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Omnibot Reborn: Giving a 1984 Robot Butler the Brain It Was Promised
In 1984, Tomy sold a toy robot that promised a domestic future it couldn’t quite deliver. Forty years later, a maker in Miami gave...
Train a Balance Bot With Reinforcement Learning
Teach a robot to balance, using reinforcement learning in simulation just like the big labs. The post Train a Balance Bot With Rei...
Additive Industries updates MetalFab build processing software
The processor cuts benchmark preprocessing time from 46 minutes to 6 minutes and integrates with Materialise Magics. The post Addi...
WASP Mixes Earth and Plastic to Make Recyclable 3D Printed Composites
WASP has an eco-friendly ethos. Indeed, the firm wants to build houses and communities using local, environmentally friendly, and ...
Speed to Production Isn’t About Print Speed. It’s About Everything In Between
Ask most people why additive manufacturing is fast, and they’ll point to the printer. A part that would take weeks to machine or m...
Siemens, NVIDIA develop AI workflow for PCB inspection
The process uses digital twins and synthetic defect images to prepare AOI systems before physical boards enter production. The pos...
3DPOD 318: 3D Printing at ORNL, Part II – Thomas Feldhausen
Thomas Feldhausen works at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) on hybrid manufacturing, DED, digital twins, and new manufacturing...
Cadence launches sovereign AI data center in Munich
The facility combines NVIDIA computing platforms and digital twin technology to help engineers optimize AI infrastructure while ke...
Microchip launches radiation-tolerant oscillator for satellites
The LX-820 supports CMOS outputs up to 135 MHz and LVDS outputs up to 250 MHz, with operation from -55°C to 125°C. The post Microc...
NVIDIA unveils architecture for secure enterprise AI agents
The design combines Vera Rubin infrastructure, Vera CPUs and BlueField DPUs to monitor agent behavior and enforce security policie...
One engineer, Designcenter Solid Edge, and a stack of AI tools
An engineer at GEHA puts AI to work around Designcenter Solid Edge. The post One engineer, Designcenter Solid Edge, and a stack of...
Russia’s 3D Printed Missiles & Can NATO Get Its Act Together?
For most of US history, however much the two major parties differed on domestic policy (in some cases a lot, overall less than you...
The First Million’s the Hardest: Carbon’s Achievement with 3D Printed Bike Saddles
Last month I wrote an ode to 3D printed football helmet liners, as well as a brief overview of some of the biggest additive manufa...
AlgoLaser DIY KIT MK3 Review
Acmer's SM MOPA laser comes with great power, but leaves responsibility to the user. The post AlgoLaser DIY KIT MK3 Review appeare...
AIAA forms team to define CFD priorities through 2045
The group will assess aerospace simulation needs and develop a roadmap covering technical challenges, capabilities and research mi...
NVIDIA expands Isaac tools for humanoid robot development
New reference platforms, datasets and runtimes support robot learning workflows from simulation and training through deployment. T...
What’s Left When a 3D Printing Company Shuts Down?
Several 3D printing companies have closed, sold their assets or restructured in 2026. Some spent years developing new printing tec...
Siemens and NVIDIA accelerate computational lithography
GPU acceleration delivers 10x to 17x faster simulation for advanced chip patterning, supporting High-NA EUV manufacturing. The pos...
GE Vernova to supply gas turbine for Côte d’Ivoire power plant
The 372-MW Songon facility is expected to begin operations in 2029 and generate up to 1,400 jobs. The post GE Vernova to supply ga...
NVIDIA expands global manufacturing for AI infrastructure
Substrate capacity is set to grow 2.5x in three years, while semiconductor testing capacity is expected to double from 2026 to 202...
Cadence and Nokia advance AI-driven electronic system design
The on-premises platform accelerates key design and analysis workflows by 5X while keeping sensitive engineering data and IP secur...
NVIDIA DSX advances AI factory deployment across Europe
Nscale demonstrated 49% higher inference throughput and 37% more managed GPU capacity within the same power budget. The post NVIDI...
China’s Additive Manufacturing Market is About to Get Even More Competitive
Last month I wrote about the Chinese laser brand HG Laser and how its increasing focus on metal additive manufacturing (AM) demons...
NAMIC 2026 GAMS: Working Together in a Divided World
We’re once again in lovely Singapore. This time, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster‘s (NAMIC) Global Additive ...