The AMT Group conducts research at the forefront of manufacturing science and technology working in close cooperation with a number of strategic industrial partners and research centres worldwide. Research is supported by excellent manufacturing, assembly and metrology facilities, the latest technologies and equipment.
Current areas of research include:
- intelligent automation and assembly
- laser processing
- machining and condition monitoring
- metalforming
- micro- and nano-manufacturing
- precision manufacturing
- responsive manufacturing
- robotics
The Group has excellent facilities and is home to four leading research centres – the Nottingham Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre; the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Manufacturing Technology; the Precision Manufacturing Centre, including the Centre of Excellence in Customised Assembly; and the Waterjet Technology Centre.
The Human Factors Research Group conducts truly multidisciplinary research into our behaviours at work, home, travel and leisure to drive user-centred design for the products and systems that we use every day.
Research is wide-ranging spanning studies of the human computer interface, the safe use of objects by children, rail and road safety, and electronics assembly. The Group works both in the field and laboratory and its cutting-edge technical facilities – the Human Factors Transport Simulation Laboratory and the Usability and Ergonomics Laboratory – provide safe, controlled and cost effective research environments.
The centre has an impressive reputation for research in collaboration with Rolls-Royce to find innovative solutions to specific industry needs. Research spans a variety of areas including abrasive flow machining, conventional machining optimisation, process monitoring, and rapid manufacturing.
State-of-the-art facilities give researchers access to conventional and non-conventional machining equipment as well as process monitoring sensors and the latest in CAD/CAM software.