dexterous skills and metalforming. Digital twins can mimic the operations down to every tool, robot arm, and even the pace of human operators.
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Musk prioritizes manufacturing innovations through a simple ratio dubbed the idiot index. Beyond the giga press, Tesla seeks to die cast nearly all the underbody of an EV in one piece. GE Aerospace develops the Sensiworm for turbine engine inspections.
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Who, what, where, and how products will be produced has never been more uncertain. Platform shifts are requiring companies to rethink what industrial automation is necessary to produce their products.
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Reinforcement learning is autonomously controlling and diagnosing physical-world systems in defense, agriculture, and industrial operations.
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Hyundai unveils an ultra-large servo press for their Alabama facility, while Elon Musk seeks single digit micron precision for all parts at Tesla. Battery manufacturer race to automate.
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NMC and LFP cathodes duke it out for dominance while new funding looks to scale new battery chemistries, LMFP and LMX. Generative AI assist supply chain management and worker training.
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Another petrochemical plant operates with only AI. Quality tests predicted in real time. The world’s first soft exoskeleton improves worker hand ergonomics. Labor negotiations intensify.
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Building battery cell manufacturing facilities comes without batteries included. Cell manufacturers must select their own sites, designs, contractors, and equipment to achieve aggressive ramps.
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Room temperature superconducting material LK-99 discovered. Manufacturers race to replicate the results while furnishing new factories and get new products to market more quickly.
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Investing in 3D printing and exploring new technologies requires an analysis of ROI to ensure manufacturing efficiencies. Barbie maker, Mattel, uses rapid prototyping and injection moulding.
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Gigacasting supersized magnesium parts, ultrasonic welding of composite parts, DRI steel with 60% hydrogen, and battery metals processing are examples of innovation around production led by China.
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Bring energy from Space back to Earth. Pack boxes more efficiently with Scalable Spectral Packing. Self-improving robotic agents. University researchers are spinning out their breakthroughs into industrial companies.
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Renishaw, Rolls-Royce, ASML, Amazon, and Sandvik Coromant demonstrate how focused technology development bets create world-leading products and enduring companies.
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Automotive design, building design, robotic vision, textile handling, airline operations, and metal exploration are all advancing due to the rapid application of artificial intelligence.
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Patent filing strategies and protecting intellectual property are critical for industrial companies. Metaverse exceeds expectations and reignites partnerships.