Ford Motor Co. said in a short statement on May 21 it is working with Agility Robotics to develop a robot that can make deliveries from a self-driving vehicle.The robot is named Digit and walks like a human. Ken Washington, vice president of Ford research and advanced engineering, wrote a more detailed piece for the Medium website.The two-legged Digit was designed and Read More
Feeling Behind in Machine Learning? AWS Exec Says It Is Understandable.
SAN DIEGO—The future of manufacturing is “an awful lot like the fulfillment centers of today,” Sarah Cooper, general manager for IoT solutions at Amazon Web Services (AWS), said last month at Industry of Things World here. “Kiva robots running around, big pickers, vertical stacks. It’s really cool how many of these areas are coming together. And that even though these are very Read More
Automotive Lightweighting Conference Scheduled for February
An automotive lightweighting conference has been scheduled for early next year in Detroit.American Business Conferences announced the sixth edition of the Lightweight Materials Joining, Forming & Manufacturing Innovation Summit. It will be in Detroit on Feb. 19-20.The transition by OEMs to a new generation of electric vehicles is placing increased emphasis on new Read More
Air Liquide, Airgas Event Includes Panel Discussion
Air Liquide and its American subsidiary, Airgas, on Nov. 28 inaugurated an Advanced Fabrication Center (AFC) at the Delaware Innovation Campus. The event included a panel discussion from representatives of companies and groups.The AFC is intended to accelerate innovation to improve and develop more efficient fabrication technologies.The center brings together experts Read More
NCMS Launches Advanced Manufacturing, Materials and Processes Program
ABERDEEN, Md.–This town is the hub for a major additive manufacturing initiative leading to unprecedented speed in parts production, new weapon system design and materials, dramatic cuts in costs and delivery times, and point-of-need part manufacturing, the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) said recently.Dubbed AMMP (Advanced Manufacturing, Materials, and Read More
Bridgestone Seen Setting Example for IT/OT Integration
BARCELONA—Bridgestone is bucking the trend among manufacturers and getting IT and OT to work in concert, Jason Mann, VP of IoT at SAS, said at the IoT Solutions World Congress here.Makers of tires have become “very good at evaluating quality and yield over time,” he said. But Bridgestone wanted to “squeeze that last bit of yield out of their operations”—by understanding not Read More