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.

Digital is such a rapidly changing environment the DRL needs to reflect this, so we will introduce a dynamic cadence aspect to our work. We have tested the model with a few major automotive OEM’s and the response has been very positive.

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’...

Over the last 18 months we at HSSMI have been talking to a lot of our customers and academic partners about digital manufacturing, or industry 4.0 or Factory of the Future; the names vary but the intent is the same; how can we increase productivity, quality, flexibility and reduce cost.

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.

 Although these storage solutions are a key component, the cloud is much more than just simple distributed storage. In this blog post, I’ll present my current views as a web developer, having previous experience of working in IT services and outsourcing.