Robotic craftsman provides solution for aging military systems needing repairs
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"The Robotic Craftsman is a 3D shaper that uses robotic fingers to shape pieces of sheet metal into parts. Its benefit is that the same machine can build countless parts, instead of only building one or two.
Machina Labs said this capability is key for one-off replacement parts.
“Throughout history, metal craftsmen had this almost unlimited agility, they could pick up a different tool, learn a new craft, and make something new,” Mike Polino, Machina Labs’ vice president of product, said. “Maybe a helmet one day, a shield the next day, a tea kettle, the day after that. So in the modern manufacturing context, we needed a lot more scale. So we got rid of all that agility in favor of a fixed tooling that would help us stamp out many, many, many parts.”
The machine can quickly learn how to shape each required part. Therefore, it reduces the time a military vehicle is out of service. Machina Labs said it can deliver parts in a week that used to take a year to construct."
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"The Robotic Craftsman is a 3D shaper that uses robotic fingers to shape pieces of sheet metal into parts. Its benefit is that the same machine can build countless parts, instead of only building one or two.
Machina Labs said this capability is key for one-off replacement parts.
“Throughout history, metal craftsmen had this almost unlimited agility, they could pick up a different tool, learn a new craft, and make something new,” Mike Polino, Machina Labs’ vice president of product, said. “Maybe a helmet one day, a shield the next day, a tea kettle, the day after that. So in the modern manufacturing context, we needed a lot more scale. So we got rid of all that agility in favor of a fixed tooling that would help us stamp out many, many, many parts.”
The machine can quickly learn how to shape each required part. Therefore, it reduces the time a military vehicle is out of service. Machina Labs said it can deliver parts in a week that used to take a year to construct."
#robots
#archerrobots
"The Robotic Craftsman is a 3D shaper that uses robotic fingers to shape pieces of sheet metal into parts. Its benefit is that the same machine can build countless parts, instead of only building one or two.
Machina Labs said this capability is key for one-off replacement parts.
“Throughout history, metal craftsmen had this almost unlimited agility, they could pick up a different tool, learn a new craft, and make something new,” Mike Polino, Machina Labs’ vice president of product, said. “Maybe a helmet one day, a shield the next day, a tea kettle, the day after that. So in the modern manufacturing context, we needed a lot more scale. So we got rid of all that agility in favor of a fixed tooling that would help us stamp out many, many, many parts.”
The machine can quickly learn how to shape each required part. Therefore, it reduces the time a military vehicle is out of service. Machina Labs said it can deliver parts in a week that used to take a year to construct."
#robots
#archerrobots