Manufacturing Technologies

Getting your hands on the right business infrastructure is vital. Image courtesy of Flickr - Markus Spiske

Get to Know Your Business Infrastructure

Panasonic Smart Factory is delivering increased manufacturing performance - image courtesy of Panasonic

Smart Factory

Panasonic Smart Factory realises higher productivity with new function

The opportunities from digital technologies are sheer limitless - image courtesy of The Manufacturing Technology Centre.

Robotics & Automation

Top 10 ways automation could boost your business

Collaborative robots like the LBR iiwa are becoming more popular. Image courtesy of KUKA.

Robotics & Automation

Collaborative robots market set to grow: survey

Apple and GE unveiled a new Predix software development kit (SDK) for iOS.

Digital Transformation

The business impact of Industrial IoT

IoT

UK Patents Creativity Design Thinking Innovation Industrial Strategy - image courtesy of Pixabay.

Digital Transformation

How can industry unlock more creativity?

Digital Twin Digital Twins Digital Twinning - Stock Image

Smart Factory

Digital Twins: distilling science from fiction

Factory 2050 is the place where businesses can come and interact with the technologies driving the 4th industrial revolution - image courtesy of AMRC

Robotics & Automation

Reconfigurable cell to allow SMEs to test machining tech

Mindsphere - As the factory’s digital twin absorbs more information, it develops a much clearer picture of what maximum efficiency looks like – image courtesy of Siemens.

Smart Factory

Mindsphere: the next step in digital factories

As Veit phrased it, Industry 4.0 will “change work”, opposed to “killing work”, noting that jobs are likely to be safeguarded with employee skill-levels being raised.

Leadership & Strategy

Industry 4.0? Many manufacturers are still stuck in a 2.0 and 3.0 world!

A Sewbot robot autonomously sews a pair of jeans. Image courtesy of SoftWear Automation.

Robotics & Automation

Sewbots to replace humans at new US garment factory