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Developing the largest orbital servicing vehicle built in Australia

Manufacturer's Monthly

Australian space on-orbit services and logistics startup Space Machines Company (SMC) has used a suite of products from Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software to design and build the Optimus Orbital servicing Vehicle (OSV), one of the largest commercial spacecrafts being designed, manufactured, and assembled in Australia.

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How additive manufacturing capabilities can boost Australian aerospace and defence industry growth

Manufacturer's Monthly

Matthew Hunter, national manager, emerging technology, Konica Minolta breaks down to Manufacturers’ Monthly the key opportunities and challenges in growing sovereign capability in Australia’s defence and aerospace manufacturing ecosystem. The aerospace and defence industries face several unique and complex challenges.

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GridRaster Uses the Metaverse to Build High Tech Prototypes and Finished Products

21st Century Tech

He was talking about combining artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), and additive manufacturing (3D printing). He believed that the impact of all of these under the metaverse umbrella would be felt in every business operation from design to the factory floor, to warehousing and to logistics.

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ProMat 2023 exhibits show what is possible in warehouse automation, motion control

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Motion control advances, robotics help warehousing, distribution centers and logistics in factories, as shown by ProMat 2023 exhibitors. Garret Place, business development, robotics perception at ifm efector, said manufacturing demand continues to outpace labor availability leading to more automation.

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Additive manufacturing: trends and opportunities

Manufacturer's Monthly

As the director of CSIRO’s Lab 22, Australia’s centre for additive innovation, I have witnessed the rapid and impressive growth of the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. Automotive businesses have adopted AM for rapid prototyping and parts manufacturing, expediting the design process.

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Scape Technologies, Danish Technological Institute, and AMT join in a new EUROSTARS Project: Just in Time 3D Printing Production

i4.0 today

3D printing is a digital manufacturing technology, meaning that a large part of the production process is managed online. As its name implies, additive manufacturing adds material to create an object. As its name implies, additive manufacturing adds material to create an object. Today Magazine.

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10 startups selected for MassRobotics Accelerator

Robotics Business Review

The three-month accelerator will teach the startups about customer discovery, value proposition discovery, manufacturing for excellence, fundraising tactics, team management, and more. Founded in 2022, Apparel Robotics is working to change how clothing is manufactured.

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