Research and Development

Autodesk Technology Centre - Birmingham - image courtesy of Autodesk.

Autodesk Technology Centre: A new frontier for design & manufacture

One of Iceotope’s tower-level liquid cooled server is in use at the AMRC’s carbon fibre lab – image courtesy of Iceotope.

Liquid Cooling: Helping IT become cool again

Microsoft HoloLens gives manufacturers the opportunity to design products and train staff in a far quicker and cheaper way than traditional techniques - image courtesy of Microsoft.

Digital Transformation

How is Microsoft HoloLens transforming manufacturing?

Rare earth minerals are vulnerable to supply disruption and demand spikes. Image courtesy of the US Department of Agriculture

Toyota develops new motor using less rare earth minerals

The Ehang-184 has been tested in a wide variety of conditions. Image courtesy of Ehang.

Ehang ‘drone taxi’ begins manned trials

CROP - Interconnected Systems Manufacturing Robot Automation Stock Image

The future of automation

Assembling a pair of Nikes requires as many as 40 pieces of material to be stacked and heated to create the upper — the flexible part that sits on top of your foot.

Robotics start-up aims to revolutionise material handling

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launches from Florida. Image courtesy of SpaceX.

Falcon Heavy launch represents new era for rocket manufacturing

A CSAIL’s project is working to provide context to voice recognition to help robots follow voice commands - image courtesy of MIT.

MIT researchers help robots follow voice commands

Ford is investing big in electric vehicles. Image courtesy of Ford Motor Company.

Ford to invest $11bn in EV development

Boeing's CAV demonstrator can carry heavy loads. Image courtesy of Boeing.

Boeing reveals heavy lift drone development