Advanced Manufacturing

These events cover technological innovations that deal with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots and automation in order to increase productivity in manufacturing.

For future AMPSoCal events, please check our upcoming events page.


Collaborative Robotic Applications

September 24, 2019

Traditionally, industrial robots have been used on mass production lines, where the same manufacturing operation is repeated many times.  Recent advances in human-safe industrial robots present an opportunity for creating hybrid work cells, where humans and robots can collaborate in close physical proximity. This will enable systems that utilize the complementary strengths of humans and robots. This workshop focuses on recent development in the area of collaborative robotics and their applications in manufacturing.

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UAV Manufacturing Roundtable

November 10, 2017

AMP SoCal, in partnership with the Tesla Foundation, hosted an interactive event focused on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) manufacturing in Southern California, including available resources and opportunities for businesses. The agenda is available here.


CubeSats & Other Small Satellites

November 18, 2016

AMP SoCal highlighted the rapidly growing aerospace sector of small satellites (under 1,100 lbs) which is revolutionizing the industry by making spaceflight and extra-atmospheric observations more data rich, affordable, and accessible to businesses, universities, and researchers.  This event provided an overview of the next wave of new technology from researchers at Cal Poly and USC, as well as top commercial innovators who are enabling space exploration via small satellites.  The agenda is available here.

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