Machina Labs is building AI-powered autonomous robotic craftsmen
Edward Mehr · The New Era of Defense Manufacturing | Edward Mehr on TBPN · Apr 26, 2025 · at 1:11
Edward Mehr, CEO of Machina Labs, introduces the company's core technology that uses AI and robotics to automate custom hardware manufacturing.
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“What we're doing at Machina is we're using robotics and artificial intelligence to build a, basically, what we call a robotic craftsman, and it's a robotic system that can do different types of manufacturing operations and it's powered by AI. Basically, you can figure out how to pick up different tools, do different types of operation to make different types of parts, physical parts without anybody having to program it or having to handhold it or build tools for it.”
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