The first voice-operated technology assistant for manufacturing made its debut at IMTS 2018. “ATHENA, check coolant level.” “ATHENA, warm up the machine.” “ATHENA, read the 5-axis measurements.” “ATHENA, report on the remaining tool life of the burnishing tool.” Developed by industry technology incubator iTSpeeX, ATHENA enables machinists to use simple voice commands to operate across…