Baidu announces autonomous car partnership
Posted on 17 Oct 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
Chinese web services company Baidu has announced that it plans to partner with a local auto manufacturer to build autonomous cars.
Research and Development
Smart factories set to contribute up to £1.13 trillion to the global economy
Posted on 17 Oct 2017 by Aiden Burgess
Smart factories are set to become a revolutionary force of the manufacturing industry and provide a massive boost to the global economy, according to a new report by multinational information technology consulting company, Capgemini. National Automotive Innovation Centre hits milestone
Posted on 16 Oct 2017 by Jonny Williamson
The external grounds of the £150m National Automotive Innovation Centre at the University of Warwick have been officially completed. Four innovation lessons from the Aston Martin Atom
Posted on 16 Oct 2017 by The Manufacturer
Alastair Cole explains how the development of an innovative car from 1939 can still teach senior executives valuable lessons about leadership and design. What role is the UK playing in Connected & Autonomous Vehicles?
Posted on 16 Oct 2017 by The Manufacturer
Mike Rigby, head of Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics at Barclays, highlights how the UK is helping to drive the future of mobility. Universities urged to do more to commercialise innovation
Posted on 12 Oct 2017 by Jonny Williamson
The UK still lags behind comparable countries in terms of intellectual property income per research resource and the number of successful spin-off companies. Sensor City: putting the UK on the map for sensor-related tech
Posted on 12 Oct 2017 by The Manufacturer
Sensors are the vital link between technological devices and the world around them, capable of capturing data on everything from our heart rates and footsteps through to the temperatures and pressures in a nuclear reactor. Alison Mitchell shines a spotlight on Liverpool's global collaboration hub - Sensor City. Real Space virtually transforms manufacturing
Posted on 11 Oct 2017 by Jonny Williamson
North West-based start-up, Real Space, has revealed plans to bring a virtual reality experience to the Liverpool City Region to bolster its manufacturing offering. Hack & Pitch comes to Smart Factory Expo
Posted on 9 Oct 2017 by Jonny Williamson
Digital Catapult and The Manufacturer are pleased to announce the Hack & Pitch will make its Smart Factory Expo debut, designed to inspire and challenge small and medium size businesses to create disruption through innovation. UK scientists develop world’s first molecular robot
Posted on 3 Oct 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
A team of UK scientists has become the first in the world to build a functional robot able to work at a molecular scale.