Manufacturing Systems
The manufacturing backbone of the institution — modular, scalable, digitally native, sustainable.
Hybrid and Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Architecture Labs
§ R1.01Scope
What this division works on.
Modular factories
Factory-as-a-product — deployable production cells with standard interfaces.
Computational design
Generative structural and process design; simulation-first engineering.
Digital twins
Continuous simulation of physical systems, synchronised with deployment telemetry.
Distributed production
Geographically distributed manufacturing networks with shared IP and standards.
§ R1.02Research Programs
Active research programs.
Each program carries a Technology Readiness Level — TRL 1 for foundational research, TRL 9 for systems proven in operation. Research programs are evaluated on knowledge produced, not on revenue.
R1-01
Modular production cell v1
A containerised manufacturing cell with standardised power, data, and material interfaces. Target — re-deployable between geographies in under 72 hours.
TRL 04 /09
BASIC APPLIED DEPLOY
R1-02
Generative process design
A framework for computational exploration of manufacturing process parameters — optimising for yield, energy, and cycle time simultaneously.
TRL 03 /09
BASIC APPLIED DEPLOY
R1-03
Twin-synchronous maintenance
Digital twin maintained in lock-step with deployed cells; predictive maintenance informed by process-level simulation rather than sensor heuristics alone.
TRL 03 /09
BASIC APPLIED DEPLOY