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Real and virtual manufacturing is growing closer and faster. Manufacturers recognise the importance of enabling new technologies, real-time data sharing and visualisation within their organisations and across their supply chains. HSSMI is helping companies start to integrate these technologies.

Gamification isn’t a technology it is a mindset, that’s why one of the key points about gamification is understanding what the psychological and social motivations of human beings are and how game mechanics can help when it comes to satisfy them.

Human-Robot collaboration is attracting a considerable amount of interest in the robotics industry. Unlike traditional applications where robots and operators are separated by fixed fences, collaborative applications enable overlap between robot and operator workspaces.

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.

To encourage further development, we must see changes in the two-fold, i.e. both in government policy and in a greater number of technologies with actual profitability.

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...