Manufacturing Archives - NEXTpittsburgh

BotsIQ receives $498,000 grant to train middle school students in high-tech robotics, manufacturing

The BotsIQ Cobot Challenge directs middle school teams to build “cobots" (collaborative robots) that work beside humans to accomplish a task, like a robotic arm.

19 Apr 2021

From Jimmy Fallon’s leg to deep beneath the sea, CMU’s snakebot can slither anywhere

The snakebot can inspect battle damage to naval ships and submarines, and structural flaws in offshore oil rigs.

15 Apr 2021

Catalyst Connection’s Navigators program empowering future manufacturing leaders

“We want to keep young professionals engaged in the community and give them an upward trajectory of employment and retention with manufacturing."

12 Apr 2021

Pitt’s partnership with Abu Dhabi-based GMIS will lead a new wave of advanced manufacturing

The Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit is partnering with “world-class, research-focused” institutions such as Pitt.

06 Apr 2021

How 12 creative entrepreneurs are jumpstarting their small businesses through First Leap

The goal is to turn passions into professions.

31 Mar 2021

Penn State Readiness Institute launches Hope Moonshot to send messages to the moon

Students and others are invited to share messages of hope which will be sent to the moon via Astrobotic.

21 Dec 2020

Dynamics Inc. creates Nanowave Air, a device that kills airborne Covid with UV light

The Nanowave Air device can inactivate up to 99% of the Covid virus in the air at up to 300 liters per minute using ultraviolet light.

16 Nov 2020

Wabtec is moving to PIT’s new Neighborhood 91 additive manufacturing hub

Neighborhood 91 is planned as an innovation hub that aims to be the first in the world to connect all the elements of the additive manufacturing/3-D printing supply chain together in one place.

21 Oct 2020

New program to place paid interns with Pittsburgh manufacturers to grow business and retain talent

“We know that smart, data-based support and interventions will be critical if we are to speed the recovery of key economic sectors such as manufacturing.”

21 Sep 2020

GMIS, the international summit on robotics, AI and advanced manufacturing, is coming to Pittsburgh

"It’s a tremendous thing to put the international spotlight on Pittsburgh like this, and we hope to attract investment into our city and our region."

17 Sep 2020