Teams announced for Apprentice Automation Challenge 2024
发布时间：2024年5月27日 16:38
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IMechE’s engineering competition attracts strong participation, with 15 teams joining in its 10th Anniversary year.
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is delighted to announce the teams taking part in this year’s Apprentice Automation Challenge.
Taking place annually and celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, the Challenge engages with apprentice teams to design, develop and demonstrate a prototype device that automates a common product or process.
Through a combination of engineering knowledge, practical skills and plenty of creativity, participants enjoy the chance to develop and apply their abilities by working on an engineering project that is as close to the real world as possible. Alongside other student engineering challenges organised by the Institution, the Apprentice Automation Challenge plays a key role in the IMechE’s efforts to develop the skills of the next generation of engineers.
“It’s great to see that so many apprentices and organisations are engaging with the Challenge in our special anniversary year and that their values of developing apprentice talent align with ours,” said Toby Heagerty, the Challenge's Chief Judge. “On behalf of the judges on the organising committee I would like to wish all teams the best of luck with their prototypes, and an especially warm welcome to those joining us for the first time.
Organisations taking part this year include apprentices from Challenge regulars Leonardo and Niftylift alongside new entrants from Domino Printing Science, Ricoh UK Products, BAE Systems and others: read the full list of teams and their projects.
The next step will see teams join a welcome webinar hosted by the IMechE at the end of this month that will further outline expectations and provide teams with a chance to get answers to their burning questions. They will also be joined by members of 2023’s winning team It’s All Under Control from Leonardo UK, who secured their title with their Step Smart exercise device and will share lessons learned from their experiences last year.
Apprentice teams will then go on to the design, manufacturing and optimisation process of realising their prototypes, with a variety of products from recycling devices to self-measuring cooking gadgets and physical braille products among those announced so far. Apprentices will provide regular updates over the coming months up ahead of the finals later in the year, which will return to the Manufacturing Technology Centre on 27 September 2024, where judges will assess their prototypes and quiz the entrants on their engineering choices.
The winning team will not only walk away with a £2,000 prize but will also have the opportunity to join the prestigious TMMX Awards and exhibit their work at next year's Smart Manufacturing and Engineering Week.
Updates will be shared via the Challenge’s X, Facebook and LinkedIn social media channels, feel free to keep up to date with their progress as the teams go through the stages of the competition.
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Apprentice Automation Challenge is grateful for the continued support of its partners The Manufacturing Technology Centre and The Manufacturer magazine.
Taking place annually and celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, the Challenge engages with apprentice teams to design, develop and demonstrate a prototype device that automates a common product or process.
Through a combination of engineering knowledge, practical skills and plenty of creativity, participants enjoy the chance to develop and apply their abilities by working on an engineering project that is as close to the real world as possible. Alongside other student engineering challenges organised by the Institution, the Apprentice Automation Challenge plays a key role in the IMechE’s efforts to develop the skills of the next generation of engineers.
“It’s great to see that so many apprentices and organisations are engaging with the Challenge in our special anniversary year and that their values of developing apprentice talent align with ours,” said Toby Heagerty, the Challenge's Chief Judge. “On behalf of the judges on the organising committee I would like to wish all teams the best of luck with their prototypes, and an especially warm welcome to those joining us for the first time.
Organisations taking part this year include apprentices from Challenge regulars Leonardo and Niftylift alongside new entrants from Domino Printing Science, Ricoh UK Products, BAE Systems and others: read the full list of teams and their projects.
The next step will see teams join a welcome webinar hosted by the IMechE at the end of this month that will further outline expectations and provide teams with a chance to get answers to their burning questions. They will also be joined by members of 2023’s winning team It’s All Under Control from Leonardo UK, who secured their title with their Step Smart exercise device and will share lessons learned from their experiences last year.
Apprentice teams will then go on to the design, manufacturing and optimisation process of realising their prototypes, with a variety of products from recycling devices to self-measuring cooking gadgets and physical braille products among those announced so far. Apprentices will provide regular updates over the coming months up ahead of the finals later in the year, which will return to the Manufacturing Technology Centre on 27 September 2024, where judges will assess their prototypes and quiz the entrants on their engineering choices.
The winning team will not only walk away with a £2,000 prize but will also have the opportunity to join the prestigious TMMX Awards and exhibit their work at next year's Smart Manufacturing and Engineering Week.
Updates will be shared via the Challenge’s X, Facebook and LinkedIn social media channels, feel free to keep up to date with their progress as the teams go through the stages of the competition.
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Apprentice Automation Challenge is grateful for the continued support of its partners The Manufacturing Technology Centre and The Manufacturer magazine.
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