AMT Tech Trends

Ben and Steve tip their hats to International Women’s Day! Steve talks about some cobot programs run on the testbed. Ben brings up how AI and ML can businesses from the enterprise side of things. Steve found a hobbyist CNC buying guide! Ben speaks on behalf of NISTs research regarding the economics of additive. Lastly, Steve geeks out about motorcycle metrology and then some. - https://www.womenin...

Ben broke his home server… who even has a server computer at home? He’s the type of guy that still uses a camcorder in public. Steve is running on fumes from a six-day business trip to San Francisco and needs a weekend! Steve also crashed the cobot multiple times in the name of science! Then these two blab about the concept of military deployed 3D printers. Steve gets meta with the manufacturing o...

Ben and Steve don’t own space, NASA does! Ben and Steve marvel over Christina Koch’s record breaking stint… IN SPACE! Steve got the cobot moving and has some plans for the newest addition to the testbed. Ben talks about little RFID tags to track tooling, workholding, workpieces and other manufacturing stuff. Steve mentions a dude making brass trumpets in a new way. Ben keeps it real with Honeywell...

Ben and Steve are back for another year of manufacturing nerd babble! The boys both believe automation will keep manufacturers honest. Steve has a big announcement and plans for the tesbed in new year. Ben talks about NASAs partnerships in developing composites. Stephen mentions the grandfather of AI and autonomous robotics. Ben brings up metrology and calibration. - https://www.insidecomposites.c...

Ben and Steve emphasize the importance and relevance of local libraries. Stephen looks back through all the blogs posts from this year and briefly touches on all the accomplishments, experience, and lessons learned gained through the testbed this year. Ben reminisces on an article previously mentioned about mobile workstations. Stephen talks about all the technological advances he’s seen at IMTS d...

Ben and Steve talk about putting on weight and getting sick for the holidays. Steve is still celebrating the watch dial he made and how he removed it from the Delrin workholding. His next steps are cleaning it up and getting it installed. Ben starts up on his all-time favorite topic: MQL! Steve brings up the NFL’s Helmet Challenge. Ben finishes up with design for automation and nanotechnology. - h...

Ben and Steve blab again about home IoT and their preferences for either manual or fully automated vacuum cleaning. Steve celebrate his successes cutting brass and his next steps in producing a watch dial. Ben gets going on about supply chain and machine learning. Steve start up about progressive HMIs for the blind. Ben then talks about a feat in machining Inconel made possible by data optimizatio...

Ben and Steve just got back from travel. Steve is pooped and Ben isn’t because he’s a stone-cold robot. Stephen talks about their trip to Quality Show 2019, what he learned and some shopping for the testbed. Stephen has restored his confidence in his ability to cut brass and looks forward to finishing the watch dial, announcing his next steps. Ben brings up an article regarding AI image classifier...

Ben kicks things off by explaining how consumerism could be harmful to industrial tools. Stephen provides a testbed update: despite an improved workholding strategy, he still potentially scrapped another piece of brass. Stephen also touches on his exciting trip to RGM Watches, just outside of Lancaster, PA. Hunker down for this one as Ben and Stephen cover two articles and two research papers! Top...

Ben and Stephen start fresh out the gate talking about ADKAR sandwiches. Stephen happily announces that the Pocket NC is up and running at 100% again. The two stepper motors and their pullies powering the B-table have been replaced and it’s time to continue cutting brass. Ben touches on micro accelerometers and their applications in fluids and consumable devices like cutting tools, and then Stephe...

Ben kicks things off with more home automation fails tracing back to a need for quality checks and communication. Stephen announces a new challenger approaching the testbed, Sam Steele. Together Sam and Elena ran the second ever program at AMT to utilize true 5-axis machining. The testbed update segued into an article about more profitable tool paths. Ben closed with an article regarding design fo...

Elena finally made an icosahedron and Stephen covers the lessons learned. Ben talks about an article covering challenges with processing additive parts and an article about how to use less support material with additive. Steve finishes with an article and a recent DC trip regarding the state of robotics innovation in America. - https://www.mmsonline.com/articles/meeting-the-machining-challenges-of...

Ben talks about going to Disney and being impressed with all their research in drones and autonomy. Stephen presents a use case for remote controlling a robot arm via VR headset. Stephen expresses his excitement for the robot they ordered as well as some new cutting tools he’s looking forward to testing in the Pop-Up Shop. Ben talks about an article about a machine learning approach to fractal ana...

Ben opens with some lessons learned on automation from a recent visit to the library. Stephen talks about how the testbed got caught in the rain. Ben talks about multiple platforms for additive automated machine learning. Stephen closes with a list of technology words everybody should know. - https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/applications-os/10-cool-platforms-for-automating-machine-learning/3 - http...