Robotics and Automation
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Technology
By Stephen LaMarcaJan 17, 2025

AMT Tech Report: Issue #336

Please, Taiwain, I want some more. Underrated: exoskeletons. AI-decisions-making-explained. McCormick place saves (bird) lives. Don’t mess with 3DBenchy!

6m read
Technology
By Chloe RadiganJan 15, 2025

Testbeds for Smarter Manufacturing

New technology is a growth engine for manufacturing, but change risks disruption and enormous costs. Incrementally rolling out new equipment and software using technology testbeds helps refine and optimize processes before production deployment.

5m read
Technology
By Stephen LaMarcaJan 10, 2025

AMT Tech Report: Issue #335

Robots in the wild. Path to lights-out. War games and advanced manufacturing. Roll your own 3D printer. New metals.

6m read
Technology
By Benjamin MosesDec 20, 2024

AMT Tech Report: Issue #334

Robots in the wild. Path to lights-out. War games and advanced manufacturing. Roll your own 3D printer. New metals.

6m read
Technology
By Stephen LaMarcaDec 13, 2024

AMT Tech Report: Issue #333

Check and MFG. Micron's coming to Manassas. Start them while they're young. 3D scanning a physical original... Diamonds (batteries) are (almost) forever.

6m read
Technology
By Kathy Keyes WebsterDec 10, 2024

Automation, Innovation, Transformation

Manufacturers are doers—always building, innovating, and transforming. It’s no surprise that the most-read articles on AMTonline.org this year spotlighted the driving forces of the industry: automation, innovation, and transformation.

6m read
Intelligence
By Christopher ChidzikDec 03, 2024

Hit or Myth: Automation and Tomorrow’s Workforce

This article will explore how demand for automation responded to historic shifts, the impact on manufacturing jobs, and what impacts these shifting trends have had on productivity.

8m read
Technology
By Michelle Edmonson, CEMDec 02, 2024

IMTS 2024: Where Technology and Community Inspired the Extraordinary

IMTS 2024 brought the manufacturing technology community together for six exhilarating days filled with opportunities to explore new solutions and build meaningful connections.

6m read
Technology
By Bonnie GurneyNov 28, 2024

Featuring the Future: IMTS+ Main Stage

From industry icons to next-generation innovators, presenters on the IMTS+ Main Stage shared a common conviction that the future of the manufacturing industry is limited only by imagination – and there is no shortage of that.

4m read
Technology
By Gary VasilashNov 26, 2024

The Economics of Automation

With skilled workers in short supply, fewer young people interested in on-site work, boomers retiring, and demand remaining elevated, manufacturers could invest in automation for multiple returns.

8m read