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LATHE LESSON: Trainee Trevor Harmon operates a lathe machine in the Manufacturing Lab at the New England Institute of Technology.
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TECH TRANSFORMATION: AI finding its place in evolving industry

It’s no secret that advancements in technology have been playing an ever-larger role in manufacturing. Innovations in ­automation, robotics, digitization and, increasingly, artificial intelligence...
CO-BOT CONVERSATION: Mike Rielly, head of public relations at igus Bearings Inc. in East Providence, discusses one of the robots that the company produces, which are known as collaborative robots, or co-bots, along with other automation technology that it sells to manufacturers.
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ROBOTS RISING? Manufacturers mull employing tech as it gets smarter, cheaper

Enter igus Bearings Inc.’s newly opened facility in East Providence, and you’ll be met with the sounds of whirring and clangs typical of a...
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THE LOAD: igus Bearings Inc. spokesman Mike Rielly, with one of the company’s collaborative robots, or co-bots, that it produces. 
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Robots will eliminate jobs but create new ones too

Unions are understandably worried about job losses that will come as manufacturers turn to technology to curb costs and improve production and efficiency. There’s no...

Five Questions With: Regan Brewer

Regan Brewer is president of the Jane Addams Resource Corp., a Chicago-based nonprofit that earlier this month opened a manufacturing-focused workforce training center at...
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