Robert Brooks
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Cobots Growing More Collaborative, Gaining Intelligence (opens the original)
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Collaborative robots earned their classification by being compatible with and adaptable to almost any working condition that a manufacturer could identify. They collaborate with machinists and welders, and fabricators of all sorts. Now, artificial intelligence has entered the collaboration, and its no surprise that cobot pioneer Universal Robots has placed those emerging capabilities precisely at the point where intelligence may be gathered and put to use: in the cobot’s control box, through the
Pentagon, Lockheed Mounting New Missile Program (opens the original)
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Lockheed Martin has worked another framework agreement with the U.S. Dept. of Defense, to increase missile production. It’s the third such agreement on missile production that Lockheed has struck with the Pentagon this year, and presages the launch for the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) program, an advanced (and still somewhat secret) “air dominance missile,” developed to increase range and effectiveness versus the current class of air-to-air weapons. The value and timeframe defi
The Evolving Role of Machinists in Autonomous Manufacturing Environments (opens the original)
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For contract machine shops, staying competitive with larger, more vertical manufacturing enterprises requires the shop managers and machine operators to identify and conserve every ounce and byte of efficiency from their programming efforts and shop floor activity. The functionality of CNC toolpath generators is shifting toward autonomous, data-informed manufacturing. As changes sweep through the work of contract machine shops, the demands on programmers and machinists are advancing too. CAM sof
VW Adopts Restructuring Plan, Job Cuts (opens the original)
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Volkswagen AG directors approved a corporate restructuring program that will reduce total employment by up to 50,000, as the automaker aims to improve its global competitiveness and address current market conditions, including increased tariff costs. In its “Future Plan,” VW also intends to reduce its manufacturing footprint by closing four plants while streamlining its output to about 9 million vehicles per year. VW’s supervisory board voted unanimously to implement the Future Plan, which also
Bombardier Buys MHI Aircraft Structures Plant (opens the original)
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Private and corporate aircraft builder Bombardier Inc. has an agreement to buy an aerostructures plant in Mississauga, Ont., from MHI Canada Aerospace, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, holding. The terms of the private transaction have not been announced, and the sale is expected to close later this year. Montreal-based Bombardier Inc. manufactured 157 business jets during 2025, 7.5% more than the previous year The purchase “strengthens our manufacturing footprint, reinforces our supply chai
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