University research

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Digital Transformation

Solar power brings cool solution to vaccine preservation problem

The AMRC’s Factory 2050 is home to the groups Integrated Manufacturing Group. It is located on The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Campus at Sheffield Business Park.

Leadership & Strategy

Plans for expansion of Sheffield Business Park submitted

The MiR200 base robots moving around Factory 2050 independently during trials - image courtesy of AMRC.

Robotics & Automation

Airbus working to transport aircraft wing assemblies autonomously in Wales

The robotics market, due to the increase in demand for artificially intelligent robots, is estimated to grow by almost 14% annually from 2016 to 2025

Robotics & Automation

AI and robotics: don’t think of asking for faster horses

Juergen Maier said that the building will help place the East Midlands at the centre of digital manufacturing: “It’s important because our future lies in driving a new technological revolution focusing on AI, automation, robotics and 3D printing.”

Leadership & Strategy

£24m Advanced Manufacturing Building opens at Nottingham University

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Innovation

Safeguarding UK manufacturing requires us all to become more childish

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Digital Transformation

Five IP challenges for the digital economy

Knowledge Transfer Partnership - Working together as a team for innovative strategies and creating new ideas and products through lesdership and education represented by two human heads and a lightbulb in the shape of gears and cogs - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Leadership & Strategy

Why partnerships are needed for UK manufacturing to flourish

The Black Country Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills (ECMS) has launched in Wolverhampton.

Finance

£12.5m centre opened in Wolverhampton to boost high value manufacturing

Scottish PD&MS Group has secured a trio of contracts worth more than £10m making the firm UKCS leader - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Innovation

New partnership to drive advanced manufacturing for oil & gas

Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry MP and Mayor of the Sheffield City Region Dan Jarvis MP visited Sheffield to open the University of Sheffield’s three new multi-million pound research centres which aim to boost the region’s reputation as a hub for advanced engineering and industrial digital technologies.

Leadership & Strategy

Three new world-leading advanced engineering centres open in Sheffield