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We recently returned from the 2025 Robotics Summit and Expo in Boston, MA. The event brings together over 5,000 developers focused on building robots for manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, aerospace, defense,… Read More
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The A3 Business Forum is an annual networking event for leaders in the automation and robotics industries, put on by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). As first-time attendees, Simplexity… Read More
I had the privilege of attending ROBOBusiness 2024 in Santa Clara, California on October 16th and 17th. The conference featured a wide variety of speakers and exhibitors from companies that… Read More
Simplexity Product Development joined the ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute in 2024. The ARM Institute is funded by the U.S Department of Defense (DoD) as a Manufacturing Innovation Institute… Read More
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Software: Design Complete
Hardware: Pre-production units for design verification
MFG. Readiness: CM schedule and budget, Unit build tracking
Software: Full feature implementationHardware: Prototype 2 units with production-representative materials and processes
Quality: Build Quality PlanSoftware: Core functionality implementationHardware: Prototype 1 units with rapid prototyped components
Quality: Critical manufacturing process identificationSoftware: Architecture design: block, sequence and state diagramsHardware: Major Component definition & Proof of Concept subsystems build
Quality: Design for Manufacturing tradeoffs evaluation