David Bourne
Principal Systems Scientist, Robotics Institute
Associate Director for Education and Outreach, Manufacturing Futures Institute
Principal Systems Scientist, Robotics Institute
Associate Director for Education and Outreach, Manufacturing Futures Institute
David Bourne is a senior systems scientist at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University and is president of a manufacturing process planning software development firm.
Bourne’s expertise is comprised of rapid, agile, and flexible manufacturing; artificial intelligence; intelligent sensing; process planning and control; design for manufacturing; robotics; and applying technology to make custom manufacturing economical.
Bourne is also the principal investigator of a large project to build a next generation machine tool with a Japanese machine tool supplier. Previously, he was the principal investigator for the Air Force’s Intelligent Machining Workstation project, which automated the machinist in aerospace applications. He also invented CML, a patented programming language to integrate automated systems when the components are from multiple vendors and has used this language to build real-world manufacturing systems.
He co-authored Manufacturing Intelligence published by Addison Wesley, and produced, directed, and moderated a Public Broadcasting System (PBS) nationwide video production entitled, “Back to the Cutting Edge,” highlighting the problems and solutions in modern manufacturing.