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The future success of Australian manufacturing is dependent on accelerated investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, the ASI national convention heard on 10 September.
AI and robotics not only save time, but also potentially save lives by minimising human error and ensuring a safer working environment, Professor Cori Stewart (pictured) said in her Finding Your Productivity Edge with Robots and AI presentation.
Significantly, AI and robotics accelerate the creation of novel capabilities and the potential to create a step change in Australia’s global competitiveness. Professor Stewart is the founder and CEO of the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub, Australia’s leading artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and design-for-manufacture industry innovation hub. The hub is helping drive productivity in Australian manufacturing through technology commercialisation using AI and robotics.
Prof Stewart said accelerated AI and automation was required to ensure Australia’s competitiveness. Australian successes in AI and robotics include Boeing Australia’s delivery of the Ghost Bat autonomous warfighting aircraft and the automation of more than 700 Caterpillar, Komatsu and Hitachi haulage trucks in the Pilbara mines.
Professor Cori Stewart