BLOGPOSTS
Overcoming Limitations of Additive Manufacturing through Advances in CAD Technology
August 2017
The technology minimises design restrictions, overcomes design complexity and supports green manufacturing initiatives. However, there are a number of technical limitations that hinder its widespread commercial exploitation, particularly a lack of suitability of conventional CAD.
Multi-Agent Scheduling for Mass Customisation Using Ant Colony Optimisation
August 2017
When describing agents in this context, we aren’t referring to someone with dark sunglasses and ear phones hanging down the back of their neck working for MI5. And no, they don’t work with landlords to get new tenants, nor do they help Cristiano Ronaldo sign a new contract with Manchester United...
Research into a Virtual Tool to Perform Risk Assessment for Collaborative Applications
July 2017
The Risk Assessment for Collaborative Environments (RACE) project aims to develop a virtual tool to perform risk assessments for collaborative applications, using inputs such as the robot’s program, the operator’s program and a CAD model of the production part and the environment.
Software Development – A Learning Approach
March 2017
In this post, I’ll be describing my current approach to implementing a major feature into an existing web application. In the software development world, everyone knows that there are many different techniques to implement the same set of features. We describe these methods as ‘design patterns’...
The Lovelace Test or Can Machines Take Us By Surprise?
February 2017
As part of my work in the Data Analytics for Resource Efficiency team and my interest in Machine Learning, I’m interested to know when machines can be considered intelligent. Over the years, the Turing Test has been regarded by many (definitely not by all) as THE definitive test for consciousness.