118. Sheet Metal Forming Goes High-Tech with Robotics & AI

ManufacturingMachinahours or days

Machina's software system uses sensor feedback to compare the scanned physical part against the CAD design, automatically re-optimizing the robot's actions for subsequent parts until the quality target is met.

“and at the end of it, uh, they start scanning the part. And what the scan does is that it goes back to that Machinos software and it analyzes the actual part with the CAD design. And if there's anything that is not perfect, if there's anything that's standing out, they re optimize themselves before they start attacking the next piece of work until they get it right.”

PrototypingMachinahours or maybe even a couple days

Machina uses robotics and AI to enable rapid prototyping of sheet metal parts, delivering production-intent parts within hours or days without the weeks of tooling and millions of dollars required for traditional stamping dies.

“So you have this new request that comes in, let's say, Daniel's the client and I'm not going to labs. You come in, you're like, hey, I want this part. And apparently within hours or maybe even a couple days, I can get you your 1st part.”