Welcome to Issue #002 of Neural Newton
Welcome to Issue #002 of Neural Newton where sarcasm meets steel.
This week, robots stop waiting on 26-week dies as Machina Labs rolls out AI-driven RoboForming with Toyota. Siemens teams with rhobot.ai to put real process intelligence on the edge (less dashboard, more delta-P), and UVeye brings its drive-through computer vision to heavy-duty fleets so a Class-8 can get an MRI faster than your back.
We also peek at Microsoft’s chip-level cooling (HVAC folks, breathe), O&G’s AI-first ambitions, and GE Aerospace’s hypersonic-tinged flex.
Translation: if your “AI strategy” can’t quote a cycle time or scrap rate, it’s just a sticker on your ERP. Grab your safety glasses; we’re making bytes move metal.
🏭 The Retrofit: Toyota’s Custom Car Dream Meets Robot Sheet-Forming Reality
Machina Labs founders bringing robotics & ai to customize automotive body manufacturing
Machina Labs just put a torch to the old “one die per part” religion. In Los Angeles, the startup announced a pilot with Toyota and a strategic investment from Woven Capital to bring AI-directed RoboForming - robotic incremental sheet forming - onto automotive body lines.
The pitch: produce customized body panels and accessories at “mass-production prices” without sinking months and millions into hard tooling. Yes, that means fewer 20-ton dies gathering dust and more agile cells spitting out low-volume variants on demand. Business Wire