In the world of advanced manufacturing, also known as industry 4.0, the convergence of new advanced technologies such as the internet of things and tri-dimensional printing has been joined by an ever increasing number of elements related to artificial intelligence (AI). Italian researchers’ work has been duly integrated into the international scientific community, as well as within universities…

On the heels of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development’s launch of the Industrial National Plan 4.0, Machines Italia USA and the Italian Trade Commission (ITA) Chicago  office hosted a conversation on the ground-breaking collaborations between Italian and US companies in advanced manufacturing and the emergence of the Industry 4.0. The event took place on October 18th, 2016 at…

The Advanced technology conference organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was held in Cambridge, MA on November 2 – 4, 2015. Machines Italia USA and the Italian Trade Agency-Chicago Office partnered with MIT (www.mit.edu) and its main publication MIT Technology Review for the University’s EmTech Conference program. EmTech MIT (https://events.technologyreview.com/emtech/15/) offers…

Italy's Meccanotecnica Riesi (MR) was approached by the Robotic Mobility Group Laboratory of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the production of a wheel prototype which it manufacturers that would help MIT, in conjunction with NASA-JPL, to better understand the underlying mechanics of wheel-terrain interaction. MIT’s Robotic Mobility Group required precise machining because, “a…