WEBVTT 00:00.860 --> 00:03.240 A new idea that revolutionizes us 00:03.250 --> 00:05.570 manufacturing . It can come from 00:05.579 --> 00:07.489 anywhere a large established 00:07.500 --> 00:11.449 manufacturer , the dreamers at a small 00:11.460 --> 00:14.609 start up a government initiative 00:15.550 --> 00:18.409 or the imagination of a young scholar . 00:22.149 --> 00:24.430 But the next big idea can't thrive in a 00:24.440 --> 00:27.770 silo without connections to funding 00:27.780 --> 00:31.049 people and purpose , new ideas fall 00:31.059 --> 00:33.770 apart and can't become innovations . 00:35.290 --> 00:37.909 The arm institute's goal is to link the 00:37.919 --> 00:40.599 world of robotics and artificial 00:40.610 --> 00:42.840 intelligence with the world of us 00:42.849 --> 00:45.689 manufacturing to catalyze sustainable 00:45.700 --> 00:47.790 and mutually beneficial partnerships 00:47.889 --> 00:50.720 between those with the ideas and those 00:50.729 --> 00:53.110 with the resources to keep those ideas 00:53.119 --> 00:56.889 moving forward with a diverse and broad 00:56.900 --> 00:58.789 national membership that includes 00:58.789 --> 01:01.450 hundreds of manufacturers , start ups , 01:01.459 --> 01:04.309 top research , universities , community 01:04.319 --> 01:07.839 colleges , trade schools , nonprofits , 01:07.860 --> 01:10.050 technology suppliers and government 01:10.059 --> 01:12.970 agencies committed to us manufacturing . 01:13.269 --> 01:15.250 The arm institute builds bridges 01:15.260 --> 01:17.529 between allies that may have otherwise 01:17.540 --> 01:20.339 missed the opportunity to connect using 01:20.349 --> 01:22.769 this model . The arm institute has been 01:22.779 --> 01:24.930 able to power innovation by bringing 01:24.940 --> 01:26.940 together organizations that share a 01:26.940 --> 01:29.779 common mission to grow us manufacturing 01:29.790 --> 01:33.199 through automation and robotics . The 01:33.209 --> 01:35.376 project title is a virtual part repair 01:35.376 --> 01:37.487 programming for robotic thermal spray 01:37.487 --> 01:39.320 applications . The University of 01:39.320 --> 01:41.153 Connecticut is the prime on this 01:41.153 --> 01:43.209 project with team members from Titan 01:43.209 --> 01:45.098 Robotics . The current methods of 01:45.098 --> 01:47.153 thermal spray uh programming is very 01:47.153 --> 01:49.265 repetitive and time consuming repairs 01:49.265 --> 01:51.431 from each part vary significantly . So 01:51.431 --> 01:53.653 a custom software has to be written for 01:53.653 --> 01:55.765 each individual part that comes in to 01:55.765 --> 01:57.987 identify where the robot needs to go to 01:57.987 --> 02:00.153 apply a thermal coding . And then once 02:00.153 --> 01:59.569 that repair is done , a brand new 01:59.580 --> 02:01.747 program has to be written for the next 02:01.747 --> 02:03.580 part that comes in . So for this 02:03.580 --> 02:05.747 project , a Fr L came to arm and asked 02:05.747 --> 02:08.024 us to help project manage this program . 02:08.024 --> 02:10.136 So we helped to put together the team 02:10.136 --> 02:12.358 with the University of Connecticut Anti 02:12.358 --> 02:14.580 Robotics . The robot in this process is 02:14.580 --> 02:16.580 going to be used to apply a thermal 02:16.580 --> 02:18.802 coding onto a part . So that robot will 02:18.802 --> 02:21.059 come down localize the part using a 02:21.070 --> 02:23.403 mapping pod developed by tight robotics , 02:23.403 --> 02:25.126 it will localize the part to a 02:25.126 --> 02:27.500 millimeter level and then a operator 02:27.509 --> 02:29.620 will put on a hollow lens mark on the 02:29.620 --> 02:31.800 part where a repair needs to be done , 02:31.889 --> 02:33.889 then they will leave the room . The 02:33.889 --> 02:36.000 robot will go down and do a fine scan 02:36.000 --> 02:38.110 using a sensor of the damage to the 02:38.119 --> 02:41.509 part and then plan automatically the 02:41.619 --> 02:44.289 thermal spray robot path plan to apply 02:44.300 --> 02:46.467 a thermal coating . The advantages are 02:46.467 --> 02:48.633 that there's a more consistent process 02:48.633 --> 02:50.800 because that a robot can automatically 02:50.800 --> 02:52.967 detect how much powder and or how much 02:52.967 --> 02:55.078 of a thermal coat can be applied that 02:55.078 --> 02:57.244 it keeps the process consistent across 02:57.244 --> 02:59.244 all of the parts and knows what the 02:59.244 --> 03:01.467 maximum coding should be and is able to 03:01.467 --> 03:03.356 bring the coding up to that level 03:03.356 --> 03:05.467 versus just doing it manually or even 03:05.467 --> 03:07.467 with a robotic process that doesn't 03:07.467 --> 03:09.689 know , want to stop the process . So it 03:09.689 --> 03:09.009 can do it more accurately and 03:09.020 --> 03:11.020 consistently across a wide range of 03:11.020 --> 03:13.187 parts that come through the production 03:13.187 --> 03:15.353 system . Personally , I'm managing the 03:15.353 --> 03:17.464 relationship between the project team 03:17.464 --> 03:19.242 and A Fr L . So we hold monthly 03:19.242 --> 03:21.464 meetings between them . There's lots of 03:21.464 --> 03:23.576 checkpoints that require a RL to sign 03:23.576 --> 03:25.631 off on the project to make sure that 03:25.631 --> 03:27.798 the system is operating to locations . 03:27.798 --> 03:29.576 The impact to the dod is a more 03:29.576 --> 03:31.798 consistent coding process across all of 03:31.798 --> 03:33.853 their parts . So they're all back to 03:33.853 --> 03:35.964 almost a pre production or production 03:35.964 --> 03:38.076 ready level that they would get if it 03:38.076 --> 03:40.409 was a brand new part out of the factory . 03:40.409 --> 03:42.464 The whole goal of this process is to 03:42.464 --> 03:44.520 actually have it installed at an air 03:44.520 --> 03:46.742 force base sometime this summer and get 03:46.742 --> 03:46.149 ready for implementation at Warner 03:46.160 --> 03:46.679 Robins 03:51.380 --> 03:53.729 at the Arm Institute . We've spent the 03:53.740 --> 03:55.839 last five years building the largest 03:55.850 --> 03:58.589 National Consortium of Tech Education 03:58.729 --> 04:01.649 and manufacturing pioneers who together 04:01.660 --> 04:03.550 are developing robotics and A I 04:03.559 --> 04:06.360 technology and workforce strategies to 04:06.369 --> 04:09.419 strengthen us manufacturing , the ideas 04:09.429 --> 04:11.151 to solve our country's biggest 04:11.151 --> 04:13.318 manufacturing challenges are out there 04:13.318 --> 04:15.639 at the Arm Institute . We believe 04:15.649 --> 04:17.970 connectivity is the key to a brighter 04:17.980 --> 04:20.510 future for everyone . Imagine the 04:20.519 --> 04:22.408 solutions we could find with your 04:22.408 --> 04:23.390 organization on board .