Kyndryl India and IIT Tirupati collaborate to advance AI-enabled 3D printing

By OEM Update Editorial February 10, 2023 3:01 pm IST

The partnership will foster smart manufacturing research. The collaboration will combine IIT Tirupati’s domain knowledge in 3D printing with Kyndryl’s global expertise in AI, enabling the co-creation of Machine Learning models.

The evolution of 3D technology has become increasingly vital in developing and manufacturing product prototypes that are then used to troubleshoot design issues before mass production. As digital transformation increases, the demand for skills and capabilities in smart manufacturing is increasing.

Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati, one of the premier technology institutions in India, announced a collaboration to advance research, share knowledge, promote innovation and drive breakthrough developments in AI-enabled 3D printing technology. The collaboration will focus on quickly developing cost-effective 3D prototypes for complex products in manufacturing.

The collaboration will combine IIT Tirupati’s domain knowledge in 3D printing with Kyndryl’s global expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), enabling the co-creation of Machine Learning (ML) models that will allow for near real-time identification of potential defects during 3D printing. Gaining this knowledge in advance could help identify significant savings in cost, time, and waste generation and contribute to new product development by predicting interpretation in realworld manufacturing environments. Prof. K.N. Satyanarayana, Director, IIT Tirupati said, “This partnership will enable IIT Tirupati students and faculty to collaborate with Kyndryl’s best-in-class professionals on the frontiers of implementing AI to solve industry challenges. The co-creation in the digital manufacturing segment with Kyndryl can quickly provide cost-effective solutions to the manufacturing industry and provide better exposure to our students.”

Lingraju Sawkar, President, Kyndryl India said, “India’s National Manufacturing Policy aims to raise the manufacturing sector’s GDP share to 25 percent by 2025. To accomplish that goal, research advancements and skills development will play an important role in deploying AI in innovative ways to make smart manufacturing technology more accessible and efficient.” He added this collaboration would harness Kyndryl’s Data and AI expertise to help IIT Tirupati create a meaningful learning experience for students and serve as a scalable model of how industry and academia can co-create to help industries.