New and Emerging Technologies

• Robotics


  A type of automation which uses...
• Modular buildings


  • Quick
  • Cheap
• Impact on Industry


  • Robotics
  • Modular buildings
• Impact on Enterprise


  • Continuous improvement
  • Efficient working
• Efficient devices created
• Impact on Environment


  • Efficient devices created
  • Limits on pollutants
• Impact on People


  • Tech push us harder
  • Up-skilling due to automation
• Impact on Culture


  • Consumer driven society
  • Fashion
• Impact on Society


  • Production techniques and systems
  • Informing design choices
• CAD


  Computer-aided design
• CAM


  Computer-aided manufacturing
• Flexible manufacturing systems


  Quantity or type of part can be altered on the fly
• Lean manufacturing


  Minimising costs and increasing efficiency by adapting designs and changing production process
• Planned obsolescence


  Bad for environment
• Design for maintenance


  Low-tech/modular products with replacement parts available
• Design for disassembly


  Can be taken apart at end of life with parts reused or recycled
• Environmental design


  Using recyclable materials, sustainable transport
• Robotics


  A type of automation which uses AI
• Modular buildings


  • Quick
  • Cheap
• Impact on Industry


  • Robotics
  • Modular buildings
• Impact on Enterprise


  • Continuous improvement
  • Efficient working
• Continuous improvement involves small improvements that increase efficiency and products
• Efficient working involves increasing production speed and reducing errors
• Examples of efficient working

  • CAM; QC
• Impact on Environment


  • Efficient devices created
  • Limits on pollutants
• Impact on People


  • Tech pushing market
  • Up-skilling due to automation
• Impact on Culture


  • Consumer-driven society
  • Fashion
• Impact on Society


  • Production techniques and systems
  • Informing design choices
• CAD CAM


  Computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing
• Flexible manufacturing systems


  Quantity or type of part can be altered on the fly
• Lean manufacturing


  Minimising costs and increasing efficiency by adapting designs and changing production processes
• Informing design choices


  • Planned obsolescence
  • Design for maintenance
  • Design for disassembly
  • Environmental design
• Planned obsolescence


  Bad for the environment
• Design for maintenance


  Low-tech/modular products with replacement parts available
• Design for disassembly


  Can be taken apart at end of life with parts reused or recycled
• Environmental design


  Using recyclable materials and sustainable transport