Date Confirmed for 2019 UKIVA Conference and Exhibition
The 2019 UKIVA Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition will take place on 6 June at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. This will be the third year that the event has been run, and it is becoming increasingly popular with attendance figures in 2018 up 17% compared to 2017. The event will follow a similar […]
Airbus Trials Robots as Vehicles
A collaborative research project involving engineers at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre’s Integrated Manufacturing Group could lead to an entire aircraft wing assemblies being transported by autonomous robots at the Broughton Airbus factory in North Wales. “Supervised trials of the robots have already taken place, and it has been estimated that using […]
The Future of Transportation
The Future of Transportation : The first event of 2019 for Measurement Manufacturing Network (MMN) led by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) North of England in conjunction with the University of Huddersfield took place on 15th January at the 3M Buckley Innovation Centre in Huddersfield. The Future of Transportation event was organised by NPL which […]
How the Robot Revolution Affects Manufacturing
Since the inception of the assembly line, manufacturers have continually searched for ways to improve their efficiency. In the past few decades, robots have taken over some of the functions of human workers, mostly in repetitive, routine tasks. This has caused alarm for some who are worried about robots taking their jobs. So how exactly […]
Perception of Robotics Needs to Be Changed
After recent reports by the International Federation of Robots (IFR) and the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Co, Tom Bouchier, managing director of Fanuc UK has decided to discuss the state of UK manufacturing. He said: “As explained in the McKinsey report, Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play a key role in improving the global economy, […]
Automation Provides New Growth for Veg Box Pioneer
Riverford Organic Farmers, Britain’s largest supplier of organic produce, has engaged Daifuku to introduce automation into its picking, packing and conveyor technology for its headquarters in Buckfastleigh, Devon. Founded by entrepreneur Guy Singh-Watson, the veg box business has carefully introduced automation to elements of its warehousing function to further improve the efficiency of its nationwide […]
Robot Killer: US Manufacturing Facility Suffers Worker Death As Machine Dismisses Safety Protocol
Robot Killer: US Manufacturing Facility Suffers Worker Death As Machine Dismisses Safety Protocol : Those of us wary of a future run by robots just got their worst nightmares confirmed. Okay, we’re a few years away from autonomous two-legged machines wandering around our high streets carrying out tasks for their controllers and sitting at our […]
General Motors Joins the Driverless Car Movement
Multinational corporation and automotive sector leader, General Motors (GM) has announced that it has procured the San Francisco-based self-driving vehicle startup, Cruise Automation. With this latest acquisition, GM has pledged its commitment to the driverless car movement alongside fellow global giant, Google. Since its establishment in 2013, Cruise Automation has quickly become established in driverless […]
Toyota to Focus on Product over Function
In what seems like it may be a response to Honda’s unveiling of a landmark new structure, Toyota Motor Corporation has since stated that, it too, will make major changes to the structure of its operations in a bid to also improve processes across the wider company. With the new wave of structural changes set […]
