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Episode 37: Ben and Stephen went shooting! Ben got stuck in traffic. Steve is excited about a children’s getting a million buck to put towards additive. Ben says the CDC is putting $1.5 million towards robots and mech suits. Stephen found a CNC machining article from a car magazine. Benjamin closes with a paper on surface metrology.

- https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2020/11/16/gift-of-1-million-to-expand-3d-printing-at-rady-childrens-hospital/

- https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/story/2020/11/cdc-awards-15-million-for-research-to-reduce-exposures-to-workplace-hazards-through-robotic-technology/15924/

- https://www.enginebuildermag.com/2020/11/cnc-machines-keep-the-pindle-moving/

- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0007850619301623?via%3Dihub

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Episode 36: Ben and Stephen FINALLY are NOT talking about the latest GPUs… sorta. They discuss new phones and more importantly, Folding@home’s latest achievements! Ben and Steve are joined by aspecial guest, Sheriff Woo… Russell Waddell to discuss digital twin implementation. Ben segues into model based definition. Stephen closes a new superconductor.

- https://www.networkworld.com/article/3587388/foldinghome-exascale-supercomputer-finds-potential-targets-for-covid-19-cure.html

- https://youtu.be/wbsC_qzB8us

- https://www.sme.org/technologies/articles/2020/october/the-growing-importance-of-mbd/

- https://alkhaleejtoday.co/international/5189920/Scientists-discover-the-first-superconductor-at-room-temperature.html

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Episode 35: Ben and Steve start by discussing the latest consumer electronics. Steve talks about the advanced manufacturing going into the newest American made hypercar. Ben describes digital twin readiness. Stephen brings up the rights of… robots? Ben introduces two additive techniques used in a single machine. Steve talks about the latest CAM software geared for modern mobile devices and digital twins. Ben gets lost in a minefield.

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdG4gUTowXc&feature=youtu.be

- https://www.amtnews.org/post/how-to-build-a-digital-twin

- https://thenationonlineng.net/rights-of-robots-in-emerging-technology-environment/

- https://www.amtnews.org/post/lmd-wp-a-synergy-between-wire-ded-and-powder-ded-on-a-single-machine

- https://www.engineering.com/AdvancedManufacturing/ArticleID/20805/CAM-Users-The-Future-Has-Arrived.aspx

- https://www.amtnews.org/post/a-new-way-of-thinking-mapping-the-minefields-of-an-additive-manufacturing-process

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Episode 34: Ben and Steve start by blabbing about the latest GPUs. Ben asks Steve if he would fly on a hydrogen-powered plane. Steve drools over Oak Ridge National Lab’s experiments with robotic fiber placement. Ben talks about the automation of ammunition production and triggers a rant from Stephen on why small arms cartridges need to be brass cased. Steve cools down with printed diamond cutting tools. Ben brings up cybersecurity for smart factories. Steve closes with the biggest machine tool down under.

- https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/airbus-shows-off-hydrogen-fuelled-concept-aircraft-for-2035-service-entry/140246.article

- https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/orbital-composites-and-ornl-collaborate-composites/

- https://breakingdefense.com/2020/09/replacing-spatulas-with-robots-at-army-ammo-plants/

- https://www.pesmedia.com/mapal-pcd-cutting-tools-16092020/

- https://www.amtnews.org/post/cybersecurity-for-smart-factories

- https://www.nist.gov/cyberframework

- https://www.ctemag.com/news/industry-news/submarines-be-built-australias-largest-machine-tool

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Episode 33: Now with extra rambling! The boys start by talking some smack about 5G. Stephen is learning about atomic force microscopy and then how COVID test swabs are being reinvented. Ben goes on about General Motors getting something right and linear algebra. Steve introduces a new robot OS that can turn conventional robot arms into cobots! Ben says the U.S. Army has a new additive policy. Steve tries to explain Toshiba’s robot development. Ben wraps up with how Tesla is making a car part less complicated but probably more expensive.

- https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_force_microscope

- https://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/coronavirus-covid19/2020/09/08/wolverhampton-uni-team-design-3d-printed-swab-that-could-test-for-virus/

- https://www.sme.org/aboutsme/awards/wu-award/wu-award-winners/

- https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2020/09/09/new-universal-os-makes-robots-interact-and-learn-from-humans-and-other-robots/36158/

- https://www.army.mil/article/238868/new_policy_addresses_3d_parts_for_army_aircraft#:~:text=As%20the%20Army%20explores%20the,to%20readiness%20and%20escalating%20costs

- https://us.acrofan.com/detail.php?number=337160

- https://www.core77.com/posts/101742/Tesla-Ditching-Industrial-Robots-for-Huge-Die-Casting-Giga-Press?utm_source=core77&utm_medium=from_title

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Episode 32: Ben’s back at the library but the automation isn’t. Ben teaches Stephen about ductility. Stephen brings up tiny sensors. Ben talks about the supply chain, manufacturing extension partnerships (MEPs), and cybersecurity. Stephen brings up a recent ransomware attack on whiskey! Ben puts additive myths to rest.

- https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/ptgs-std082620.php

- https://metrology.news/cnc-tool-changes-monitored-with-miniature-inductive-sensors/

- https://www.imts.com/show/newsletter/insider/article-details.cfm?articleid=969&start=16&cat=

- https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/08/18/us-liquor-giant-hit-by-ransomware-what-the-rest-of-us-can-do-to-help/

- https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWpREYAvM9/

- https://www.amtnews.org/post/a-new-way-of-thinking-navigating-the-noise-to-ensure-am-design-engineering-success

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Episode 31: Stephen went to a racecar factory! The testbed robot final has a gripper, too bad we can’t use it yet. Ben talks about flexible ERP systems. Stephen announces the Army’s first additively produced… wrench? Meanwhile Ben brings up that the Air Force is printing gaskets! Stephen also mentions that Jaguar has teamed up with HP so they can print replacement parts for the long-out-of-production E-Type. Benjamin closes with vendor managed inventory.

- https://www.imts.com/show/newsletter/insider/article-details.cfm?articleid=1018&start=1&cat=

- https://www.dvidshub.net/news/375039/army-completes-first-additive-manufacturing-provisioned-part

- https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/u-s-air-force-engineers-become-first-to-engine-test-3d-printed-metal-parts-for-usaf-174251/

- https://www.tctmagazine.com/additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-news/hp-3d-printing-restore-jaguar-e-type-custom-parts/

- https://www.imts.com/show/newsletter/insider/article-details.cfm?articleid=1038&start=1&cat=

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Episode 30: Stephen opens with his upcoming work trip to New England to visit a museum and tour some factories. Ben brings up Porsche… again. Stephen talks about layering magnetized metal with AM. Ben emphasizes the importance of prototyping and material contamination. Stephen closes with John Deere’s use of AI.

- https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a33289636/porsches-3d-printed-pistons-911-gt2-rs/

- https://www.laserfocusworld.com/lasers-sources/article/14177812/laser-control-in-additive-manufacturing-leads-to-magnetic-patterns-in-steel

- https://www.pesmedia.com/prototyping-specialist-relies-on-wire-edm-technology/

- https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/how-john-deere-got-good-at-ai

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Episode 29: Ben enjoys watching his neighbor struggle with their sprinkler system. Stephen hopes to have the end-of-arm-tooling (EOAT) for the xArm soon. Ben and Stephen host Russ Waddell, the Managing Director for MTConnect at AMT for some standards learning. Ben brings up an article on the future of robot safety. Stephen closes by drooling over the Sony PlayStation production line.

- http://mtcup.org/wiki/Main_Page

- http://demo.mtconnect.org/home

- https://smstestbed.nist.gov/vds/

- http://mtconnect.mazakcorp.com/

- https://www.therobotreport.com/advanced-vision-future-robot-safety-manufacturing/

- https://vdata.nikkei.com/en/newsgraphics/sony-playstation/

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Episode 28: Stephen declares that pickling and oiling techniques used in manufacturing is like seasoning and cleaning cast iron. Ben is considering buying an expensive pure breed robot dog. Stephen talks about Porsche using carbide cutting tool tech for their new brakes. Ben closes with on-machine metrology for mass additive applications.

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1WXlHONorw

- https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/article/2020/06/how-robots-are-changing-on-site-construction/15362

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCj83_uF9dE

- https://www.sme.org/technologies/articles/2020/july/on-machine-metrology-drives-efficiencies-in-large-scale-am/

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