Research and Development

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

Innovation

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 Factory

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

Aston Martin Atom Exterior - image courtesy of Bonhams

Innovation

Four innovation lessons from the Aston Martin Atom

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

Universities urged to do more to commercialise innovation

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

Industrial IoT applications are being developed to monitor robots, thereby reducing downtime and improving efficiency.

Robotics & Automation

Grasping the next generation of robotics

Swinburne’s Factory of the Future has received additional funding. Image courtesy of Swinburne University.

Smart Factory

Australian uni receives $135m to digitalize its Factory of the Future

Innovation

£65m project kicks off first-ever UK-US Science & Tech deal

One of the experimental aqueous lithium-ion batteries. Image courtesy of US Army Laboratory.

Researchers build non-explosive lithium battery