<p>Imagine a manufacturing floor making sophisticated products through the use of 3D printers being overseen and fed by robots. That's a frightening scenario for the worker employed in manufacturing. In the face of this unfolding, never-before-witnessed scenario, the manufacturer must constantly be on the leading edge of technology and the worker must constantly update his or her skills.</p><p>The potential of 3D printing and robotics is nothing if not inspiring, but it's difficult even to imagine the extent of the inroads they will make in our manufacturing base or the myriad products they'll eventually produce.</p><p>Numerous people currently employed in the manufacturing segment could very well be displaced because of the growing ubiquity of 3D printing and robotics, I believe.</p><p>I wonder how many of us know that 3D printers are currently able to make things like dental braces? Invisalign -- a company in San Jose, Calif. -- is now doing just that. Braces have traditionally been manufactured by dental labs that make them fitted for each individual. This has typically been a slow process because of the exact tolerances required of such a product.</p><p><a href="http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/3D-Printing-Robotics-and-the-Future-of-Manufacturing-78519.html">Keep reading...</a></p>