The Advanced Manufacturing Technology Opportunity Engine (TOE) highlights a broad spectrum of innovations across concrete 3D printing, metal depowdering, tote-to-person warehouse autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), physical AI robots, collaborative robots, ultra-bionic humanoid robots, AI-powered mobile manipulators, physical AI workplace humanoids, and others..

The Advanced Manufacturing TOE covers global innovations and developments related to manufacturing and industrial automation. Innovations are focused toward improving product traceability, energy efficiency and reducing environmental footprints, integrating product design and manufacturing aspects for reducing time-to-market. Industry focus areas include rapid prototyping (additive manufacturing), lightweighting (multi-material joining, plastics and metals manufacturing, carbon fiber-based composite manufacturing), smart robotics (agile robots, consumer robots, swarm robotics, cobots), monitoring and control (wireless control networks, human machine interface), and simulation and modeling (design and simulation software).

• Which technologies enable clean, lean, and flexible manufacturing and industrial automation?
• What is the growth potential of three-dimensional (3D) and four-dimensional (4D) printing, wireless sensors and networks, information and communication technology, multimaterial joining, composites manufacturing, digital manufacturing, micro- and nano-manufacturing, lasers, advanced software, and printing techniques?
• How can your company capitalize on innovative technologies across a wide range of industries like semiconductors, automotive & transportation, aerospace & defense, industrial, healthcare, logistics, and electronics?