{"id":2628,"date":"2018-05-04T14:51:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T18:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2018-05-04T14:52:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T18:52:21","slug":"what-we-like-this-week-050418","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/what-we-like-this-week-050418\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Like This Week: Auto Parts and Folding Prints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Mouncey Ferguson<\/p>\n<p>Smarter AI and better automation are transforming industries from construction to automotive to banking. But don\u2019t take our word for it, check out this week\u2019s picks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>GM goes generative. <\/strong>Have you heard <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/how-gm-and-autodesk-use-generative-design-for-vehicles-of-the-future\/\">the news<\/a>? GM is turning to additive manufacturing and Autodesk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/solutions\/generative-design\">generative design<\/a> technology to lightweight their cars. First up, a redesigned seat belt bracket that is 40% lighter and 20% stronger than its predecessor\u2014and replaces 8 components with one. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/90170842\/gm-and-autodesk-develop-3d-printed-car-parts\">Fast Company<\/a> has the full story.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We get by with a little help from our AI. <\/strong>Digital assistants have come a long way in the last few years. The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/digital-assistants-start-to-get-more-human-1525053901\">breaks down<\/a> the latest advances and efforts from top companies, including Autodesk\u2019s own customer service agent, AVA. (Subscription required)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origami with plastic. <\/strong>Ever experienced unintentional warping of your 3D prints? We thought so. A team from Carnegie Mellon University is exploring 3D prints that warp in defined ways on purpose when exposed to heat, potentially opening the way for self-folding furniture or emergency shelters. <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/this-budget-3d-printer-can-build-unique-shapes-that-fold-themselves\">Interesting Engineering shares the process<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thermorph\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/265829811?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>From big metal to big data. <\/strong>Industrial fairs are getting downright digital these days. At the world\u2019s largest, Hannover Messe 2018, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.industryweek.com\/technology-and-iiot\/notes-digital-transformation-hannover-messe-2018\">IndustryWeek found a heavy focus on emerging technologies<\/a>, including AR, VR, 3D printing, and the IIoT.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Calling all robots. <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/japanpropertycentral.com\/2018\/04\/new-apartment-prices-across-greater-tokyo-hit-highest-price-since-1990\/\">Rents are sky-high in Japan<\/a> these days, in part because construction of new housing is hampered by a lack of workers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-04-24\/the-final-robotics-frontier-constructing-skyscrapers-in-japan\">Bloomberg reports<\/a> on efforts to remedy Japan\u2019s persistent labor shortage with intelligent automation on building sites\u2014and the challenges that come with the task.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Freedom of assembly. <\/strong>You don\u2019t need to assemble IKEA furniture yourself anymore. You just need <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/mach\/video\/there-s-a-now-a-robot-to-assemble-your-ikea-furniture-1222443587867\">the right robots<\/a>. (via The Verge)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robotic assembly of an IKEA chair frame\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jec2Z3CkBGM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mouncey Ferguson<\/p>\n<p>Smarter AI and better automation are transforming industries from construction to automotive to banking. But don\u2019t take our word for it, check out this week\u2019s picks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GM goes generative. Have you heard <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/how-gm-and-autodesk-use-generative-design-for-vehicles-of-the-future\/\">the news<\/a>? GM is turning to additive manufacturing and Autodesk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/solutions\/generative-design\">generative design<\/a> technology to lightweight their cars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":2629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[266,436,438,149,447],"class_list":["post-2628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-future-of-making-things","tag-3d-printing","tag-additive-manufacturing","tag-aec","tag-manufacturing","tag-robotics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What We Like This Week: Auto Parts and Folding Prints<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Smarter AI and better automation are transforming industries from construction to automotive to banking. 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