Race Between Technologies in Cathodes & Cobots
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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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Manufacturing Technology Only Validated at Production Scale
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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.
Batteries Not Included For Quality & Efficiency
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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.
Levitation at Room Temperature: The Race to Replicate
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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.
Barbenheimer Uses 3D Printing and Helps Explore the Moon
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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.
Manufactured in China: Innovation Around Production
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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.
Transmission of Technology from Lab to Space
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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.
Forced to Thrive or Perish with Technology Bets
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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.
Unrelenting AI Adoption in Design and Manufacturing
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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.
Illicit Appropriation of Trade Secrets and Industrial Intellectual Property
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Patent filing strategies and protecting intellectual property are critical for industrial companies. Metaverse exceeds expectations and reignites partnerships.
Scaling Smart Factory Tech and Cyber-Physical Systems
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Smart digital factory technologies bridge the gap between consumers and factories. Mass personalization can be distributed across the globe with 3D printing and process automation.
IndustReal Reinforcement Learning and the Trillion Dollar Grand Slam
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NVIDIA’s bets on Industrial AI contributes to its rise to a trillion dollar market cap. Additively Manufactured Electronics could play a role in the new VR headsets.
Supporting Small Manufacturers: Local and Regional Governments Provide Financial Aid Amid Tax Hurdles
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Drone swarm inspections re-take flight, merging additive manufacturing, and vibration control. Local governments provide support for small manufacturers.
The Role of Digital Models and Industrial Robots in Enabling Manufacturing-as-a-Service
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Protolabs report highlights digital manufacturing models in their 2023 Manufacturing Robotics Report. The Sustainable Aerospace Together hub launches to improve aviation industry sustainability.
Challenging a Century of Tradition: Unboxed Assembly
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Tesla rethinks centralized final assembly with a delayed 3D unboxed assembly approach. Overcoming challenges with circular economy solutions such as plastics recovery and carbon capture.
Pioneering Facility Designs to Drive Advanced Manufacturing Forward
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Advanced expertise is required to execute facility designs to get the most from technology bets. AI co-pilots are transforming the factory floor and ability to find hidden hoards of battery metals.
Shifting Job Responsibilities for Frontline Operators with AI Reasoning
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Data and AI platforms are capturing tribal knowledge from frontline operators across value chains and using it to make better decisions faster. Industrial heavyweights cap off a month of deal making.
What’s Your Strategy for Harnessing ChatGPT?
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Organizations look to navigate the ChatGPT hype and harness the immense potential of generative AI. Cybersecurity must remain top of mind with implementing new technologies onto the factory floor.
Training for Precision Machining and Robot Picking
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Open source datasets and algorithms enable robot picking innovation. Precision machining automation requires skilled labor.
Taking a Peep at America’s Factory Boom
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Japan, Mexico, and the USA brace for change in their manufacturing sectors amidst uncertainty. On-demand manufacturing platforms and digital twins remain hot as supply chains shortages remain.