Arup on Robotic Coworkers

What will it be like to work with robotic co-worker?  UK engineering design firm Arup talks about it.

Arup and 3D Printing

We did some work with the Engineering and  design firm Arup in the innovation space.   Was interesting to see they are doing work with 3D printing.

This Intelligent 3D Printer Is Building Big, Beautiful Structures  by Alison E. Berman

Ai Build, a London-based startup, aims to pave the way to 3D printing on large scales.

The company is equipping industrial-grade Kuka robotic arms with artificial intelligence and "3D printing guns" to 3D print large structures that focus on maximizing efficiency with labor and materials.

Founder and CEO Daghan Cam dreamed up the technology while considering traditional commercial construction and wondering what a more efficient and automated process might look like.

In October, the company partnered with engineering consulting firm Arup Engineers to debut the 3D printed “Daedalus Pavilion” at the GPU Technology Conference in Amsterdam. The structure is roughly 16 feet wide and 14 feet tall. Its 48 parts were printed in 15 days and assembled in less than one.

Ai Build's system uses video cameras outfitted with machine learning algorithms to allow robots to learn from their mistakes—meaning they can operate more quickly, correcting for errors on the fly instead of moving slowly to prevent them. According to Cam, Ai Build's arms can print in half the time it would take using standard techniques.   .... " 

IOT Failure Prediction

Attended this webinar of interest, with a largely nontechnical approach, other parts will follow: " Industrial IoT and Failure Prediction on event signals | Part 1 " featuring Adurthi Ashwin Swarup, Senior Data Scientist, DataRPM.

Here's the replay link.

Ove Arup

Know who Ove Arup is? I didn't until very recently. He and his company are one of the leading design and engineering firms of the twentieth century. A bio by Peter Jones, was sent to me by Chris Luebkamen of Arup. Civil Engineers practice a unique blend of science, technology, art and function. Sydney Opera House, one of Arup's iconic designs and implementations at the right. Worth seeing how this evolved in the life of Arup.

Shortfuze Machinima

New correspondent Juhi Shareef of Arup's futures group sends along this link to Shortfuze's Moviestorm, a machinima moviemaking package. We have been experimenting with Reallusion's Iclone. What can businesses do with machinima? It can be used to link prerecorded audio to animated avatars. It can also be used to place prerecorded video into virtual worlds. Or easily set up creative storyboards. Other ideas are welcome.