Research and Development

A lightweight aluminium structure with a triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) lattice - image courtesy of CFAM.

Additive manufacturing: the next layer

A Baidu self-driving car. Image courtesy of Baidu.

Baidu announces autonomous car partnership

Smart factories are set to improve productivity and labor cost hugely over the next 5 years - image courtesy of APS

Smart factories set to contribute up to £1.13 trillion to the global economy

The National Automotive Innovation Centre is will create around 1,000 new direct jobs and help underpin 3,000 jobs more in R&D Tier 1 suppliers – image courtesy of WMG.

National Automotive Innovation Centre hits milestone

Aston Martin Atom Exterior - image courtesy of Bonhams

Four innovation lessons from the Aston Martin Atom

CAV vehicles are set to add £51bn a year to the UK economy by 2030, in addition to creating 320,000 new jobs - image courtesy of Barclays.

Digital Transformation

What role is the UK playing in Connected & Autonomous Vehicles?

KTN Innovate UK - Innovation Ideas R&D Technologies Design UK tech Stock

Universities urged to do more to commercialise innovation

Sensor City’s equipment helps companies develop, design and test innovative sensors for the demands of modern manufacturers.

Sensor City: putting the UK on the map for sensor-related tech

Translucent prototype enclosure for SingleReality headset optics (illustrated on child's head) - image courtesy of Real Space.

Real Space virtually transforms manufacturing

Hack & Pitch - Smart Factory Expo - Innovation Alley will be sponsored by Innovate UK, and located at the intersection of Smart Factory Expo’s four zones.

Digital Transformation

Hack & Pitch comes to Smart Factory Expo

An artist's impression of the robot manipulating a molecule. Image courtesy of the University of Manchester.

UK scientists develop world’s first molecular robot