It's time to start building the smart factories of the future - and a 5G testbed in the North is making it happen writes AMRC's Aparajithan Sivanathan, Project Lead, 5G Factory of the Future. There have been many column inches extolling the virtues of 5G. We've been told it will revolutionise manufacturing, improve efficiency and productivity, and ultimately lead us to the smart factories of the future. But for most manufacturing firms, the idea of 5G and its lauded benefits still feels a long way off. Not quite science fiction, but not yet a day-today reality either.
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