Automation is so much more than industrial robots or productivity. And while certain economies seem to be way ahead of the investment curve, many worry about the comparatively high costs of automation for an SME and the ever present concerns about jobs. Asif Moghal is joined by Jocelyn Cole, Goods Lift General Manager for Penny Hydraulics and the University of Warwick’s Dr Simon Leigh to try to understand if the design and manufacturing is taking too narrow a view on the topic of automation and what it needs to do to embrace change.

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