10:15
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25 mins
- Benefits of robots in improving your business’ productivity
- Examples of successful projects displaying businesses reaching sustainability goals
- InnovateUK KTN support and funding
10:40
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25 mins
- What are Collaborative Robots
- Collaborative Workforce deployment and breadth of application
- Company & Employee Benefits: Financial, Quality & Strategic
11:05
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25 mins
- Considerations when integrating robotic and automated systems into your wider business
- System options for driving effective robotic and automated handling operations
- How to enable the blending of human and automated warehouse processes
11:30
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25 mins
- Likely early use cases around freight and the role automation could play for first- and last-mile logistics
- Potential quick wins and barriers within the existing landscape to enable commercialisation
- Why focusing on customer needs and use cases could unlock the opportunities that automation offers
11:55
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25 mins
12:20
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25 mins
- The importance of selecting the right partners to enable robotics
- Understanding the market and what your customers truly want
- Understanding the level of autonomy and where they work at scale
13:10
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25 mins
- Many business sectors face the same challenges around the use of robotics
- Technology developed for one sector can often be deployed in others
- Cross-sector solutions have the potential to reduce implementation cost and time
13:35
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25 mins
- What are software-defined factories, how can they boost the evolution of the industry, and why may they be the future of production
- What are the key technologies that enable autonomous scalable factory
- How technologies can make mass production local, more sustainable and affordable for small and medium business
14:00
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25 mins
- Construction has a need to embrace robotics and digital technologies
- Projects in the construction space where these technologies have been demonstrated
- Examples of automation of urban paving, defect detection in precast rebar installation, digital projection for first and second fit utilities, and augmented reality use for electrical cab testing
10:00
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25 mins
- The urgent and unprecedented UK skills challenge
- Need for hands-on contact with machines
- The importance of public access to high-end resources
10:25
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25 mins
- Achieve increased productivity with limited investment
- Scale up/down to meet changes in consumer demand
- Improve accuracy and operator safety
10:50
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25 mins
- Learn more about future safety requirements that will be requested by the end-user due to new EU machine safety regulations
- Simplify the system and machine design by using standardized safety solutions
- Example of how a wireless safe stop of a mobile machine can be realized in newly designed systems or in a retrofit
11:15
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25 mins
- Current build process of commercial aircraft
- Manual processes are mixed with monolithic automation
- Increasing build rates will drive the level of Robotics and Automation in future factories
11:40
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25 mins
- Real-life case studies where automation and robotics have benefitted smaller manufacturers
- How to identify where automation will provide the most benefit
- Is there support and funding available? How can you access it?
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12:05
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30 mins
12:35
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25 mins
- What are snake robots?
- Examples of snake robots for inspection and repair in confined spaces
- Other robots for operations in challenging environments
13:00
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25 mins
- Introduction to cognitive robotics – building intelligent capabilities in robots by taking inspiration from psychology and neuroscience
- Examples of developmental robotics and applications of human-robot interaction and trust
- Overview of robotics research at the Manchester Centre for Robotics and AI
13:25
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25 mins
- Why drone adoption is growing rapidly among businesses from disparate industries
- How government and the drone sector are working together to achieve a vision for commercial drones will be commonplace in the UK by 2030
- Delivering new capabilities, boosting productivity, and reducing emissions and risk to life, while sharing airspace equitably and safely with other users
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13:50
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25 mins
- Introduction to healthcare service robotics: the challenges from the global case
- The thoughtful integration in the healthcare sectors in Wales and Malaysia by EUREKA Robotics Centre
- Overview of EUREKA Robotics Centre at the Cardiff School of Technologies