Automation

Apple may be looking to use local assembly to legally open stories in India. Image courtesy of Apple.

Apple announces US manufacturing investment

Cobots - New robotic manufacturing and automation could displace millions of workers in the ASEAN region. Image courtesy of Rethink Robotics.

Cobots market to grow significantly over next five years

Automation Suppliers welding arm

What do manufacturers expect from automation suppliers?

Robotics - By simulating millions of potential robot path combinations, IPS Robot Optimisation maximises efficiency and avoid collisions – image courtesy of fleXstructures.

Smart robotics technology hits big at Hannover

London Night Tower Bridge Thames UK Export Excellence Awards Stock - iamge courtesy of Pixabay

UK Export Excellence Awards 2017: shortlist revealed

Harriet Green, general manager of Watson IoT, Customer Engagement and Education for IBM, and Guido Jouret, chief digital officer of ABB.

Digital Transformation

ABB & IBM join forces to drive industrial artificial intelligence

Robotics - The US automotive industry installed 17,500 robots in 2016, with the number of jobs in the sector rising by 260,600 during the same period – image courtesy of IFR.

People & Skills

Education key to reap benefits of robotics

Autonomous Vehicle - The Pod Zero is being showcased for the first time - image courtesy of RDM - Autonomous Vehicles

UK innovation to drive autonomous vehicles in the US

Bionic Robot - The movements of the BionicCobot can be finely regulated to be either powerful and dynamic, or delicate and yielding - image courtesy of Festo.

New bionic robot concepts inspired by nature

Digital Transformation

Omron to release ground-breaking AI-equipped controller

Thames Card Technology now produces an average 250 million cards annually.

Thames Card Technology reveals £2m machinery Investment