Manufacturing Technologies

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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

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

Additive Manufacturing - Inspecting the form of a part during build

Setting sail for a new era of additive manufacturing

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Digital Transformation

Digital transformation: overcoming the pain points

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

The company employs nearly 3,000 people in the UK, US, China, Japan, Germany and the Czech Republic and celebrated its centenary in 2015 – image courtesy of Ricardo.

Ricardo: the right stuff

The Manufacturer Smart Factory Expo 2016 - image courtesy of The Manufacturer

Smart Factory Expo 2017: bigger, bolder, better

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

IIoT: get ready for ‘robolution’