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America Makes Announces IMPACT Project Call Worth $11.7M in Funding

MESA

The project call is also seeking innovative solutions for robotic AM process planning for continuous fiber-reinforced composite structures. Advancing AM Processing for Continuous Fiber Reinforced Composites Topic Area 10: Innovations in robotic additive manufacturing process planning.

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Closing the Loop Between Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Experiments

i4.0 today

The powers of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic experiment systems have come together in pioneering proof-of-concept work at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan. The second type of module generates the instructions needed to control a robotic system that will put the instructions into practice.

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GRIT Vision System applies AI to Kane Robotics’ cobot weld grinding

Robotics Business Review

Source: Kane Robotics Kane Robotics Inc. has combined artificial intelligence with visual sensors to enable its collaborative robot to automatically track and grind weld seams with high accuracy and speed. Kane Robotics cited the case of Paul Mueller Co. How is Kane Robotics’ approach different from others?

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Omnirobotic obtains $500k to expand product offerings for manufacturers

Robotics Business Review

Source: Omnirobotic Omnirobotic Inc. The Laval, Quebec-based company said it plans to use the financing to commercialize robots using its proprietary AutonomyOS platform for manufacturers struggling with labor shortages in high-mix production environments. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.

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DoE offering $30 million for new materials and manufacturing to lower cost of large wind turbines

Robotics Automation News

The US Department of Energy has announced a $30 million funding opportunity to advance the cost-effective domestic manufacturing of materials, including lightweight composites, that allow wind turbines to produce power more efficiently.

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Robot platform designed to develop range of semiconductor materials

Control Engineering

Researchers have created a robot capable of conducting experiments more efficiently and sustainably to develop a range of new semiconductor materials with desirable attributes. The post Robot platform designed to develop range of semiconductor materials appeared first on Control Engineering.

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8 Ways the Plastics Industry Is Using 3D Printing

Mold Making Technology

Mold Tooling Lead time delays for molded parts often originate from difficulties with sourcing tooling. Robot End Effectors Cobots, pick-and-place robots and other automation can make plastics processing more productive, but in most cases these additions require specialized end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) and other fixturing.