manufacturing

Robotics

Roboforming is so cool. It's a manufacturing process that uses synchronized robotic arms with special end-effectors to incrementally shape metal sheets into more complex parts. One robot pushes and deforms the sheet while the other robot provides support.

This enables high customization and quick production of small batches of products, which makes it great for rapid prototyping and design iteration. The level of synchronization required for this to work precisely and reliably is way harder to achieve than it may seem.