Global

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

Robotics & Automation

Cobots market to grow significantly over next five years

Digital Manufacturing Stock

Digital Transformation

Global partnership to advance digital manufacturing

Hannover Messe -Digitisation - Collaborative robots or ‘cobots’ are about to fundamentally transform the way humans work in factories - image courtesy of Deutsche-Messe.presse@messe.de

Smart Factory

Hannover Messe: making the benefits of digitisation tangible

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

AI
IoT

Closeup of Flags of Great Britain and USA

Leadership & Strategy

EEF & NAM partner to boost trans-Atlantic trade

The elections in France could have a considerable impact on the country's manufacturing sector and the potential for a 'Frexit'.

Leadership & Strategy

How might the current elections in France affect French manufacturing?

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.

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

Innovation

UK innovation to drive autonomous vehicles in the US

Port Dock Supply Chain Logistics Block Chain - Stock Image

Digital Transformation

Blockchain: a new paradigm for supply chain security?

Global Steel Industry - UK Manufacturing Steel Foundry Factory Metal Stock Rolling Rail - image courtesy of Pixabay.

Finance

US protectionism receives steely UK reception

The open ecosystem aims to make autonomous driving more accessible to the public, and accelerate the overall pace of innovation – image courtesy of Baidu.

Digital Transformation

Autonomous driving to go open source