Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Tests Metal Extrusion Printing
April 24, 2017
The direct metal writing process, as the lab has dubbed it, uses a metal that has been engineered to act like a solid at rest but to flow like a...
Printed Part to Launch on Lockheed Military Satellite
April 21, 2017
Lockheed used a laser powder bed fusion process to manufacture the part out of aluminum.
Wohlers 2017 Report on 3D Printing Industry Points to Softened Growth
April 11, 2017
Wohlers Associates Inc., an analyst firm that focuses on 3D printing (also called additive manufacturing or AM), has just released an annual report detailing the state of the industry.
RightHand Robotics unveils innovative piece-picking solution
April 4, 2017
RightHand Robotics (Booth S1891) is demonstrating RightPick, a combined hardware and software solution that handles the key task of picking individual items or “piece-picking.”
Autonomous Vehicle Consortium Steers Toward One-Stop Test Platform
March 28, 2017
The ADAS IIT (Innovation in Test) collaboration plans to create a scalable, future-proof ADAS test solution based on the National Instruments hardware and software platform.
Toyota Industries Corporation to Acquire Vanderlande for 1.2 billion euros
March 23, 2017
Acquisition is intended to strengthen TICO's materials handling business and follows the acquisition of Bastion Solutions.
What Intel’s $15.3 billion Acquisition of Mobileye Means in the Age of Driverless Vehicles
March 15, 2017
The U.S. chip making giant Intel announced Monday that it had reached a deal to acquire an Israeli company called Mobileye for $15 billion, making it the biggest buy of...
Making Drones Safer By Crashing Into Dummies
March 10, 2017
As drones become more commonplace, the risk of physical harm from an unskilled pilot or out-of-control copter increase, so researchers at Virginia Tech are finding out how to make these...
Carbon Fiber 3D Printing Advances
March 8, 2017
Simulation enabled by a supercomputer was the key to getting carbon fibers to flow through an ink nozzle in a modified direct ink writing process.
Naval Research Lab Invests in Laser Powder-Bed Metal Printing
March 6, 2017
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will use Concept Laser's 3D metal printing technology for rapid prototyping and materials research.
UPS Drone Meets UPS Delivery Truck
February 22, 2017
UPS has announced that it has successfully tested a drone that launches from the top of a UPS package car, autonomously delivers a package to a home and then returns...
Ford Invests $1 Billion in Autonomous Vehicle and Artificial Intelligence Robotics Firm Argo AI
February 13, 2017
Ford is investing $1 billion during the next five years in Argo AI, combining Ford's autonomous vehicle development expertise with Argo AI's robotics experience and startup speed on artificial intelligence software –...
Near Shoring Will Have Impact on Supply Chain Automation, Says AlixPartners Report
February 10, 2017
In a new manufacturing outlook report focusing on the automotive and industrial sectors, AlixPartners observes that many of the labor-cost advantages associated with near-shoring may be lost if companies fail...
3D Printing Research Now Comes with Southwest Flavor
February 9, 2017
Arizona State University Polytechnic just kicked things up a notch with the launch of the Southwest's largest 3D printing research facility: the ASU Manufacturing Research and Innovation Hub.
SencorpWhite names Chris Lingamfelter president of White Systems
February 8, 2017
Initial focus will be industrial storage and retrieval hardware and software business before expanding into integrated systems.
AlixPartners examines automation in manufacturing and logistics management
February 7, 2017
In a new “manufacturing outlook” report focusing on the automotive and industrial sectors, AlixPartners observes that many of the labor-cost advantages associated with near-shoring may be lost if companies fail...
FedEx Bets on Automation as it Prepares to Fend Off Uber and Amazon
February 6, 2017
The shipping giant is investing in autonomous trucks, and is interested in delivery robots and an Alexa app.
Other Voices: Building toward the factory of the future from the bottom up
February 6, 2017
Investments in robotics and automation can start in a single work cell.
Manufacturing Nearshoring Will Have an Impact on Supply Chain Automation
February 3, 2017
AlixPartners 2016 annual survey of manufacturing and distribution companies serving North America and western Europe found that 69% say they consider near shoring a possible opportunity to meet US and European demand,...