
University Partners

The University of Alabama (Lead)
Facilities
- Initiative on Manufacturing Development and Education (Alabama IMaDE) Facility
Example Research Topics
- Predictive Maintenance of Manufacturing Systems
- Vision-Based Product Defects Inspection
- Manufacturing Process Optimization using Gen AI
- Vision-Based Monitoring of workplace
- Human-Robot Collaboration using Reinforcement Learning

The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Facilities
- 2 Clearpath Husky Robots
- 12-camera Vicon Optical Motion Capture System
- Delsys Surface EMG system
- Stereolab Zed 2i stereo cameras
- XSENS inertial motion capture system
- Intel Realisense D455 Stereo cameras
- Various lidars, inertial measurement units
- Workstations for training deep learning models
- Various EDGE computing platforms (Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano, Raspberry Pis)
Example Research Topics
- Digital Twin for Manufacturing Systems
- FSAM-Driven Optimization of Aluminum Alloys
- Sensor Data Standardization and Preprocessing
- Occupational Demands Assessment using AI