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Siemens
Automation, Collaboration, Manufacturing, Robotics
Digital Transformation in Advanced Manufacturing
How university-industry-collaboration is driving the digital manufacturing evolution: Insights from Prof. Gary Fedder.

Gary Fedder, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in the United States, has been a pivotal figure in advanced manufacturing for over 30 years. As faculty director of the Manufacturing Futures Institute (MFI) at CMU and...

Automation World
Innovation, Manufacturing, Robotics
Top Manufacturing Tech Applications in 2025

Let me start by saying I’m not much of a fan of predictions. Especially when it comes to technology. It’s too easy for prognosticators to throw out ideas of what may or may not come to pass only to plead mea culpa when those predictions prove to be wildly off base.

On the other hand, I do appreciate insights from experts working in the field who...

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Going Deep
Education, Human & Machine Behavior, Manufacturing, Robotics, Workforce
Podcast: Deploying $80M to Accelerate the U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance (People & Robots)

Jay is COO of (ARM) - a 91¿´Æ¬ institute. ARM is an independent non-profit that won an $80 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to become the leading catalyst of robotics innovation and expertise to accelerate growth in US-based manufacturing and the high value careers.

It...

Industry Week
Education, IIOT, Manufacturing, Robotics, Workforce
Robots Can Elevate Human Role in Manufacturing Says US Agency

Manufacturing in the U.S will build on its current strength by using “technology to empower American potential and ingenuity," according to the (ARM).

The institute, which is a member of 91¿´Æ¬, a network of regional institutes, looks to robotics to bring about the change. Robotics can “elevate, not...