“To take your team with you on the journey and not to allow anyone to divert your focus.”
– Julia Moore, CEO, GTMA (Gauge Toolmakers Association)
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1. ISO 10218 (2025) Patch Notes
The updated ISO 10218 (2025) standard enhances industrial robot safety with clearer functional safety rules, integrated collaborative robot guidelines, and new cybersecurity measures. It adds manual handling and end-effector guidance, plus new robot classifications. Widely adopted globally, it will soon update U.S. (ANSI R15.06) and Canadian (CSA Z434) standards, ensuring safety keeps pace with automation. Read full article.
2. Toyota’s Woven City
Toyota is building a real-life test-bed city for evaluating AI, robots, and hydrogen (vehicle) tech. While it’s not a smart city, Woven City, near Mount Fuji, is a “test course for mobility.” Its name is a nod to its historical roots in the textile industry. In fact, virtually every hipster in selvage denim jeans is wearing denim woven on a vintage Toyoda automatic shuttle loom! While there are no residents yet, 100 “weavers” from Toyota and partners will move in to advance mobility tech, rivaling Waymo.
3. EV d'Elegance
RBW EV, a U.K.-based maker of handcrafted electric sports cars, is opening an $8 million factory in Virginia later this year. Known for EVs styled after classic British sports cars, RBW will serve its largest market, the United States, and create up to 200 local jobs. Modern restomods now heavily lean into EV swaps, and the industry has responded. Oak Ridge National Lab has even pioneered the approach with a 3D printed Shelby Cobra EV! At $139,000, RBW EVs may offer Pebble Beach prestige – but modest performance.
4. AM201: Metal 3D Printing
Siemens and the University of Michigan launched the “Introduction to 3D Printing with Metals” online course to drive industrial adoption of metal additive manufacturing. Available on Coursera, it covers key methods, applications, and challenges, combining U-M’s research with Siemens’ industry expertise. It aims to equip a diverse global workforce with essential skills in metal 3D printing.
5. Concert Makes the Stage
Concert is a modular construction robot designed to work in harmony with human crews, enhancing safety and efficiency. Like an orchestra assembling the right instruments for a performance, Concert adapts its tools for tasks like drilling, sanding, and heavy lifting. Developed by the Italian Institute of Technology and tested in Poland, it aims to hit the market in 2-3 years – helping workers by automating tedious and hazardous jobs.
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