AMRC

PTC, the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and Deloitte announced the opening of the Connected Factory, an Industry 4.0 exploration facility, located at the AMRC’s Factory 2050, Sheffield.

Digital is increasingly woven into everything we do; from the products we interact with on a daily basis to the services we use. This means organisations need a workforce with technical skills to support our rapidly-growing digital economy.

A Soluis Group-led consortium has secured £1 million (€1.10 million) of funding from Innovate UK to develop an Augmented Worker System (AWE), the use of virtual and augmented reality for the construction industry.