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
Safe Space Technologies builds virus-killing robots that disinfect rooms with UVC light
Safe Space Technologies makes robots that disinfect entire rooms using UVC (ultraviolet) light which has never penetrated our atmosphere.
20 Aug 2020