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March 2012


NCMS Symposium 2012- Collaborate to Innovate

The 13th Annual CTMA Working Symposium will be held March 25-28 at the U.S. Navy Fleet Readiness Center – Southwest in North Island, CA. This year’s symposium theme is “Collaborate to Innovate” and attendees will hear perspectives from DoD Senior Sustainment Leaders regarding relevant maintenance in a cost cutting environment. More

2012 Michigan Robotics Day- April 9

Please Register by March 30th to attend this event being held in support of National Robotics Week and includes speakers, discussion panels, and demonstrations of robotics technology from industry and academia. This is a great networking opportunity for companies to meet potential collaborators and recruit talent from local universities. More  

RFP Announcements – Tactical Robot Control System Architecture &

Component Interoperability for the Micro Robot Weight Class

NCMS is pleased to announce the release of two Request for Proposals (RFP).
(1) Component Interoperability for the Micro Robot Weight Class. More
(2) Development of a common Tactical Robot Control (TRC) System Architecture. More

President Obama’s National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

 The President is keenly aware of the importance of a strong manufacturing base here in the U.S. In the past two-years, the U.S. manufacturing sector has added more than 400,000 jobs to the economy and is essential to repairing the foundation of an innovative, competitive manufacturing industry. In the past decade, manufacturing investment in the U.S. stalled, providing an ideal climate for the U.S. to lose its footing as the world leader in manufacturing. More

What can manufacturers do with a supercomputer? Quite a *bit*

What’s been done with supercomputers? They’ve made cars lighter, safer, and more fuel-efficient. They’ve optimized small-scale wind energy devices, to cut power consumption. They’ve quantified cradle-to-grave lifecycle responsibility for products, allowing cheap consumer goods with minimal environmental footprint.  More

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