This Advanced Manufacturing Technology TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) profiles advancements in robots, 3D printing, scanners, and welding technologies. Innovations include advancements in cobots for handling materials, vacuum grippers, robotic hands, humanoid robots, additive manufacturing, food safety detection, and welding technology.
The Advanced Manufacturing Technology TOE covers global innovations and developments related to manufacturing and industrial automation on a weekly basis. Innovations are focused toward improving product traceability, energy efficiency and reducing environmental footprints, integrating product design and manufacturing aspects for reducing time-to-market. Research focus areas include rapid prototyping (additive manufacturing), light-weighting (multi-material joining, plastics and metals manufacturing, carbon fiber-based composite manufacturing), smart robotics (agile robots, consumer robots, swarm robotics, cobots), monitoring and control (wireless control networks, human-machine interface), and simulation and modeling (design and simulation software).
The Advanced Manufacturing and Automation (AMA) Cluster covers technologies that enable clean, lean and flexible manufacturing and industrial automation. Technologies such as three-dimensional (3D) and four-dimensional (4D) printing, wireless sensors and networks, information and communication technology, multi-material joining, composites manufacturing, digital manufacturing, micro- and nano-manufacturing, lasers, advanced software, and printing techniques, are covered as part of this cluster. The technologies covered here impact a wide range of industries, such as the impact semiconductor, automotive and transportation, aerospace and defense, industrial, healthcare, logistics, and electronics industries.
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Recent Developments in Robots, 3D Printing, Scanners, and Welding Technologies
- Cobot for Heavy Duty Material Handling
- Impact on Sectors
- High-Speed 3D Metal Printing
- Impact on Sectors
- Intelligent Robotic Hand With Artificial Intelligence
- Impact on Sectors
- Carbon Fiber Vacuum Gripper for Cobots
- Impact on Sectors
- Magnetic and DLP Processing of Composites
- Impact on Sectors
- Easy Lift-off Aerial-aquatic Robot
- Impact on Sectors
- Large Scale Additive Manufacturing in a Production Line
- Impact on Sectors
- Self-cleaning MIG Welding Consumable
- Impact on Sectors
- Scanner for Detecting Fecal Contamination in Meat
- Impact on Sectors
- AI-based Telepresence Humanoid Robot
- Impact on Sectors
- Key Contacts
