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Episode 27: Stephen announces testbed operations will resume! Stephen then talks about the Swiss and their weird see-through face mask. Ben introduces a new way of thinking for additive. Stephen congratulates 3DEO for their accomplishments in additive. Benjamin talks of vision systems and AI. Stephen wraps things up with 4D printing.

- https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-develop-first-see-through-mask/45824518

- https://www.amtnews.org/post/a-new-way-of-thinking

- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200609005599/en/3DEO-Ships-150000-Production-Parts-Breaking-Ground

- https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-incorporate-vision-uncertainty-ai-robotic.html

- https://www.miragenews.com/lab-makes-4d-printing-more-practical/

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Episode 26: These two clowns kick things off blabbing about cars again, GO FIGURE! Ben brings up a recent whitepaper Virginia Tech published with the help of the AMT Testbed! Stephen talks about some often-overlooked but very important standards. Ben shares an article from Modern Machine Shop regarding the transition from machine monitoring to AI/ML. Lastly, Steve talks about picking the President of AMT’s brain and getting Doug to wax nostalgic about the more traditional manufacturing technologies and techniques. It’s fun to take a step back from the “latest and greatest” to see how far the industry has come!

- https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1127949_why-it-s-so-hard-to-make-supercars-street-legal

- https://1d76e757-159a-4e19-b596-cea00a967b54.filesusr.com/ugd/a64257_8c97bb5ab38c4e1098ebf61cf6f32dd0.pdf

- https://www.mmsonline.com/blog/post/after-machine-monitoring-is-machining-learning-the-next-step-getting-ready-for-ai-in-manufacturing

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Episode 25: Ben and Stephen nerd out about the proxy medical research they are helping with using Folding@home. Steve got clearance to use the testbed recently! Ben talks about what Williams F1 is up to currently and their innovations to bring carbon fiber parts to mass production. Stephen shares an update on the America Makes face mask competition. Ben declares that the Canadians have unlocked the full power of 5-axis machining. Lastly, Stephen hopes Australia is okay.

- https://foldingathome.org/

- https://newatlas.com/automotive/williams-advanced-engineering-low-cost-lightweight-composites/

- https://businessjournaldaily.com/america-makes-announces-top-fit-to-face-challenge-designs/

- https://www.canadianmetalworking.com/canadianmetalworking/article/metalworking/do-you-know-the-full-power-of-your-5-axis-control

- https://www.makepartsfast.com/could-coating-surfaces-with-copper-kill-the-covid-19-virus/

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Episode 24: Ben finally got his home automation running seamlessly… for now! Steve caved and replaced his overheating Raspberry Pi 4 with a liquid-cooled gaming computer that he promises will be used for some work. Stephen then opens with some cool ML work MIT has done implementing a vision system to monitor social distancing. Ben shares a cool video highlighting the usability of Boston Dynamic’s Spot industrial robot, a dog-like quadrupedal drone. Stephen talks about the metrology used to perform alignments on military vehicles. Ben closes with a CIRP paper on “Machine learning-based image processing for on-line defect recognition in additive manufacturing.”

- https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/17/1000092/ai-machine-learning-watches-social-distancing-at-work/

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-PdPtqw78k&feature=youtu.be

- https://metrology.news/optical-metrology-system-improves-alignment-of-military-vehicle-performance/

- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0007850619300228?via%3Dihub

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Ben and Steve’s spirits have been lifted as they are getting in the groove of working from home. Stephen opens with some podcasts he has been featured on lately, one of which was with Ben! Stephen has also shut down and unplugged his Raspberry Pi 4 it’s been overcooked with cooling issues. Then these two nerds start geeking out about computers and changing the coolant. Ben finally gets the conversation on the topic with printed electronics and where sensors don’t belong. Steve introduces a humanoid cobot that actually isn’t so creepy. Ben has a supplemental article about upgrading a robot arm’s capabilities. Stephen talks about more additive saving the day against COVID-19 and gives a big shout out to the healthcare workers and people essential during this time of crisis, big thanks to them! Ben tries to close with additive used for lightweight, but as you can imagine the conversation devolves into car talk.

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7fnotp-aw4&list=PLim3x8ONV6ylTdc-pylq6Any2ISn3phR

- https://www.preparingtechnicians.org/wordpress/podcast/episode-13-a-robot-for-every-technician-a-look-at-trends-driving-manufacturing/

- https://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/20321/henkel-functional-material-solutions-for-printed-electronics

- https://www.automationworld.com/factory/robotics/video/21125670/humanoid-collaborative-robot

- https://www.electronicdesign.com/industrial-automation/article/21127118/making-robots-smarter

- https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/3d-printed-nasal-swabs-covid-19/

- https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/gkn-additive-achieves-80-weight-reduction-with-hydraulic-block-redesign-170457/

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Ben and Steve discuss the difficulties of working from home. Stephen laments about the testbed being shut down until they are back in the office, but talks about his experiments with his new single board computer. Ben highlights an article about vision systems. Steve waxes poetic about micro additive advancements. Ben talks about developments in… manual machining? Steve announces his observations following additive and COVID-19. Ben likes to fold at home, but not just his laundry. Stephen drools over the perfect car for quarantined roads.

- https://atollogy.com/a-i-and-computer-vision-can-help-to-remotely-monitor-operations/

- https://www.novuslight.com/nanofabrica-achieves-breakthrough-in-additive-manufacturing-process_N10208.html

- https://hackaday.com/2020/03/24/turn-by-wire-is-a-machinists-sixth-sense/

- https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/covid-19-3d-printed-valve-for-reanimation-device/

- https://foldingathome.org/

- https://www.pcgamer.com/foldinghome-project-is-crunching-data-twice-as-fast-as-the-top-supercomputer/

- https://youtu.be/T-NggiPwges

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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.womeninmanufacturing.org/news/wimhearherstory-with-missy-miller-regional-operations-director-atlas-molded-products

- https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/using-ai-to-enhance-business-operations/

- https://m.all3dp.com/2/cnc-3018-pro-buyer-s-guide/

- https://www.nist.gov/publications/economics-us-additive-manufacturing-industry

- https://metrology.news/using-metrology-for-motorbike-optimization/

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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 of manufacturing technology. Lastly, Ben brings up somebody with more money than brains that thinks they can 3D print a hypercar.

- https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/spee3d-metal-3d-printing-to-assist-australian-soldiers-168649/

- https://metrology.news/assuring-oem-machine-tool-precision/

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=OCto6qSjIXw

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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 before he busts some AI myths.

- https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/06/nasa-astronaut-christina-koch-returns-to-earth-after-record-setting-stay-in-space/

- https://www.electronicdesign.com/industrial-automation/article/21122761/rfid-tag-tracks-tools-in-real-time

- https://www.whyharrelson.com/

- https://3dprint.com/263290/honeywell-aerospace-to-qualify-velo3ds-metal-3d-printing-for-end-use-parts/

- https://insidebigdata.com/2020/02/10/busting-the-5-common-myths-business-leaders-get-wrong-about-ai/

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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.com/nasa-helps-fund-swiftcomp-modelling-software/

- https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2020/01/20/12-ai-milestones-shakey-the-robot/#46dbcc25400f

- https://www.enginebuildermag.com/2020/01/calibration-tools-a-measure-of-success/

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