Development of an innovative Autonomous Model Development Tool (AMDT) for boosting manufacturing process competencies

Lead Research Organisation: De Montfort University
Department Name: Engineering

Abstract

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Description As part of the project consortium, DMU has:
* developed a proof-of-concept of an industrial tool,
* established or re-enforced relationships with industry and
* developed individuals in terms of understanding and application of project management and soft skills.
Exploitation Route The group is continuing the collaboration with the team members who found the exercise beneficial. We are exploring opportunities to develop the AMDT tool on the next project to help develop a remove some of the barriers to commercial exploitation.
Sectors Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Construction,Electronics,Energy,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology
 
Description This was a jointly funded project with InnovateUK (TSB at the time the award was made) The project objective was to develop a proof of principle autonomous tool for planning and production, within this research outcome, which was achieved for all milestones, partners had additional objectives for knowledge transfer and business process understanding, which support the economic impact of this project. For Costain, the main aspiration of this project was to transfer learning from manufacturing into construction and advance innovation in the sector. The project focused on two key parts of Costain: Water and Highways. The main difference was project value and type of work. Water provided a test bed of small valued projects, dispersed by geographical location; and the highway sector provided one large project, which was centralised and could be characterised more like a factory environment. The project had more of an impact in the highways sector due to the type of activity and the characteristics of the work following similar processes to a production line. Within the highway sector, the project will potentially have a significant impact in the future. Bluefrog gained insight into their manufacturing processes, knowledge transfer in 3D animation and VR application to modelling. Loxius applied pre-existing knowledge of model building but gained knowledge transfer for animation and VR and gained knowledge of two new sectors. Virtalis were able to apply point clouds gained from industrial data gathering to an existing VR tool, increasing its utility as well as understanding of cost:benefit issues for the construction sector.
First Year Of Impact 2014
Sector Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology
Impact Types Economic