The advanced manufacturing technology opportunity engine provides profiles of innovations related to extrusion-based 3D printers for large-scale additive manufacturing, AI/ML-based systems for optimized ceramic 3D printing, AI-enabled high-precision robots, advanced autonomous mobile robots for efficient material handling, and phase-transition actuation-based soft robots for enhanced robotic mobility.

• How can you harness global innovations and developments related to manufacturing and industrial automation that are focused on improving product traceability, energy efficiency, reducing environmental footprints, and integrating product design?
• What are the growth drivers in areas like 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)?
• How can you capitalize on new technologies that enable clean, lean and flexible manufacturing and industrial automation?