As witnessed in the modern world of production and advanced manufacturing systems , idea generation must be followed by effective commercialisation and strategic capital mobilisation. Advanced Innovation and Manufacturing Asia (AIM Asia)…
Three Japanese manufacturers have quietly put bipedal humanoid robots onto live production lines. The results are more modest — and more promising — than the demos suggested.
Fully dark production lines — no lighting, no breaks, no headcount — have moved from trade-show theatre to the default bid on new electronics contracts across the Pearl River Delta.
The first solid-state pilot lines are running, and the capital rotation behind them is the largest in Korean manufacturing since the memory supercycle.
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