Episode 134: Steve and Ben share their observations, insights, and takeaways from ProMat2025. Stephen provides a testbed update and a realization that robot programming is easy… until you have to program the robot to physically interact with another thing.
Innovating requires iterating. Bipedal robots. Are magnets life? Automation is a fast market. Security is for everyone.
How many words is a picture really worth? Like Stuxnet but good. Manufacturing's next lap. Honestly, could they just do the dishes?
The drape. The cream rises to the top. ML in photovoltaics. Toy production coming back stateside? Dashboard wine.
Episode 133: Elissa dives straight in with 3D printing 4D materials. The team voices their loathing of daylight savings. Steve wonders how it’s 2025 and hot dogs are still not the appropriate length with respect to the buns.
Episode 132: The Tech Friends open with older movies they’d like to see remade with some of the same actors and producers. Elissa reports on the implementation of AI in 911 dispatch.
From slump to surge. Smarter mobility. Fly, AI, fly. AM sustainability projects. Robot go wub-wub.
New policies and bold predictions – what’s next for manufacturing in 2025? At AMT’s Winter Economic Forum, top economists and industry experts analyzed the economic outlook, policy shifts, and emerging trends shaping the industry’s future.
A deeply disruptive AI has entered the chat. Cobot vs. robot — who wins? IFR's 2025 robot trends. Should you 'can' your old CAM software? JDC-Miller partners with Hexagon.
While NFL teams usually limit their rookies’ play, quarterback Jayden Daniels led the perpetually inept Washington Commanders deep into the playoffs and rewrote record books. His secret? Virtual reality training. Imagine what it can do for manufacturing.