CSIRO launches edge AI system to speed up real-time robotics learning
CSIRO has launched new artificial intelligence infrastructure designed to bring high-performance computing closer to where data is generated, supporting real-time learning for robots and other physical AI systems as demand grows for faster, on-site processing.
Australia’s 4.6% decline in labour productivity driven by pandemic, low unemployment rate
The Productivity Commission’s 2023 Bulletin has revealed that the 4.6 per cent fall in labour productivity for the 12 months to March 2023 is brought about by the unwinding of COVID-19-related effects and historically low unemployment rate.
ABS data shows higher energy costs lift manufacturing prices
Australian manufacturing producer prices increased in the June quarter, with higher energy and fuel costs contributing to rises in both input and output prices, according to the latest Producer Price Indexes report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
NSW advances plastics phase-out with new manufacturing, recycling measures
The NSW Government has announced the next phase of its plan to phase out single-use and problematic plastics, in a move expected to boost local manufacturing of recyclable and reusable products.
Calix’s new electric reactor set to shape Australia’s battery future
Australian technology company Calix has opened its BATMn reactor for advanced battery materials at its manufacturing facility in regional Victoria.
Based on Calix’s core technology,...
Austal’s tenth LCS completes acceptance trials
Austal has announced that its tenth Independence Class Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) has successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of...
ELO2 and Freelancer.com reveal designs for Australia’s first lunar excavator
Australian freelancing marketplace Freelancer.com and space consortium ELO2 announced the phase one winners of the ELO2 Big Dipper Lunar Regolith Acquisition Challenge.
New action plan to launch Qld’s space industry into orbit
The Queensland Government has released the Queensland Space Industry Strategy 2020-2025, aimed at strengthening the state’s space industry capability and creating new jobs.
The two-part...
Ukrainian military to leverage SPEE3D’s technology to boost operations
The US Department of Defence through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative is set to provide Ukraine with seven WarpSPEE3D printers manufactured by SPEE3D, a Victoria-based additive manufacturing company.
ORPE Technologiya greenlights Quickstep’s innovative Qure machine for installation at its facility
NSW-based advanced composite manufacturer Quickstep is close to completing the first contract for its Qure technology after European aerospace composites manufacturer ORPE Technologiya successfully...
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From ship repair to autonomous underwater vehicles: Griffin Industrial’s next chapter with growth capital
Some of Australia’s most critical manufacturing happens where almost no one sees it: inside a fuel tank on a Navy tanker, in a machine shop south of Perth, on a workshop floor in western Sydney where a team is helping build autonomous underwater vehicles. Griffin Industrial does all three.
