Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

The AMRC is helping lead a revolution in the UK. Inside its glass-walled, state-of-the-art Factory 2050 facility in Sheffield, the centre develops digital-driven solutions that employ AI, Internet of Things (IoT), robotic and other emerging technologies, all with the aim to solve real-world manufacturing problems. Once considered futuristic, these solutions are ready for full scale deployment today, helping UK manufacturers increase their performance while fueling the Fourth Industrial Revolution. "The whole ethos behind the AMRC is to maintain UK competitiveness in global manufacturing," explains Tom Hodgson, Theme Lead, Inspection and AI, AMRC. "We take ideas that come out of the universities, where they've been developed to a prototype level. Then, with our partner companies, we conduct research projects to transition those technologies into production environments."