Manufacturing Technologies

A quadcopter drone begins work on a rope bridge. Image courtesy of ETH Zurich

Drones autonomously build rope bridge

Attendees at the Advanced Manufacturing Summit 2014 including NSW Premier, Mike Baird (centre) - image courtesy of AMS.

Australian Manufacturing Forum members to feature in the Advanced Manufacturing Summit 2015

3D barcodes developed to fight counterfeits

Kuka Robotics automation and robots

Global industrial robotics market set to rise to $41.17bn by 2020

An artist's impression of the Falcon Heavy mid-flight. Image courtesy of SpaceX.

SpaceX confirms Spring 2016 Falcon Heavy launch

Startpoint Dreadnought T2050 Warship Front View (image courtesy of Startpoint).

Warship of the future designed by young engineers

LED lights are much brighter and more efficient than traditional technologies. Image courtesy of Flickr - ГорэлтЕх

New LED technology to allow cheaper production

A driverless TMA truck developed by Royal Truck and Equipment. Image courtesy of Royal Truck and Equipment.

First self-driving truck to hit US streets this year

3D printing

The evolution of additive manufacturing through 3D printing

Parts for many Airbus passenger jets are manufactured in India. Image courtesy of Airbus.

Airbus’ A350-900 debuted at Moscow International Air Show

A 3D printed prothesis developed by Open Bionics. Image courtesy of Open Bionics.

3D printed prosthetic hand wins Dyson Award