Automation

Compact robotics can reduce safety issues, improve business' flexibility and agility, and are a rapidly improving technology.

The Manufacturer: Top automation articles of 2018

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

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

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

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Digital Transformation

1 million more UK manufacturing and hi-tech jobs needed by 2030

Gauging the mood of UK Manufacturing: The Manufacturer’s Annual Manufacturing Report 2019

Faster horses? Henry Ford said if he’d asked people what they wanted, they’d have said faster horses, not cars - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

We must invest more in robots to improve UK productivity, says PPMA CEO

New Index Trigger - image courtesy of ProGlove.

The UK is great for start-ups, say wearable tech firms

In 2018, CKF Systems are celebrating 30 years of providing robotics and automation solutions to the manufacturing industry.

CKF Systems: 30 years of success

The MTC is aiming to recruit nearly 100 apprentices to start work in September 2019.

People & Skills

Coventry’s Manufacturing Technology Centre aims to attract 100 future engineers

FlyCroTugs can pull objects up to 40 times their weight - image courtesy of Stanford News Service.

Tiny wasp-inspired drone can move 40 times its weight

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A smarter approach to the smart factory