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7 digital twin use cases
Knowledgenile
This blog explains the digital twin use cases of some the major companies around the world and also highlights how this technology has benefited them.
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A study finds nearly half of jobs are vulnerable to automation
Economist
That could free people to pursue more interesting careers
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Thousands of jobs lost as Apple supplier Foxconn fully automates its factories
Digital Trends
Apple supplier Foxconn is moving away from human labor and toward full automation -- and the company is doing so in three phases.
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The coming paradigm shift in manufacturing
Continuations
The Coming Paradigm Shift in Manufacturing The Star Trek replicator stands as the ultimate dream of on-demand manufacturing. The bad news is that despite advances in 3D printing we are many...
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Robo-bulldozers guided by drones are helping ease Japan's labor shortage
The Verge
Komatsu is the world’s second largest construction company, a venerable Japanese brand with 94 years of history that sells forklifts and bulldozers to customers around the globe. But in its home...
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The robotics revolution: The next great leap in manufacturing
BCG Perspectives
The use of advanced industrial robots is nearing takeoff, lowering labor costs, boosting productivity, and changing the competitiveness of major manufacturing economies.
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Hitachi's new labor-intensive robot could replace some workers in warehouses
Japan Times
In a warehouse in the city of Noda, Chiba Prefecture, a robot with wheels zips around to pick up boxes of goods and carries them to a shipping container. I
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China sets up first unmanned factory; all processes are operated by robots
Economic Times of India
A Chinese firm specialising in precision technology has set up the first unmanned factory at Dongguan city where all the processes are operated by robots.
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Google's Hal Varian on where all the productivity has gone
Forbes
I find myself wholly in agreement with Hal Varian here on the subject of where all the productivity from the technological revolution has gone. This isn't all that surprising as I know he's read at least part of one of my pieces here on the subject and that he agreed [...]
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10 ways machine learning is revolutionizing manufacturing in 2019
Forbes
The leading growth strategy for manufacturers in 2019 is improving shop floor productivity by investing in machine learning platforms that deliver the insights needed to improve product quality and production yields.
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Manufacturing goes digital: Smart factories have the potential to spark labor productivity
Deloitte
​Smart factories will be the game changer for the US manufacturing industry. Adopting smart factories will likely result in threefold productivity improvements over the next decade.
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‘Robotic blacksmithing’: A technology that could revive US manufacturing
Singularity Hub
This manufacturing method could revolutionize the way high-quality structural parts are made, resulting in a new class of customized and optimized products.
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Germany develops 'smart factories' to keep an edge
MarketWatch
AMBERG, Germany--The next front in Germany's effort to keep up with the digital revolution lies in a factory in this sleepy industrial town. At stake isn't...
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An inside look at Facebook’s approach to automation and human work
Harvard Business Review
A Q&A with the company’s VP of Engineering.
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Ontario robot-maker Clearpath sets sights on industrial autonomy trend
Canadian Manufacturing
Workers at industrial centres toiling away at dull, repetitive and often dangerous jobs have reason to be worried about ClearPath Robotics.
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For solar manufacturer SunPower, renewables are only a beginning
Triple Pundit
SunPower is one company that demonstrates how clean technology leaders can leverage their position to achieve broader social impact.
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The way Americans think about blue-collar manufacturing work is a bigger threat than robots
CNBC
Many Americans think manufacturing jobs are "something other people's kids do." Only 30% of Americans want to work in manufacturing, a problem that Snap-On CEO Nick Pinchuk says is a bigger threat right now than robots.
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Can ‘advance manufacturing’ change the game in india-australia relationship analysis
Eurasia Review
By Natasha Jha Bhaskar Manufacturing has been in a state of transition for decades. Lower tariffs, changing technologies and the outsourcing of tasks to
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Coronavirus threatens the energy sector
E & E News
As officials work to contain the coronavirus outbreak, concerns are rising that it could thwart some of the biggest U.S. energy industries, including renewables, liquefied natural gas and electric vehicles.