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The Entropy of the Shop Floor
This week: napkin math on shop multiples (paid), self-improvement flywheel for general-purpose robots if we can solve the hand, minimize energy…
Sep 14
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David Rogers
5
Inside the Best of Us Manufacturing
This week: industrial funding models (paid), K.I.S.S, America's Best, EV price wars, robotaxi value chains, titanium business model, native ERP AI…
Sep 7
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David Rogers
5
August 2025
Brick by Brick AI Assembly
This week: platform economics (paid), AI + human systems, building cars with agentic AI, DHL’s AI upgrade, new dataset for 3D printing quality, battery…
Aug 31
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David Rogers
3
The Systems That Make or Break Manufacturing
This week: Scaling assembly manufacturing, 3D Print Injection Molds, Cheap Fast Chips in the USA, CFD with Modular Surrogates, Snapmaker U1, Robotaxi…
Aug 24
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David Rogers
8
No Fatigue in Industrial AI Agents
This week: AI agents sequence machine processes, create fatigue models, embody intelligent humanoids, and copilot CNC machines. Manufacturing history…
Aug 17
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David Rogers
6
Real-Time Measurement for Smarter Manufacturing Substitutions
This week: Raw metal to road-ready every 67 seconds, 50 Years of DCS, sole manufacturing focus, chronoamperometry and SensorLM, WAIC 2025 review, and…
Aug 10
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David Rogers
11
Raw Workflow to Finished Good
This week: Alaska fish processing, AI in AM into CAD, virtual prototyping of AI-as-a-Service, classification of manufacturing processes and finished…
Aug 3
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David Rogers
1
July 2025
Into the Wild Factory Floor
This week: industrial production from Alaska to Outer Space, environmental challenges with PFAS, AI reconstruction of the scientific process, LSTM in…
Jul 27
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David Rogers
3
Chemically Stable Operating Footprint
This week: Chemical industry action plans, dark factories, competing with China, AI predicts manufacturing outcomes, robots learning from demonstration…
Jul 20
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David Rogers
Foundational Industrial Minerals & Materials
This week: critical battery metals locally with no waste, electro-active parts by extrusion-based 3D printing, plant biofoundry, methane pyrolysis, and…
Jul 13
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David Rogers
2
Automation Leading with Consumer Markets
This week: Founder Mode for Industrial AI (paid), metal powder sintering, challenge the technology-first mentality, smart order execution, engineering…
Jul 6
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David Rogers
2
June 2025
The AI Cattle Call for Materials
This week: AI runs a physical shop (paid), manufacture with mycelium, right-sized packaging, open-source exoskeleton, autonomous delivery of a car…
Jun 29
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David Rogers
1
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