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Aug. 2, 2024
AFRL Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory officially opens

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate celebrated the opening of the Manufacturing, Industrial Technologies and Energy Division’s Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems, or CAMS, Laboratory during a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 23, 2024. The
June 15, 2023
AFRL demonstrates new augmented reality capability to improve DAF nondestructive inspections

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has developed an augmented reality capability to assist in accomplishing nondestructive inspections, or NDI, for safety critical applications in military aircraft. Research engineers in AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate designed the Augmented
Dec. 20, 2022
AFRL division wins award for cold spray robot

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, teamed with the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute to win the Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award at the 2022 Defense Manufacturing Conference for the creation of an augmented reality-enabled cold spray robot, nicknamed
Oct. 8, 2019
AFRL reimagines tech development with virtual reality

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In a move the Wright Brothers likely never anticipated but surely would approve, the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate is using a bicycle to demonstrate how virtual and augmented reality could revolutionize aircraft maintenance, as

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AFRL Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory officially opens

AFRL demonstrates new augmented reality capability to improve DAF nondestructive inspections

AFRL division wins award for cold spray robot

AFRL reimagines tech development with virtual reality