Ventus sensor boost for 5G manufacturing

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A 5G sensor developed by engineers at AMRC North West is expected to unlock the low latency and productivity potential of 5G in manufacturing.

Dr Aparajithan Sivanathan, senior software engineer at AMRC North West, said the fully integrated sensor – dubbed Ventus – is unique to the manufacturing sector and can be connected to machines, sensors, robots, and building management systems.

Dr Sivanathan is project lead for the 5G Factory of the Future project, a £9.5m, two-year programme funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and delivered by an industry consortium that includes BAE Systems, IBM, aql, MTT, Miralis, Digital Catapult, and is being led by AMRC North West, part of the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult.

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5G Factory of the Future is an open-access industrial testbed that aims to find new and more efficient ways of manufacturing. The testbed will be based primarily at AMRC North West’s soon-to-be-completed £20m facility on the Samlesbury Aerospace Enterprise Zone in Lancashire.

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