--- title: MIT-designed educational factory embraces modern... description: MIT and Tecnológico de Monterrey have developed FrED (Fiber Extrusion Device), a low-cost desktop manufacturing device built and operated by students in an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-designed-educational-factory-embraces-modern-manufacturing-yzgnsqvz7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MIT-designed educational factory embraces modern manufacturing | daily.dev og:description: MIT and Tecnológico de Monterrey have developed FrED (Fiber Extrusion Device), a low-cost desktop manufacturing device built and operated by students in an... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-designed-educational-factory-embraces-modern-manufacturing-yzgnsqvz7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YZgNSQvz7.png og:image:alt: MIT-designed educational factory embraces modern manufacturing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MIT-designed educational factory embraces modern manufacturing **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MIT and Tecnológico de Monterrey have developed FrED (Fiber Extrusion Device), a low-cost desktop manufacturing device built and operated by students in an educational factory setting. The initiative replaces textbook learning with hands-on factory experience, training nearly 500 students in advanced manufacturing automation across campuses in Cambridge, Monterrey, and Mexico City. FrED generates multi-modal data suited for digital twins, AI-driven process improvement, and smart manufacturing education aligned with Industry 4.0. A new FrED factory is opening at Tec's Saltillo campus, with plans to expand globally. The collaboration has produced 25 publications, an ASEE Best Paper Award, and a new undergraduate research curriculum called FRAME. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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