Factory Signal Briefing — May 05, 2026
Advanced Manufacturing · 3D Printing · CNC · Robotics · AI Vision
News
X-ray study reveals how microscopic pores drive fractures in 3D printed metals
A team of researchers from IMDEA Materials Institute and the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M), working with collaborators in France and Japan, has published a study in the Journal…
Tutor Intelligence builds Data Factory to train robot AI in the real world
Tutor Intelligence is running 100 Sonny semi-humanoid robots in its headquarters while sharing technology and data with its Cassie mobile manipulator. The post Tutor Intelligence builds Data…
Prusa Patents Automated Resin Print Workflow
A Czech patent application by Prusa Research proposes a more coordinated resin printing workflow built around shared process data. The post Prusa Patents Automated Resin Print Workflow…
Rockwell, Teradyne, Tesla see automation demand despite uncertainty
The companies are reporting strong earnings growth fueled in part by data center and robotics demand. Elon Musk also teased Tesla’s Optimus as its "biggest product ever."
WaiV Robotics emerges from stealth to help drones take off and land at sea
With $7.5 million in funding, WaiV Robotics is working to productize its drone landing system, and find OEM partners to work with. The post WaiV Robotics emerges from stealth to help drones…
Upcoming Webinar on Computer Vision and Edge AI for Defect Detection
On May 14, 2026, at 12:00 pm PDT (2:00 pm EDT) TDK SensEI will deliver a webinar “Using Computer Vision and edge AI for Defect Detection” From the event page: Join Sundeep Ahluwalia, Chief…
OpenAI's first hardware play might be a phone that replaces your app grid with an agent task stream
OpenAI is reportedly planning its own AI smartphone, with chips from MediaTek and Qualcomm and manufacturing by Luxshare. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, mass production could start as…
OpenAI claims ChatGPT’s new default model hallucinates way less
OpenAI's newest default model for ChatGPT might not make stuff up as much. Hallucinations have been an ongoing problem for AI models, but OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 Instant model has…
Replacing GPU Compute Dies With PNM-Enabled HBM Cubes For Long-Context Decode Attention (UCSD, Columbia, Yonsei U., NVIDIA, Samsung)
A new technical paper, “AMMA: A Multi-Chiplet Memory-Centric Architecture for Low-Latency 1M Context Attention Serving,” was published by researchers at UC San Diego, Columbia…
Simulate Thermal Performance in Autodesk Fusion
Autodesk Fusion shared this video on Youtube! Learn how to perform a thermal simulation in Autodesk Fusion with this step-by-step beginner-friendly tutorial. In this video, Autodesk…
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet on his company’s monopoly: no one is coming for us
Christophe Fouquet, who became ASML's CEO in 2024 after more than a decade at the company, sat down with this editor on the rooftop deck of his Beverly Hills hotel Tuesday morning ahead of…
Cutting Steel Gears with Homemade EDM
Electrostatic discharge machining (EDM) may be slower than alternatives like laser cutting, water jets, or a milling machine, but for some applications there’s no alternative: it can cut…
Autonomous solar panel installation: Crawler base, robotic arm, suction system, AI vision, and 3D sensors — placing ~30 kg panels with ±1–2 mm precision. At about 1 panel every 30 seconds.
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From RoboHub🤖 on 𝕏: [https://x.com/XRoboHub/status/2051330286190035151](https://x.com/XRoboHub/status/2051330286190035151)
Legislation is coming for us
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This is a piece I just wrote for PC Magazine. It addresses what I think is a Trojan horse designed to throttle additive manufacturing and individual participation in design and competitive…
First CNC plasma table. Software recommendations
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Hey, so this is my first post sorry if I'm doing it wrong, I'm a hobby machinist and I'm soft launching my new job/business of working on classic cars/custom choppers/vintage bikes or…
Completely new to CNC, need some help starting out.
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So I recently discovered some Sherline 4400 CNC lathes tucked away in the shop in my school. I've decided to take on the task of figuring out how to use it but I have near to no experience…
Presenting the XR-4 „Rehbar“ („Pioneer“ in Urdu 🇵🇰)
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# XR-4 Rehbar I wanted to showcase a personal project that I had been working on for around a year. As a graduate student in EE and embedded engineer working in Industrial IoT, I have wanted…
Evaluating LLM Spatial Grounding: A 100-City Audit of 7,000+ Restaurant Recommendations vs. Google Places for Ground Truth [R]
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We evaluated the spatial grounding capabilities of ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity (API) by querying 100 US cities and 5 cuisine types. Using the Google Places API as ground truth, we…
I printed a little thing so my office door stops locking itself when people slam it open
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I made the form deeper than the depth of the lock, so the lock just slides into the hole and does not touch the wall. It’s probably the most basic thing I’ve ever printed, but it’s going to…
CAD to CAM to CNC on a 200mm fixture plate — full chain in one browser tab
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Quick workflow share — designed a fixture/mounting plate end to end in one browser tab. nothing fancy, just wanted to test the full chain on something with multiple ops. **CAD**: \~203 x 203…
CAD to CAM to CNC on a 200mm fixture plate — full chain in one browser tab
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disclosure up front per rule 7 — I'm part of the team building the CAD/CAM tool in the screenshots. mods, pull it if it crosses the line. quick workflow share — designed a fixture/mounting…
ERP and MES selection for regulated medtech
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Hi all, I’m looking for input from people who have been through ERP/MES selection in regulated medtech. Context: medical device manufacturer, currently scaling from prototype to serial…
YouTube
Machining Plastic 3X Faster
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📝 **Transcript Preview:** So today we're going to be machining blue delrin on our Scle X9. I'm going to walk you through step by step how I made this real customer part and what to watch…
Let’s gauge how much you actually know. 🤔#haascnc #haasautomation #haastooling #tools #cnc
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📝 **Transcript Preview:** I have these balls on the table because they represent shotgun gauges. If this ball were made of lead, it would take one ball at this diameter to weigh 1 lb. So…
INSANE CNC Cuts 😳
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📝 **Transcript Preview:** Yes. Oh, what was that? That's not a drill. Can it do it twice? Oh, glorious. Oh, 80%. It's getting hot in there. Oh, 10°. Yeah. 20°. Oh, 30°. 45°. Holy moly.
The USB Keyboard We're Never Allowed to Plug In
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📝 **Transcript Preview:** Hey everybody, Adam Savage here and today in partnership with our friends at Threat Locker, we are taking another look at malicious devices hiding in plain sight…
The Physics Behind the Thumb Trick
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📝 **Transcript Preview:** Have you ever filled a bucket with water from the garden hose? It’s kind of a slow process. Or at least it feels slow while you’re standing there waiting. If you…