Tele-manufacturing enables workers to operate functional equipment from a distant console to complete critical manufacturing processes like welding, machining, and inspecting remotely.

“What we wanted to figure out was, can we use automation to allow somebody to control a robot remotely?” said Connie LaMorte, the principal engineer in the automation and tele-manufacturing group at EWI. “It’s not that you want to [just] control the robot — you want to actually do that in real-time and make the movements you would expect it to make if you were right there.”

In the latest episode of the Thomas Industry Podcast, host Cathy Ma chatted with LaMorte about the origins of tele-manufacturing and how the technology could be used on the Space Station.

Produced by: Harry K (https://harrykonline.com/)

Directed by: Brooklyn Kiosow

Hosted by: Cathy Ma