Manufacturing Technologies

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

Automation

Smart robotics technology hits big at Hannover

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

The in-house Stratasys 3D Printer enables the creation of exact replicas of the patient’s anatomy and allows customized fittings and pre-bending of plates – image courtesy of Stratasys.

Innovation

3D printing transforms hospital surgeries

More than 75% say they plan on tying machine-to-people devices , - image courtesy of HSO.

Smart Factory

Digital Twins to change the face of manufacturing

The Tokamak ST40 fusion reactor, which has been switched on and taken the UK one step further towards generating electricity from the power of the stars - image courtesy of Tokamak Energy.

Innovation

UK takes giant leap forward in fusion power thanks to Tokamak reactor

The research from Canonical looked at the views, opinions and experiences of 361 IoT professionals regarding past, present and future IoT projects.

Digital Transformation

New Bristol company focuses on device subsystems for the Industrial Internet

IoT

The PMI is an indicator of the economic health of the manufacturing sector.

Digital Transformation

Bosch connects people, processes and tools with IoT

IoT

Industrial Internet of Things Blog Image

Industrial Data & AI

‘Edge Sensing’ seen as critical driver of manufacturing optimisation

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

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