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! Topics include design for manufacturing, takeaways from a recent robotics conference, a NIST experiment involving hybrid manufacturing, and producing cutting tools with EDM.

- https://www.canadianmetalworking.com/canadianmetalworking/article/automationsoftware/design-for-effective-manufacturing

- https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/events/top-6-business-takeaways-from-robobusiness-2019/

- https://www.nist.gov/publications/force-modeling-hybrid-manufacturing

- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0007850610000107?via%3Dihub

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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 Stephen is fed up with 3D printed foot bridges. Ben attempts to close with the advances in lightweighting, but the two get distracted talking about cars like a bunch of little boys.

- https://phys.org/news/2019-09-world-smallest-accelerometer-era-wearables.html

- https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/3d-printed-frp-pedestrian-bridge/

- https://advancedmanufacturing.org/lightweightings-new-phase/

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 for additive.

- https://advancedmanufacturing.org/more-profitable-toolpaths/

- https://advancedmanufacturing.org/the-best-of-both-worlds-in-the-same-machine/

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-additive-manufacturing

- https://www.designnews.com/materials-assembly/stainless-steel-powder-invented-simplify-metal-3d-printing/63877323361140

- https://www.iotforall.com/popping-ai-robotics-hype-bubble/

- https://itif.org/events/2019/07/16/state-robotics-innovation-america-key-driver-productivity-and-competitiveness

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 analysis. Stephen closes with an article regarding the impact I4.0 has on machine tools.

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

- https://associationsnow.com/2019/06/tech-talk-25-technology-terms-everyone-should-know/