by Stephen Chapman A new partnership has been agreed to identify Artificial Intelligence opportunities in manufacturing. The Alan Turing Institute and the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to draw on their research and development skills across manufacturing, data science, machine learning and AI. The organisations hope to identify and find solutions to some of the “grand challenges” facing the manufacturing sector, including meeting increasing demand and the response to Covid-19. “Bringing these world-class organisations together will provide a tremendously valuable resource for the UK’s manufacturing sector,” said Professor Rab Scott, Head of Digital at the AMRC.