Gaps are not where you look - in rare earhs, they are real in the processing and the refining, not in the mining. In actuators, there is no real gap in the technology but an abysmal gap in volume supply at low price for fast growing novel industries
The achievements of Fred Moll in medical robotics are close to legendary but the collaboration of Dr. Moll with Johnson & Johnson, may raise the bar, with real-time management of the data feeds informing the robotics applications - the next frontier...
Challenging dominant Intuitive Surgical, many robotics systems are coming to market but the vast ambitions of Auris Health stand out and Verb Surgical, a Google / Johnson & Johnson partnership, is waiting in the wings
Self-sufficiency in the production of intermediate goods and machinery is powered by automation, generating a structural mismatch between growing exports of all types and weakened imports of advanced manufactured products
Factory equipment manufacturers are on a roll as automakers rush the installation of EV (electrical vehicles) production lines
