Research and Technology

Stock Image Manufacturing Factory Sustainability Process and demonstrating servitization.

Digital Transformation

Add service, add value: developing new revenue with manufacturing services

Various types of manufacturing in action that utilise smart technologies. Microsoft email header image - image courtesy of APS

The smart technologies set to change manufacturing

Full Supply Chain Optimization incorporates many interrelated facets - image courtesy of APS

Digital Transformation

Optimising your supply chain – what the most advanced companies are doing differently

Harriet Green, general manager of Watson IoT, Customer Engagement and Education for IBM, and Guido Jouret, chief digital officer of ABB.

Digital Transformation

ABB & IBM join forces to drive industrial artificial intelligence

Autonomous Vehicle - The Pod Zero is being showcased for the first time - image courtesy of RDM - Autonomous Vehicles

UK innovation to drive autonomous vehicles in the US

Additive Manufacturing - Inspecting the form of a part during build

Setting sail for a new era of additive manufacturing

Bionic Robot - The movements of the BionicCobot can be finely regulated to be either powerful and dynamic, or delicate and yielding - image courtesy of Festo.

New bionic robot concepts inspired by nature

The open ecosystem aims to make autonomous driving more accessible to the public, and accelerate the overall pace of innovation – image courtesy of Baidu.

Digital Transformation

Autonomous driving to go open source

Over the next five years, the UK Tyre Pressure Monitoring System market (TPMS) is set to double, rising from £28m to £56m.

Industrial Data & AI

Intelligent Tyres reduce carbon emissions, improve safety

McLaren Racing Honda MCL32 race car – image courtesy of McLaren Racing.

Digital Transformation

3D printed parts to improve McLaren F1 performance

A peregrine falcon is able to stay in control and airborne at speeds of up to 200mph, even in high winds – image courtesy of BAE Systems.

Future aircraft inspired by peregrine falcons