This is one of a new wave of companies. The defining features of these new companies is that you see the software development integrated right next to the manufacturing. The mechanical and mechatronics engineering, the real world factory, and the software engineering are all happening within 10 yards of one another.
the future, I see the light, world keep with Elon Musk, need a sponsor with very deep pockets, I see making small to only one items, but getting big boys involved , two hours, make car body panel, to replace the big press, must nock then one every 10 seconds or if not faster?
@@dh2032like FDM vs injection molding. Customizing and fast design changes vs less time per part but HUGE cost to change anything. Also, it allows small shops to make a LOT of different parts on limited floor space
You expect calm waters when repairs are truly needed? If the vessel is safe enough to start repairs it is just as fast overall to send the parts it needs.
@@kamilbro6106 Yeah, ask the Russians how well that’s working. The Royal Canadian Navy has a ship class these would be perfect for. Our new Repair and Replenishment ships. Odds are your navy has something similar, unless you are a nation on a small sea like the Baltic. I gather you are from somewhere like that, or you’d see the application.
Homie looks like he just came out of the car repair shop and now building a startup the startup will be super successful because it's actually solving a really big problem
Like the VP of Product said, "I don't want the design power for the things that I use to sit in the hands of probably some of the organizations that might be least ready to design the next thing." This would be great for film sets, outsourcing props building can be insanely expensive. I know a lot of people are sensitive about the use of "AI" and automation in the film industry taking jobs, but if the only barrier between an independent director and Hollywood studio is capital, this is huge! Democratizing the entire filmmaking process lowers the barrier to entry to the point anyone could do it! If it's so easy anyone can do it, it will only be interesting to the people that are passionate about it.
I dont think this technology will democratise filmmaking by lowering the cost of building sets and props. This looks expensive. Sheet metal is rarely used in the manufacture of props and even less for sets. You can paint cheaper material to look like metal. If you wanted to customise that truck like they have for film, it would be cheaper to attach vac form panel of plastic or a panel made from fibreglass if you needed it to be tougher. I hope if you intend to make a independent film you will consult some professional makers before hiring this company you might save some.
@@stin-dog172 I'd love to hire a maker but dude I live in the middle of a cornfield. According to Production Hub there are only 4 registered prop 'makers' in my entire state. There is no filmmaking industry here... just a multibillion-dollar manufacturing industry. 15 years in this area and I have never met a single 'maker' that works on large set props, yet I know several fab shop owners that would allow me free access to CNC's, lathes, CMMs, and plasma cutters. If they had this equipment and some downtime I guarantee I could trade them some services to get an actually working Sci-fi Mad Max-style truck so long as I cover the material cost and create the CAD myself. Our town is 50,000 people and there is only 1 other media company within 45 miles of us with enough employees (4+) to run a mini-production. Trust me, this is a far more viable solution for rural people than hiring one of the four makers in our entire state.
Gold! Thats democratization mentioned is great in some industry using ton of people (not too much tool) like advertising (youtuber vs traditional tv) , but industry ... 😢 I used to hope myth with 3d printer too
Meh, it's a prototype, not a finished product. The only thing I'd consider these for is rapid prototyping using locally generated but easily available parts.
I agree completely but scaling up might involve just replicating the robots, that are already an established technology, and advanced machine learning which is what all those fancy new GPUs are supposed to be doing. Factories based on this type of manufacturing can truly be well dispersed and made resilient. The future of sheet metal forming is looking very bright.
@@ismailnyeyusof3520 I don't think this is supposed to replace high volume high end manufacturing. The steel pressing techniques are very good and efficient for that. The problem is their is no good alternative for low volume high end manufacturing because it is not worth the expenses. This seems to be perfect for that.
I'm absolutely blown away by this technology. As a metalworking with a lot of experience this is just so Sci fi hats off to the brilliant minds behind all this
Exactly... This company makes one-offs or a very small number of the same part. Why he compares the company to stamped sheet metal parts in cars is ridiculous. Comparing Apples and Oranges. Almost every method is faster than this method but it does have it place.
It's a comparison meant to give laymen context about what is being done and why. This video is targeted to the general public. Not just crumudgeony boomers in the comment section.
@@gags730 If the goal it to make one or a few stampings, the die does not need to last millions of parts, so it can also be a lot cheaper. It would be quicker to have this robot cut a die out of plastic and press it than have it form the shape as shown on the video.
Just curious. Because my parents happen to be "boomers". Probably your parents or grandparents also; Why is everyone so ready roast them? Have some respect for your elders? Or is that a "boomer" thing also?
Why yes, stamping the same part over and over with no variations can be incredibly fast.... right up until you need to change for a different part... then it can take up to a week to take out the old tooling, load in the new tooling and tweak it until you can get good parts, then you hope and pray that nothing goes wrong while you stamp out another couple thousand parts... Rinse, repeat... I would also point out that additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing) is also a comparatively slow process in comparison to injection molding and other similar processes for plastics, although additive manufacturing has been gaining ground in building parts with metal as well, and the field is constantly growing for specialized parts and innovation. Every industry has gone through a phase that was comparatively slow in comparison to the mass production methods that have brought commonly used objects into the realm that users like YOU are able to enjoy without it costing an arm and a leg. There is also a LOT of lead time that goes into creating each new iteration of tooling until they get it all worked out and producing those millions of parts... sometimes a year or more, so that turns your millions of parts into several years in the making. There are many parts of these processes that you obviously do not understand and cannot take into account with such bold claims.... maybe think about it and research a little more?
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One thing that occurred to me is that you could use traditional stamping to create a 'family-level' part, then use this to finish it for a particular use. That would save an *incredible* amount of time and money for higher-volume parts that still need to be somewhat customizable.
Well in theory yes but the entire point of this is that it's far cheaper and faster than stamping because it doesn't require the huge investment and time involved in creating the molds etc. that stamping requires. It's best for custom pieces, prototyping, and lower volume (he says in another video by Smarter Every Day that does into the technical issues involved much more that it's competitive in pricing farther along than you'd imagine compared with other manufacturing methods...I think in the low thousands). Here's the link to the other video on this that I think will show you why that's probably not possible: th-cam.com/video/dCXu8Ju_fdY/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygULcm9ib2Zvcm1pbmc%3D
I love the dream idea of being able to customize the body of a car as easily as you can 3D print a unique case for a Xbox controller. Shipping/Delivery will become the next choke point in affordability.
No , it's rather affordability will become the choke point. Period. These guys have deep pockets so they can burn some money now. But earning is a different thing
@@Autovetus I'm not talking about this company specifically, no one has a patent on the assembly line. Once it's effectiveness was proven, that cat was out of the bag and every manufacturer was racing to switch to it... The same thing with this advancement in manufacturing. The "last mile" is and has been one of the largest expenses for most product for nearly a century with little innovation. Hand off product, transport, rinse and repeat until product arrives to the consumer.
I picture the old days when Rolls Royce would send out bodies and the Carriage Companies would customize for Indian Nobility etc... I doubt this would be cheap, but with new electric cars basically being skates then custom shops can build on the Skate.
@@Triflixfilms Nobody is racing to switch to this, it's slow.. Note how they never elaborate how long a panel takes to make, or any part. That single hood probably took a whole day(maybe longer). Maybe for anyone that's deep in the prototyping and needs field usable parts ASAP, but this will be an absurdly expensive service.
I dont know - the thing is here in Germany there are still a few tradesmen that can manufacture a stamped steel metal part like a car fender or so by hand. Without expensive tools and i bet even a little faster than these robots.
Well not just that, make them write a paper about it, it's new raising technology that they need to be aware about, ask them which applications they think would be ideal to apply this tech on, among other questions regarding it included in the Essay.
A few things I can see that would possibly add utility to the process, is a built in induction heater on each arm, a quenching system (coolant, and/or oils for quenching with custom temperature outflow) and a magnetic coil array for manipulating steel magnetically, and/or having multiple contact points for each arm with ferrous "magnetic tools" for the robots to utilize.
we watch a man make parts by hand he is gentle. he goes slowly. he does not drop things he lowers them to the ground gently. we maybe used to another perspective . this stuff is cutting edge great work.
I’m thinking the same thing. Also that car makers need to make plastic body panels like Saturn’s used to have. This could make the forms quickly though.
this is very important tech. with methods like this we can manufacture what we need, when we need it and in only the precise numbers we need. no more very expensive, non-flexible, factories that needs to produce millions of products to pay for itself. products that will be rotting away somewhere because it was already obsolete the moment the factory was completed...
That texture looks much the 3d-printed parts texture. The process is gonna be refined and we'll see lots of this kind of services in our town. The ability to order any metal part you need is really awesome and boosts creativity and small business. The car companies monopolies are really sad and boring. Back in the days when cars were just starting, there was so much variety and true creative engineering.
This is EXTREMELY interesting technology but it will never evolve into mass production. It will, however, definitely find a niche in one-off, prototyping, or very limited production. I can see Koenigsegg using it. My thought would be that they need to add a tool changer, swapping out end effectors that would progressively take a part from rough to smooth.
it could apply in mass production because of it being distributed system. Like instead of massive highly efficient factory, a lot of small ones and not that efficient, perhaps
@@sneeddeens9895if you're making millions of a thing, it's always going to be cheaper to make a machine that creates one in a few seconds than thousands of machines that can each create one every several thousand second. One stamping press is expensive, but not more expensive than thousands of robots.
@@sneeddeens9895 You would need a lot, like a lot a lot. A stamping press for big automotive panels runs anywhere from 5-20 strokes per minute, 900 panels in an hour is not a crazy number. Based on "I want 20 of these in 20 days" comment - making like a hood sounds like it takes the better part of a whole day, so even with a generous 4 hours per part estimate you would need 3600 of these machines to match what a single press line can in a typical stamping plant. This will never be useful for mass production, what it will be useful for is prototyping, small batch manufacturing, and super-expensive parts that need exotic materials.
@@MH-kj9hh well, the fact that it is, even with generous estimation, 3600 slower in making parts, in itself is not an argument. Because if it is on the other hand would be like x times faster to build and y time faster to pass regulations and what not, then resulting ratio could be 1:1. So i personally think it is feasible for mass production. Also guy in the video was saying it could be built inside city building, so if is true, it probably possible to make it multiple layers. It could also contribute to ratio of 1:1
You guys just got a new subscriber. This video, these guys, this company just got me SO fired up! I've been reading about this kind of stuff for a while now - "manufacturing" is a big topic this election but there's been an absolute renaissance in American manufacturing in the past 10+ years. The problem is it doesn't involve so many low to mid skilled workers like it used to. That's a problem to be solved, for sure, but people like these guys are building the future and our politicians are talking about competing with China for manufacturing that was old 50 years ago.
Great video! The company and the concept are quite interesting, but what surprise me more was the quality of this video: the script, the editing, and the humour. Congrats!
You are actually building 'Transformers' or functional morphs with robots!This will revolutionize manufacturing.Amazing!How we can use AI and ML to creating rather than disrupting and copy pasting.Great!!!❤
This is really exciting. As a maker, I have been thrilled by the ability to now get additive small parts and PCB made by sending in a file and then they arrive in the mail in a couple of weeks. Getting this done for sheet metal will be really nice and foster entirely new industries.
I don't know about that, but 2mins in and I can already tell this video is going to be overproduced. I bet the whole thing could be condensed by 10mins without losing any material information.
It is an exciting idea, but also it’s a bit too simple when you don’t delve into the detail of it all.. it took them a lot of small complex innovations to reach where they are right now, and still a lot needs to be done before they fully prove the concept. By the time they do, someone else (likely Elon Musk) will either buy them or will create his own equivalent to blow them out of the water..
"No I mean it's really heavy" The vast majority of people have no idea how intensely heavy big chunks of metal can be. I've got a 2" diameter stub of stainless roundstock that I use as a meat tenderizer. Two inches around and 2" inches tall and it is shocking how heavy it is to anyone I hand it to. Heavy metal indeed.
The only thing I don't see how this can compete is in speed. Standard presses can output several parts a minute, while doing it this way may take minutes per part. Prolly not meant to the mass production market.
This left me with a ton of questions. What kind of stress is that putting into the metal? Under that stress, how often does that result in damage to the piece? How do all of those stresses react under heat? Does it maintain a homogeneous thickness? How does the quality or grade of metal affect the final product? What are examples of time to completion in relation to size and intricacy. I don’t know, seems super niche and I question durability but I’m also not an expert.
Roboforming vs Stamping is analogous to 3D Printing vs Injection Molding. Both have their places. Very cool technology that will benefit niche/low volume markets.
As an engineer I find this sounds cool. But its slow process, which means it will be expensive, so therefore its suitable for making prototypes only. Its in the same category as 3D printing. Its cool but slow and not for mass production.
@@pflichtprogramm1 Hi. In the case of the car market if we are talking about mass manufacture panels and the like then stamping is always going to be the speedier process. When it comes to the bespoke car market and small volume or made to order runs I think the tech would be a very competitive option. One could pretty much make any panel or shape simply by having a building and bolting the robots to the floor and then pressing the go button. In one of my other responses on this video I mentioned custom jet ski hulls with respect to production of stainless moulds. Having done CNC mould work myself I can see a much faster option with this tech than the typical hollowing out of solid material. When it comes to car production and regulations, something which I have no knowledge of, perhaps the tech could be used as a faster route to prototyping for crash testing and similar thus eliminating any potential costly changes with production tooling.
@@CATANOVA Yes, this fast-track early testing makes a lot of sense. I was thinking about the fixed costs of regulation and approval that have to be returned over the number of vehicles produced. Since bespoke designs feature small numbers necessarily, the return (per car) to compensate for these costs (for the series) would be large, wouldn't it?
@@CATANOVA Right now variance is probably large between one piece and another, as with every new manufacturing technique. Might be a nightmare making this GMP conform. Like, you might get a crash test version quickly, but ensuring that any copy behaves similar enough safety-wise would be difficult. When we're talking arts & crafts, it's nice to have unique items, like desks made from natural wood. When it comes to safety and human lives however, legislators demand much tighter variance.
this is cool and a new and useful way to manufacture custom special parts but this will never replace sheet metal stamping unless the speed of this process is increased at least 100x this is like comparing 3d printing to injection molding they have different use cases and one will not replace the other anytime soon because as always time is money
For people who have trouble envisioning this, as I first did: imagine that you're a potter with two thumbs, one on each hand, you have the strength of an elephant, and your "clay" is a sheet of INCREDIBLY tough metal alloy.
We already do have metal forming and fabrication and assembly robots. This is a small step beyond that, proclaiming non-uniform parts is a good thing because of hand wave. OK, my car fails inspection because of a bad brake, can't pull one from a parts house, gotta special order one to be made. Yay, excellence, exceptionalism, the exceptionalism of the short bus.
@@thedubwhisperer2157 we are literally in the infancy of roboforming lol. Clay is a LOT more malleable than steel or aluminum sheet. You could easily get a smooth surface finish - their main goal right now is just to get the models physically accurate enough for production. Finishes and surface smoothness is way down the list, and in fact will be a natural byproduct of better forming algorithms.
Couldn't you put thousands of adjustable "bit heads" in a stamp press and merge your process with traditional stamping? Seems like the best of both worlds.
I think cost will be a big limitation. The bit heads would need to be as tiny as possible, should be able to withstand the stamping pressure and move accurately. Designing something like this would be way more expensive than buying off the shelf robots to do the work. The robot arms provide an easy way to scale up and down the work or part area. Lastly, robot arms can be programmed to handle difficult to stamp metals like titanium. The point is to manufacture bispoke designs much faster and cheaper than a craftsman.
Tooling and setup costs are factored into manufacturing costs. Thats why things are run in huge batches. A "universal tooling" is a hard sell because while it expands manufacturing capabilities it makes small batches insanely expensive and at that point theres no benefit compared to standard manufacturing.
If you actually believe that, then it's because you don't actually know much about industrial robots. They are NOT made from stamped or deepdrawn sheet metal.
Honestly all they need to do is create a tool head that can over the whole part and smooth over what has been roughed in. Without removing any material. If they do that this could seriously help a lot of manufacturers.
this is pure badassery! Engineers that helped give life to the original grasshopper SpaceX booster broke away to apply their wisdom in a way that revolutionizes what used to be done in the Industrial Age...using robots and Ai.
I’m so PISSED every damn joke on this clip had me cracking up 😂. I really wanted not to laugh. It definitely told me a lot about my sense of humor. Now that’s top notch production quality!
@@dannymitchell6131 Yeah, but the narration of the video and series in general is about replacement of existing technologies. Creators are using our cognitive bias for their benefit
@@TheRealDagothUr Ahh. I see your point. I'd actually seen these guys and their work before...I guess I just don't really consider the actual title anymore.
@@TheRealDagothUr I say that same thing every chance I get (on YT). When people say what I said, it's often read in the worst possible light. If you just assume whatever post is offensive or aggressive, read it one more time but assume the poster is "on the spectrum" or imagine them smiling when they say it...blablabla...communication skills...you get it. I think social media would be much more beneficial if people assumed the best of one another instead of the worst. Cheers!
So many people focused on the immediate situation or task at hand that they are unable to consider broader perspectives or potential future consequences. Humans putting humans out of work, and they say it with enthusiasm.
Around mid nineties in Helsinki University of Technology there was some academic work for similar sheet metal bump processing. Setup was build on 3-axis cnc originally used for woodworking. Obviously using it horizontal and no second manipulator pushing backside. If i remember correctly there was on the underside soft wood or just free space for forming. It was just some basic research on testing usability and for bump manufacturing process. Wasn't part of it so I have no idea of the results and was there any follow-up research done. I would imagine that for small to medium size parts and large production series, stamping is most cost effective and for small series and large parts bump process takes the cake. Instead of two robots pushing against each other it might also work with one robot and a back chamber of liquid and cylinder system to adjust pressure.
Great for (some) prototypes, useless for mass production. Same as 3D printing. It´s very lazy journalism to report this like a huge breakthrough, while in reality is a very fancy, slow and expensive way of doing things, with only a few niche applications.
its good for "mass production" of lower volume things where the design is constantly evolving so yeah its niche for sure def not for consumer grade applications. But for something like a star link satellite where a few thousand parts are needed and the design is highly likely to change in the next iteration this could make sense.
Sheet metal presses are used for super efficient mass production and quality, if there is a need to change design you only need to change a tooling inside the press, which is CNC milled once. Infact when they are worn out, or there is a new design, just like cars coming up every apprx 3-5 y with mods or new versions, you just need to change the tooling inside. But yes, if it must be sheet metal, for rapid prototyping, or repairs that could be an interesting new manufacturing solution.
So, another guy wants to sit at a desk, not sweat and press an enter key to get work done. I do, however, find this technology facinating. Being a craftsman is a talent and building things that people need crucial for society.
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Awesome video content. The graphics and animations are world-class. Subscribed. And thank you for sharing this start up tech with us. Look forward to seeing how this tech matures.
People who keep saying that stamping is 10000x times faster seem to slightly miss the point. This is not aimed to be the next best way of mass production - this will however revolutionize industrial r&d. Being able to prototype functioning parts on the fly, within days, without having to trial and error any ridiculously expensive machine dyes? Dream come true. This will likely be as important for r&d as the 3d printer was, especially aerospace. God damn.
Exactly. The other point they missed is one of the owners goals being to make a system that is affordable enough that small copanies cn set up their own small scale manufacturing. There will always be a market for the truly skilled craftsmen. Even making the original parts for this to scan and copy but creating more options to speed up and reduce costs for R&D before the huge investmnts fo mass preduction, is a massive step towards a civilization that can expand beyond the current status quo. I'm stoked lol, i may have just repeated what you said, but I got excited that someone else actually saw the same potential as I did. I've worked with sheet metal for the last 15 years and done hundred of small custom fabrications for houses, waterproofing an aesthetics as well.
I don't understand. Robot arms are incredibly expensive and heavy, process extremely slow, and end result looks worse than flea market part.. I mean, the idea sounds ok, I guess, but I saw nothing of value in the video. I did, however, see an insane amount of money spent on machines that don't produce much of anything. I just don't get it.
0:32 “to keep up with the digital world we need to accelerate the physical world.” Actually no you don’t. That is extremely dangerous thinking. The physical world is real, the digital world is not. We must prioritize real life.
Please expand on your thoughts? At Purdue we were taught that it was because variations would slow down production; having more colors than black would require more paint booths, add more variables for error, and slow production due to lack of repeatability.
@@Triflixfilms The use of the assembly line was innovative (though not original to Ford), and a major start of the beginnings of mass production. So, yes, they only made it in black because doing otherwise would slow production, but not because it was difficult to do otherwise, because doing so allowed them to be produced more quickly and more cheaply than any other product.
He had experience in the field, saw a need in the market he could fill and he did, that's how successful start-ups are made you don't aim to become an entrepreneur you aim to bring your idea and expertise into reality and become an entrepreneur in the process.
Excellent tool for project based manufacturing, good at 3d printing for high dimensional accuracy parts needed for tesla but not meant for mass manufacturing
The shaping tip should be more of a tri-tip end. That way one side is pushing on a plane for more accurate shaping. If you can change the extrusion of each tip head it can change the angle of pressure to a plane. you can apply pressure diagonally and would be more accurate.
This might be usefull for prototyping / single piece or small series (like hypercars). But compared to sheet metal forming it's to slow for larger quantities. Same downsides as 3d printing vs castings. It will certainly fill a niece but not replace traditional production lines. An intresting approach would be a matrix design, similar to those pin walls/ desk toy sculpture that are sold as curiosity where you can put a hand/face /object and it shows up on the other side. That design would form the whole surface almost at once
Yeah sheet metal isn't used because sheet metal is some great material. It's used because sheet stamping is one of the most efficient manufacturing processes.
This is one of a new wave of companies. The defining features of these new companies is that you see the software development integrated right next to the manufacturing. The mechanical and mechatronics engineering, the real world factory, and the software engineering are all happening within 10 yards of one another.
the future, I see the light, world keep with Elon Musk, need a sponsor with very deep pockets, I see making small to only one items, but getting big boys involved , two hours, make car body panel, to replace the big press, must nock then one every 10 seconds or if not faster?
The world of mechatronics, aye
@@dh2032like FDM vs injection molding. Customizing and fast design changes vs less time per part but HUGE cost to change anything.
Also, it allows small shops to make a LOT of different parts on limited floor space
Too slow, how about 10 robotic arms at each side?
@@vidya014 they would have to be carefully choreographed
I bet the Navy would love to have these on carriers to print their own repair panels.
lol repair panels on a ship is just plate steel
Every navy.
You expect calm waters when repairs are truly needed? If the vessel is safe enough to start repairs it is just as fast overall to send the parts it needs.
@@kamilbro6106
Yeah, ask the Russians how well that’s working.
The Royal Canadian Navy has a ship class these would be perfect for. Our new Repair and Replenishment ships.
Odds are your navy has something similar, unless you are a nation on a small sea like the Baltic. I gather you are from somewhere like that, or you’d see the application.
@@zachmoyer1849 Repair panels for the aircraft.
Homie looks like he just came out of the car repair shop and now building a startup
the startup will be super successful because it's actually solving a really big problem
haha ya!
I remember a lot that looked, talked and acted like him during the dot bomb era, where the largest number of products were all vaporware.
“Repair shop homie”…. Only that he ACTUALLY came from SpaceX and helping build and design equipment for aerospace… slightly different
@@aususer415 there is so little skill needed to do this, it's clear why he's not at spacex anymore, probably too difficult and/or too much work
@@dronefootage2778as a mechanical engineer with half a decade of manufacturing experience I can say that you're statement is unfounded
Like the VP of Product said, "I don't want the design power for the things that I use to sit in the hands of probably some of the organizations that might be least ready to design the next thing."
This would be great for film sets, outsourcing props building can be insanely expensive. I know a lot of people are sensitive about the use of "AI" and automation in the film industry taking jobs, but if the only barrier between an independent director and Hollywood studio is capital, this is huge! Democratizing the entire filmmaking process lowers the barrier to entry to the point anyone could do it! If it's so easy anyone can do it, it will only be interesting to the people that are passionate about it.
😅There are tradeoffs. Basically , if number of people who can do a particular thing decreases, competition increases............
I dont think this technology will democratise filmmaking by lowering the cost of building sets and props. This looks expensive. Sheet metal is rarely used in the manufacture of props and even less for sets. You can paint cheaper material to look like metal. If you wanted to customise that truck like they have for film, it would be cheaper to attach vac form panel of plastic or a panel made from fibreglass if you needed it to be tougher. I hope if you intend to make a independent film you will consult some professional makers before hiring this company you might save some.
Money
@@stin-dog172 I'd love to hire a maker but dude I live in the middle of a cornfield. According to Production Hub there are only 4 registered prop 'makers' in my entire state. There is no filmmaking industry here... just a multibillion-dollar manufacturing industry. 15 years in this area and I have never met a single 'maker' that works on large set props, yet I know several fab shop owners that would allow me free access to CNC's, lathes, CMMs, and plasma cutters. If they had this equipment and some downtime I guarantee I could trade them some services to get an actually working Sci-fi Mad Max-style truck so long as I cover the material cost and create the CAD myself.
Our town is 50,000 people and there is only 1 other media company within 45 miles of us with enough employees (4+) to run a mini-production. Trust me, this is a far more viable solution for rural people than hiring one of the four makers in our entire state.
Gold! Thats democratization mentioned is great in some industry using ton of people (not too much tool) like advertising (youtuber vs traditional tv) , but industry ... 😢
I used to hope myth with 3d printer too
Look like it is targeting low volume, high end manufacturing. The surface finish still needs work though.
That could and will probably be fixed in the near future with rollers and other components.
Yeah like an assembly line.
Meh, it's a prototype, not a finished product. The only thing I'd consider these for is rapid prototyping using locally generated but easily available parts.
I agree completely but scaling up might involve just replicating the robots, that are already an established technology, and advanced machine learning which is what all those fancy new GPUs are supposed to be doing. Factories based on this type of manufacturing can truly be well dispersed and made resilient. The future of sheet metal forming is looking very bright.
@@ismailnyeyusof3520 I don't think this is supposed to replace high volume high end manufacturing. The steel pressing techniques are very good and efficient for that. The problem is their is no good alternative for low volume high end manufacturing because it is not worth the expenses. This seems to be perfect for that.
I'm absolutely blown away by this technology. As a metalworking with a lot of experience this is just so Sci fi hats off to the brilliant minds behind all this
It can be used to make 1 or 2 cars. It can't be used to produce anything above 50cars.
Sheet metal stamping is very fast maybe 100000 times than this method.
Exactly... This company makes one-offs or a very small number of the same part. Why he compares the company to stamped sheet metal parts in cars is ridiculous. Comparing Apples and Oranges. Almost every method is faster than this method but it does have it place.
It's a comparison meant to give laymen context about what is being done and why.
This video is targeted to the general public. Not just crumudgeony boomers in the comment section.
@@gags730 If the goal it to make one or a few stampings, the die does not need to last millions of parts, so it can also be a lot cheaper. It would be quicker to have this robot cut a die out of plastic and press it than have it form the shape as shown on the video.
Just curious. Because my parents happen to be "boomers". Probably your parents or grandparents also;
Why is everyone so ready roast them? Have some respect for your elders? Or is that a "boomer" thing also?
Why yes, stamping the same part over and over with no variations can be incredibly fast.... right up until you need to change for a different part... then it can take up to a week to take out the old tooling, load in the new tooling and tweak it until you can get good parts, then you hope and pray that nothing goes wrong while you stamp out another couple thousand parts... Rinse, repeat... I would also point out that additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing) is also a comparatively slow process in comparison to injection molding and other similar processes for plastics, although additive manufacturing has been gaining ground in building parts with metal as well, and the field is constantly growing for specialized parts and innovation. Every industry has gone through a phase that was comparatively slow in comparison to the mass production methods that have brought commonly used objects into the realm that users like YOU are able to enjoy without it costing an arm and a leg. There is also a LOT of lead time that goes into creating each new iteration of tooling until they get it all worked out and producing those millions of parts... sometimes a year or more, so that turns your millions of parts into several years in the making. There are many parts of these processes that you obviously do not understand and cannot take into account with such bold claims.... maybe think about it and research a little more?
Not your average TH-cam channel. The production quality is at the top .... bar none. Including the top documentary makers on PBS. My only question is: How have I not found this channel before now? Thank you. Regards.
I'm in love with these guys and their vision.
One thing that occurred to me is that you could use traditional stamping to create a 'family-level' part, then use this to finish it for a particular use. That would save an *incredible* amount of time and money for higher-volume parts that still need to be somewhat customizable.
Well in theory yes but the entire point of this is that it's far cheaper and faster than stamping because it doesn't require the huge investment and time involved in creating the molds etc. that stamping requires. It's best for custom pieces, prototyping, and lower volume (he says in another video by Smarter Every Day that does into the technical issues involved much more that it's competitive in pricing farther along than you'd imagine compared with other manufacturing methods...I think in the low thousands).
Here's the link to the other video on this that I think will show you why that's probably not possible: th-cam.com/video/dCXu8Ju_fdY/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygULcm9ib2Zvcm1pbmc%3D
Good for rapid prototyping and limited productions, not so much for mass production.
I love the dream idea of being able to customize the body of a car as easily as you can 3D print a unique case for a Xbox controller. Shipping/Delivery will become the next choke point in affordability.
No , it's rather affordability will become the choke point. Period. These guys have deep pockets so they can burn some money now. But earning is a different thing
@@Autovetus I'm not talking about this company specifically, no one has a patent on the assembly line. Once it's effectiveness was proven, that cat was out of the bag and every manufacturer was racing to switch to it... The same thing with this advancement in manufacturing.
The "last mile" is and has been one of the largest expenses for most product for nearly a century with little innovation. Hand off product, transport, rinse and repeat until product arrives to the consumer.
I picture the old days when Rolls Royce would send out bodies and the Carriage Companies would customize for Indian Nobility etc...
I doubt this would be cheap, but with new electric cars basically being skates then custom shops can build on the Skate.
Each major city would definitely have one major car fanatic coop that could afford a printer
@@Triflixfilms Nobody is racing to switch to this, it's slow.. Note how they never elaborate how long a panel takes to make, or any part. That single hood probably took a whole day(maybe longer). Maybe for anyone that's deep in the prototyping and needs field usable parts ASAP, but this will be an absurdly expensive service.
Really a good thing for REPAIR industry
I dont know - the thing is here in Germany there are still a few tradesmen that can manufacture a stamped steel metal part like a car fender or so by hand.
Without expensive tools and i bet even a little faster than these robots.
until you compare price with fiberglass
Thank you, Mr. GT for keeping our hobby alive …. Protect this man at all costs
As a high school welding instructor, I will be giving this video to the kids for extra credit next year.
Well not just that, make them write a paper about it, it's new raising technology that they need to be aware about, ask them which applications they think would be ideal to apply this tech on, among other questions regarding it included in the Essay.
I love this guys. They’re up my alley. I totally understand their vision since I’m on the same path with CNC I am constantly upgrading my machine❤
Any chance of working with you ? i would love to be part of this
A few things I can see that would possibly add utility to the process, is a built in induction heater on each arm, a quenching system (coolant, and/or oils for quenching with custom temperature outflow) and a magnetic coil array for manipulating steel magnetically, and/or having multiple contact points for each arm with ferrous "magnetic tools" for the robots to utilize.
all terrible ideas
we watch a man make parts by hand he is gentle. he goes slowly. he does not drop things he lowers them to the ground gently. we maybe used to another perspective . this stuff is cutting edge great work.
Great for prototyping and creating casts for the final product.
I’m thinking the same thing. Also that car makers need to make plastic body panels like Saturn’s used to have. This could make the forms quickly though.
The only things that I can think of, really.... For mass manufacturing, ehhhhh.......
this is very important tech. with methods like this we can manufacture what we need, when we need it and in only the precise numbers we need. no more very expensive, non-flexible, factories that needs to produce millions of products to pay for itself. products that will be rotting away somewhere because it was already obsolete the moment the factory was completed...
That texture looks much the 3d-printed parts texture.
The process is gonna be refined and we'll see lots of this kind of services in our town. The ability to order any metal part you need is really awesome and boosts creativity and small business. The car companies monopolies are really sad and boring. Back in the days when cars were just starting, there was so much variety and true creative engineering.
Wow, this will truly be transformational! I love when people don’t limit themselves and get creative!
This is EXTREMELY interesting technology but it will never evolve into mass production. It will, however, definitely find a niche in one-off, prototyping, or very limited production. I can see Koenigsegg using it.
My thought would be that they need to add a tool changer, swapping out end effectors that would progressively take a part from rough to smooth.
Yeah. It's way too slow and too expensive. When you need a few days or even hours to produce one piece, it will never be as cheap as pressing.
it could apply in mass production because of it being distributed system. Like instead of massive highly efficient factory, a lot of small ones and not that efficient, perhaps
@@sneeddeens9895if you're making millions of a thing, it's always going to be cheaper to make a machine that creates one in a few seconds than thousands of machines that can each create one every several thousand second. One stamping press is expensive, but not more expensive than thousands of robots.
@@sneeddeens9895 You would need a lot, like a lot a lot. A stamping press for big automotive panels runs anywhere from 5-20 strokes per minute, 900 panels in an hour is not a crazy number. Based on "I want 20 of these in 20 days" comment - making like a hood sounds like it takes the better part of a whole day, so even with a generous 4 hours per part estimate you would need 3600 of these machines to match what a single press line can in a typical stamping plant.
This will never be useful for mass production, what it will be useful for is prototyping, small batch manufacturing, and super-expensive parts that need exotic materials.
@@MH-kj9hh well, the fact that it is, even with generous estimation, 3600 slower in making parts, in itself is not an argument. Because if it is on the other hand would be like x times faster to build and y time faster to pass regulations and what not, then resulting ratio could be 1:1. So i personally think it is feasible for mass production.
Also guy in the video was saying it could be built inside city building, so if is true, it probably possible to make it multiple layers. It could also contribute to ratio of 1:1
You guys just got a new subscriber. This video, these guys, this company just got me SO fired up! I've been reading about this kind of stuff for a while now - "manufacturing" is a big topic this election but there's been an absolute renaissance in American manufacturing in the past 10+ years. The problem is it doesn't involve so many low to mid skilled workers like it used to. That's a problem to be solved, for sure, but people like these guys are building the future and our politicians are talking about competing with China for manufacturing that was old 50 years ago.
This editing is the best I love this video you did a fantastic job on this documentary
Great video!
The company and the concept are quite interesting, but what surprise me more was the quality of this video: the script, the editing, and the humour. Congrats!
This isn't blacksmithing, it's panelbeating.
Keep getting better. You guys are the future!
Make a fitted suit of full plate armor just from a file. Maybe make it a publicity stunt, but then again, there is a market for those!
this is a good startup. they have an actual good idea behind them and a fully functional version too. these guys are going to see massive success.
The metal press is something new to me. Amazingly Awesome 😱
You are actually building 'Transformers' or functional morphs with robots!This will revolutionize manufacturing.Amazing!How we can use AI and ML to creating rather than disrupting and copy pasting.Great!!!❤
Great video. Love the vision of the founder
Brilliant! I just came up with a way to do all this with one robot arm. Thanks!
His barber is a robot too btw lol
Nice
This is really exciting. As a maker, I have been thrilled by the ability to now get additive small parts and PCB made by sending in a file and then they arrive in the mail in a couple of weeks. Getting this done for sheet metal will be really nice and foster entirely new industries.
The dumb jokes don’t make this clip any better, the video is great just like it is.
I don't know about that, but 2mins in and I can already tell this video is going to be overproduced. I bet the whole thing could be condensed by 10mins without losing any material information.
It is an exciting idea, but also it’s a bit too simple when you don’t delve into the detail of it all.. it took them a lot of small complex innovations to reach where they are right now, and still a lot needs to be done before they fully prove the concept. By the time they do, someone else (likely Elon Musk) will either buy them or will create his own equivalent to blow them out of the water..
I like the dumb jokes 🫣
Actually they are not dumb 😂😂
Manufacturing is an art! Love it!
"No I mean it's really heavy" The vast majority of people have no idea how intensely heavy big chunks of metal can be. I've got a 2" diameter stub of stainless roundstock that I use as a meat tenderizer. Two inches around and 2" inches tall and it is shocking how heavy it is to anyone I hand it to. Heavy metal indeed.
Tungsten cube
They are not ready for the intensity of their density.
I have a 24k gold meat tenderizer
@@Johnne009 24k gold _coated_ or 24k gold _only_??
@@LoganDark4357LOL obviously gold coated.
The production quality of this video is just brilliant.
kudos for uploading this right after starship4 test launch
The only thing I don't see how this can compete is in speed. Standard presses can output several parts a minute, while doing it this way may take minutes per part. Prolly not meant to the mass production market.
Electricity using on press is might be less than running robot arms for a period of time. It only could used for custom parts and complex form shapes
I watched the Smarter every day video detailing all of this. He does truly incredible work
Thank you. Too much fluff on this piece.
This left me with a ton of questions. What kind of stress is that putting into the metal? Under that stress, how often does that result in damage to the piece? How do all of those stresses react under heat? Does it maintain a homogeneous thickness? How does the quality or grade of metal affect the final product? What are examples of time to completion in relation to size and intricacy. I don’t know, seems super niche and I question durability but I’m also not an expert.
Your channel gives me hope for the future! My best wishes to this endeavor
Technology designing toward the future. Correct topic to discuss and fallow, Outstanding. Big Thanks
5:05 “This is Michael. No beard.”
Roboforming vs Stamping is analogous to 3D Printing vs Injection Molding. Both have their places. Very cool technology that will benefit niche/low volume markets.
absolutely mind blowing
What an interesting company to keep an eye on.
Just as affordable? Maybe for short production runs. For long ones, the cost of hard tooling can be amortized over a large number of units.
You have just the right amount of humor. You are definitely splitting the difference between boring and over the top. Keep it up. I am also hungry
As an engineer I find this sounds cool. But its slow process, which means it will be expensive, so therefore its suitable for making prototypes only. Its in the same category as 3D printing. Its cool but slow and not for mass production.
This kind of production would facilitate lightning quick parts to market but not mass manufacture to market.
@@CATANOVA I disagree in case of the car market. The reason? GMP and/or approval procedures will remain a bottleneck, time-wise.
@@pflichtprogramm1 Hi. In the case of the car market if we are talking about mass manufacture panels and the like then stamping is always going to be the speedier process. When it comes to the bespoke car market and small volume or made to order runs I think the tech would be a very competitive option. One could pretty much make any panel or shape simply by having a building and bolting the robots to the floor and then pressing the go button. In one of my other responses on this video I mentioned custom jet ski hulls with respect to production of stainless moulds. Having done CNC mould work myself I can see a much faster option with this tech than the typical hollowing out of solid material.
When it comes to car production and regulations, something which I have no knowledge of, perhaps the tech could be used as a faster route to prototyping for crash testing and similar thus eliminating any potential costly changes with production tooling.
@@CATANOVA Yes, this fast-track early testing makes a lot of sense. I was thinking about the fixed costs of regulation and approval that have to be returned over the number of vehicles produced. Since bespoke designs feature small numbers necessarily, the return (per car) to compensate for these costs (for the series) would be large, wouldn't it?
@@CATANOVA Right now variance is probably large between one piece and another, as with every new manufacturing technique. Might be a nightmare making this GMP conform. Like, you might get a crash test version quickly, but ensuring that any copy behaves similar enough safety-wise would be difficult. When we're talking arts & crafts, it's nice to have unique items, like desks made from natural wood. When it comes to safety and human lives however, legislators demand much tighter variance.
Adaptability is the key, redesigning manufacturing industry is the only path to a sustainable production economy
Everything’s going recursive now !
* AI fixing things using AI,
* Robots building other robots,
* Automating the automation.
this is cool and a new and useful way to manufacture custom special parts but this will never replace sheet metal stamping unless the speed of this process is increased at least 100x this is like comparing 3d printing to injection molding they have different use cases and one will not replace the other anytime soon because as always time is money
For people who have trouble envisioning this, as I first did: imagine that you're a potter with two thumbs, one on each hand, you have the strength of an elephant, and your "clay" is a sheet of INCREDIBLY tough metal alloy.
We already do have metal forming and fabrication and assembly robots. This is a small step beyond that, proclaiming non-uniform parts is a good thing because of hand wave.
OK, my car fails inspection because of a bad brake, can't pull one from a parts house, gotta special order one to be made. Yay, excellence, exceptionalism, the exceptionalism of the short bus.
@@spvillano this is different. They're combining cutting-edge materials science with simple, old school trial and error modeling.
Potters can create a smooth finish though...
@@thedubwhisperer2157 we are literally in the infancy of roboforming lol. Clay is a LOT more malleable than steel or aluminum sheet. You could easily get a smooth surface finish - their main goal right now is just to get the models physically accurate enough for production. Finishes and surface smoothness is way down the list, and in fact will be a natural byproduct of better forming algorithms.
basicly puhs pull 3d modeling on surface
This is revolutionary. Outstanding.
Couldn't you put thousands of adjustable "bit heads" in a stamp press and merge your process with traditional stamping? Seems like the best of both worlds.
Shhhh u
That’s interesting…
I think cost will be a big limitation.
The bit heads would need to be as tiny as possible, should be able to withstand the stamping pressure and move accurately. Designing something like this would be way more expensive than buying off the shelf robots to do the work.
The robot arms provide an easy way to scale up and down the work or part area.
Lastly, robot arms can be programmed to handle difficult to stamp metals like titanium.
The point is to manufacture bispoke designs much faster and cheaper than a craftsman.
Tooling and setup costs are factored into manufacturing costs. Thats why things are run in huge batches. A "universal tooling" is a hard sell because while it expands manufacturing capabilities it makes small batches insanely expensive and at that point theres no benefit compared to standard manufacturing.
Like an enormous dot Matrix printer
Manufacturing as a Service, exciting stuff
will be good way for robots to make themselves, just 2 machines and code
If you actually believe that, then it's because you don't actually know much about industrial robots. They are NOT made from stamped or deepdrawn sheet metal.
This video was not only very educational, it was very funny! I'm going to have to watch a few more videos from this channel and probably subscribe.
I’m not going to point out which one… next clip: I was told you bought this one from eBay loool
Excellent editing and storytelling
Ya lol! love FreeThink!
Honestly all they need to do is create a tool head that can over the whole part and smooth over what has been roughed in. Without removing any material. If they do that this could seriously help a lot of manufacturers.
He reacted to a drop of metal like that, guess what kind a boss he is
That and the reaction to his coworkers eBay reference. He's got an "image" to protect rather than just rolling with it and just moving on.
He is much more worried about image than anything, look at the chair he sitting in
Agreed. I wouldn't work for a guy like this
Probably comes from his heritage
If you say nothing then nothing will improve. Nowadays acting like idiots is somehow to be accepted and praised.
this is pure badassery! Engineers that helped give life to the original grasshopper SpaceX booster broke away to apply their wisdom in a way that revolutionizes what used to be done in the Industrial Age...using robots and Ai.
Asymmetric Free Form Spinning without a mold.
*Buck
@@MrMaxymoo22 Sorry, I'm not a native speaker. I dont know this term.
I’m so PISSED every damn joke on this clip had me cracking up 😂. I really wanted not to laugh. It definitely told me a lot about my sense of humor. Now that’s top notch production quality!
Engineering is about trade offs.
High configurability = longer manufacturing.
This tech can be good for mvp manufacturing but not mass production
So it's perfect for it's intended purpose?
@@dannymitchell6131 Yeah, but the narration of the video and series in general is about replacement of existing technologies. Creators are using our cognitive bias for their benefit
@@TheRealDagothUr Ahh. I see your point. I'd actually seen these guys and their work before...I guess I just don't really consider the actual title anymore.
@@dannymitchell6131 Danny this was the nicest interaction I've had in a comment section ever. I really appreciate it
@@TheRealDagothUr I say that same thing every chance I get (on YT).
When people say what I said, it's often read in the worst possible light. If you just assume whatever post is offensive or aggressive, read it one more time but assume the poster is "on the spectrum" or imagine them smiling when they say it...blablabla...communication skills...you get it.
I think social media would be much more beneficial if people assumed the best of one another instead of the worst.
Cheers!
Pretty amazing!
These guys are going to be successful!
Smart asf!
Instead of Send-Cut-Send, it's Send-Form-Send!
This feels like an infomercial for their next funding round lol
A great prototyping tool.
The end.
Exactly. Cost per part is WAY higher than stamped parts and when they said otherwise they were LYING.
So many people focused on the immediate situation or task at hand that they are unable to consider broader perspectives or potential future consequences.
Humans putting humans out of work, and they say it with enthusiasm.
"I am hungry... When is lunch?" Hahahaha
Around mid nineties in Helsinki University of Technology there was some academic work for similar sheet metal bump processing. Setup was build on 3-axis cnc originally used for woodworking. Obviously using it horizontal and no second manipulator pushing backside. If i remember correctly there was on the underside soft wood or just free space for forming. It was just some basic research on testing usability and for bump manufacturing process. Wasn't part of it so I have no idea of the results and was there any follow-up research done. I would imagine that for small to medium size parts and large production series, stamping is most cost effective and for small series and large parts bump process takes the cake. Instead of two robots pushing against each other it might also work with one robot and a back chamber of liquid and cylinder system to adjust pressure.
Unbelievable how many great things have spun out of Tesla.
This is an adaptation of spin forming. Good application for complex shapes. You just cant build stamps or tooling for certain shapes.
Roboforming sounds like a game-changer for custom manufacturing. How do you think it will affect job opportunities in the industry?
This is truly awesome!
Great for (some) prototypes, useless for mass production. Same as 3D printing. It´s very lazy journalism to report this like a huge breakthrough, while in reality is a very fancy, slow and expensive way of doing things, with only a few niche applications.
Yep, it’s great if you need a bespoke part in a very particular shape but not good for anything being mass produced
its good for "mass production" of lower volume things where the design is constantly evolving so yeah its niche for sure def not for consumer grade applications. But for something like a star link satellite where a few thousand parts are needed and the design is highly likely to change in the next iteration this could make sense.
Toyota manufactures 2 cars every minute with a lot of formed sheets in each car.
@@zachmoyer1849I second this, the technology here could be used in some high value added area: F1, aviation and personalised manufacturing.
Sheet metal presses are used for super efficient mass production and quality, if there is a need to change design you only need to change a tooling inside the press, which is CNC milled once. Infact when they are worn out, or there is a new design, just like cars coming up every apprx 3-5 y with mods or new versions, you just need to change the tooling inside. But yes, if it must be sheet metal, for rapid prototyping, or repairs that could be an interesting new manufacturing solution.
So, another guy wants to sit at a desk, not sweat and press an enter key to get work done. I do, however, find this technology facinating. Being a craftsman is a talent and building things that people need crucial for society.
That's the dream yes. Like having infinite energy from nuclear fusion. You want to do unnecessary work ?
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Some Chinese Mfs will steal this technology and make it cheaper
Awesome video content. The graphics and animations are world-class. Subscribed.
And thank you for sharing this start up tech with us. Look forward to seeing how this tech matures.
You can’t call yourself a former SpaceX engineer if you haven’t slept with Elon Musk at least once
Just cause you earn your living on your knees and elbows, doesn't mean that's everyone else's favourite hobby smh
People who keep saying that stamping is 10000x times faster seem to slightly miss the point. This is not aimed to be the next best way of mass production - this will however revolutionize industrial r&d. Being able to prototype functioning parts on the fly, within days, without having to trial and error any ridiculously expensive machine dyes? Dream come true. This will likely be as important for r&d as the 3d printer was, especially aerospace. God damn.
Exactly. The other point they missed is one of the owners goals being to make a system that is affordable enough that small copanies cn set up their own small scale manufacturing. There will always be a market for the truly skilled craftsmen. Even making the original parts for this to scan and copy but creating more options to speed up and reduce costs for R&D before the huge investmnts fo mass preduction, is a massive step towards a civilization that can expand beyond the current status quo. I'm stoked lol, i may have just repeated what you said, but I got excited that someone else actually saw the same potential as I did.
I've worked with sheet metal for the last 15 years and done hundred of small custom fabrications for houses, waterproofing an aesthetics as well.
I don't understand. Robot arms are incredibly expensive and heavy, process extremely slow, and end result looks worse than flea market part.. I mean, the idea sounds ok, I guess, but I saw nothing of value in the video. I did, however, see an insane amount of money spent on machines that don't produce much of anything. I just don't get it.
0:32 “to keep up with the digital world we need to accelerate the physical world.” Actually no you don’t. That is extremely dangerous thinking. The physical world is real, the digital world is not. We must prioritize real life.
Afraid little darling?
Yet here we on this platform.
That depends on definition of real. The digital world is reflection and product of real world. Money isn't technically real.
That's not what he meant
7:07 Yay, you didn't want to point it out worked out well.
That was not the point of the "any color, as long as it's black" line.
Please expand on your thoughts? At Purdue we were taught that it was because variations would slow down production; having more colors than black would require more paint booths, add more variables for error, and slow production due to lack of repeatability.
@@Triflixfilms The use of the assembly line was innovative (though not original to Ford), and a major start of the beginnings of mass production. So, yes, they only made it in black because doing otherwise would slow production, but not because it was difficult to do otherwise, because doing so allowed them to be produced more quickly and more cheaply than any other product.
He had experience in the field, saw a need in the market he could fill and he did, that's how successful start-ups are made you don't aim to become an entrepreneur you aim to bring your idea and expertise into reality and become an entrepreneur in the process.
this whole video is so funny on a second level!! 😂😂
well done guys, well done.
I believe heating the metal will greatly reduce imperfections on the surface, or additional robots could be used to smooth the surface.
Excellent tool for project based manufacturing, good at 3d printing for high dimensional accuracy parts needed for tesla but not meant for mass manufacturing
The shaping tip should be more of a tri-tip end. That way one side is pushing on a plane for more accurate shaping. If you can change the extrusion of each tip head it can change the angle of pressure to a plane. you can apply pressure diagonally and would be more accurate.
Yeah, please stop saying AI, it’s not close to AI, it’s just software.
The more I see innovation like this the more I agree with Mark Twain on new ideas, which is actually a very good thing.
The Tank Museum would kill for a system like this.
This might be usefull for prototyping / single piece or small series (like hypercars). But compared to sheet metal forming it's to slow for larger quantities. Same downsides as 3d printing vs castings. It will certainly fill a niece but not replace traditional production lines.
An intresting approach would be a matrix design, similar to those pin walls/ desk toy sculpture that are sold as curiosity where you can put a hand/face /object and it shows up on the other side. That design would form the whole surface almost at once
Yeah sheet metal isn't used because sheet metal is some great material. It's used because sheet stamping is one of the most efficient manufacturing processes.