Press Releases
Super Broccoli takes brassica family to Chelsea Flower Show
Warwick HRI, the University's plant research Department, has created a stand at the Chelsea Flower showcasing their research to breed a "Super Broccoli" which will: help us live longer, last longer on our shelves, and use much less pesticide and fertilizer.
Cheap Robots fuel Boom in Sales to US Small Businesses - but not in the UK
The latest survey of robot sales in the UK produced by British Automation and Robot Association (BARA), based at the University of Warwick, reveals UK small businesses are failing to exploit a significant fall in price of industrial robots at a time when US figures are showing record sales of robots to US small businesses.
7% of the robots sold in the UK are now on drugs
The latest survey of robot sales in the UK produced by British Automation and Robot Association (BARA), based at the University of Warwick, reveals that 7% of the robots sold in the UK are now on drugs. Pharmaceutical industry stands out clearly as being a significant growth area for UK robot sales against an overall robot sales market that appears relatively static.
Minister visits University to mark first national consulting award to a public sector organisation
Minister of Trade Ian Pearson is to make a special visit to the International Manufacturing Centre to personally present the first ever National Consulting Award to a public sector business advisory service - the B2B Centre.
Robots To Slash Farm Labour Costs
Robots are on the march again into the last bastion of labour intensive industry - farming and horticulture. Research engineers and horticulture specialists at the University of Warwick are working together to devise a suite of robots and automated systems which could transform farming and horticulture over the next decade.
Researchers Find Dashboard Switches Swings Customer Choice of £50,000 Cars
Researchers in the University of Warwick's Warwick Manufacturing Group have been working to capitalize on the fact that the mere feel of the switches on a £1000 dashboard could be the deciding factor in whether customers purchase £50,000 luxury cars.