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As technology rapidly evolves and reshapes the manufacturing industry, the way people work is also changing. More robotics are being tested and deployed on shop floors and production lines are becoming more automated, and yet the skills to foster these transformations are lacking across industries.
Typically there are engineers who design operational systems and technicians who operate the equipment. But what if there was another type of worker that could fill in the gaps and integrate the advanced manufacturing technologies?
That is what John Liu, a principal investigator and research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, set out to address through the Technologist Advanced Manufacturing Program.
“I want to create the nurse practitioner for manufacturing,” Liu said.
