Our Applied Cobotics team looks at how Illinois-based PBC Linear is meeting changing customer demands with automation tools to help revolutionize the manufacturing process. They are building flexible automation systems such as the Cobot Feeder, and incorporating collaborative robots and augmented reality machine-training programs into their factory of the future. Sitting on the distinguished panel are Beau Wileman, product manager for Applied Cobotics and 3D Platform, along with Tim LeCrone, Director of Manufacturing Engineering at PBC Linear, and one of the newest team members, Derek Neises, Manufacturing Engineer and Robotics Specialist. Together they make up part of a core group of engineers, company leaders and frontline workers dedicated to strengthening American manufacturing.

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