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Advanced Navigation launches new robotics manufacturing facility in NSW

Advanced Navigation, a developer of artificial intelligence solutions for robotic and navigation technologies, has opened a new high-tech robotics facility for autonomous systems based at UTS Tech Lab. 

AML3D secures major order to upgrade defence supplier’s robotic system

AML3D has received a $0.28 million order from Century Engineering, an Australian Defence and industry supplier, to upgrade a robotic welding system into a cutting-edge ARCEMY metal 3D printing system.

IperionX wins R&D 100 award for its titanium manufacturing process

IperionX has won the prestigious R&D 100 award for its innovative Hydrogen Assisted Metallothermic Reduction (HAMR) technology – a low-cost and sustainable process for producing high-value titanium metal powder. 

Defence awards Perth braking business ABT $240,000 export grant

The Morrison Government has awarded Advanced Braking Technology (ASX:ABV) a $240,000 Defence Global Competitiveness Grant that will help the Perth-based manufacturer export its ground-breaking...

Swinburne research team seeks to spearhead metal production on Mars

A group of researchers led by a professor from Swinburne University of Technology has published a study that focuses on metal extraction on Mars,...

MIT 3D-printing system enables manufacturing of mechanically interactive objects

Manufacturing could become more flexible for interactive products with a new 3D-printing system developed by MIT researchers that allows objects to change their surface appearance in response to use, without relying on electronics.

Global Shop Solutions zeroes in on quality control in new whitepaper

Implementing a beginning-to-end traceability of parts is nearly impossible without an integrated quality system that would automate the majority– if not the entirety– of...

AstraZeneca backs LBT Innovations’ drug manufacturing AI development

LBT Innovations has partnered with AstraZeneca to develop artificial intelligence software that would be used in drug manufacturing. 

UQ researchers develop nanotech tool to measure vitamin C in fresh produce

Researchers at the University of Queensland have developed a nanotechnology-based probe that measures vitamin C levels in fruit, vegetables, and juices, potentially paving the way for consumers to one day assess food freshness and nutrition using their smartphones.

Navigating the digital transformation slowdown among industrial manufacturers

Australian manufacturers are facing growing pressures amid new global trade policies and their reliance on US demand. Concerns are rising over increased foreign competition and higher import costs, which could negatively impact overall GDP and industrial activity in Australia and New Zealand.
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AMCA Impact Study highlights AI’s role in improving HVAC safety compliance

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