Automation

A collaboration between MHP, KUKA and Munich Re, are combining their strengths and jointly developing the ‘SmartFactory as a Service’ concept.

KUKA propose ‘smart factory as a service’ concept

Agribots could offer a wide amount of automation technologies to boost the agricultural sector - image courtesy Depositphotos.

Three agribots revolutionising the farming industry

Global sales of industrial robots reached the new record of 380,550 units in 2017 due to digitalisation of the shop floors - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Digitalisation: Industrial robot sales increase worldwide by 29%

Nike and Adidas plan to increase the output of smart factories in the US and Germany, generate data in the factories in China - image courtesy of Adidas.

Could smart factories help boost reshoring? Nike & Adidas seem to think so

DS Smith's facility in Blunham, Bedfordshire.

Digital Transformation

Thinking outside the box: A 4IR case study

Autodesk Technology Centre - Birmingham - image courtesy of Autodesk.

Autodesk Technology Centre: A new frontier for design & manufacture

future of design and manufacture - The Autodesk Technology Centre in Birmingham may be kitted out with modern kit, but all of it is regular production machinery - image courtesy of Autodesk.

Digital Transformation

Future of design and manufacture, according to CEO of Autodesk

Levis Strauss’ project digitises the design and development of denim finishing – image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Levis Strauss to usher denim finishing into the digital era

Robotics to help improve global aviation safety

At £4,990, UK start-up Automata’s Eva will be the lowest priced cobot yet when it ships later this year – image courtesy of Automata.

Cobots: Will working alongside one become the new norm?

Thanks to automation, every industry and every function will see the nature of employees’ work change considerably over the coming decades.

Automation: Beyond the factory floor