David Bourne
Principal Systems Scientist, Robotics 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.