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66 SMT007 MAGAZINE I JUNE 2025 provide information repositories for any inter- action. Imagine something like a dashboard with overview information about everything. But it can also provide more informed answers if you run into issues. e CFX information could be polled as well. I can imag- ine AI agents that go out to specific repositories on those data trains and query them if anything is needed. e use of agents within manufacturing will be much more commonplace in five years. An AI agent might query not just the machine that you're in front of but maybe an earlier process to see what happened there, which might have influenced the issues you're running into now. e agent might also query other machines in the environment. rough all of this, the ease of use would be one big benefit in providing an AI system like this. People are oen reluctant to share knowl- edge, not just from a protective point of view, but also because, in many instances, it's com- plicated. Giving them a sys- tem that has as little fric- tion as possible, like an AI system, can make it easier. ey can upload a video, just film a quick video with an operator describing how a certain procedure is done, and then the AI system can transcode that video automatically. It has to be that easy for people to share their knowledge with col- leagues and potential followers who have to do the same task. Jurgen, thank you. ank you very much. SMT007 University of Queensland researchers have set a world record for solar cell efficiency with eco-friend- ly perovskite technology. A team led by Professor Lianzhou Wang has un- veiled a tin halide perovskite (THP) solar cell capa- ble of converting sunlight to electricity at a certified record efficiency of 16.65 per cent. Working across UQ's Australian Institute for Bio- engineering and Nanotechnology and the School of Chemical Engineering, Professor Wang said the certified reading achieved by his lab was nearly one percentage point higher than the previous best for THP solar cells. "It might not seem like much, but this is a giant UQ Researchers Set New Solar Cell World Record leap in a field that is renowned for delicate and in- cremental progress," Professor Wang said. "The reading is in line with many silicon-based solar cells currently on the market but with the potential to be cheaper and quicker to make. We are thrilled with the record and also to be contributing to the progress of cost-effective renewable energy technology." Professor Wang's THP solar cell record comes five years after his lab set a benchmark for power con- version efficiency in solar cells using another type of technology, quantum dots. Research group member Dr. Dongxu He said many of the methods, processes and materials used to set the quantum dot record in 2020 inspired efforts to improve the performance of the highly promising THP thin-film solar cells. "Beyond solar panels, the approach we've used in this paper could also be used for other devices that require high-quality perovskite films like lasers, pho- todetectors, and transistors," Professor Wang said. "We could eventually see THPs used for engineer- ing challenges, including as a lightweight solution to power electric aircraft—the sky really is the limit." (Source: University of Queensland)