About Us
Western Sydney University’s Factory of the Future is a state-of-the-art collaborative facility equipped with smart manufacturing technologies including an integrated digital ecosystem spanning design, sensing simulation, automation, quality verification and logistics. Through technology demonstration, practical R&D collaboration for productivity-focused solutions and specialised workforce training, the Factory of the Future helps businesses to move fast and maximise value while effectively managing risk, to build the advanced manufacturing capabilities needed to compete in a rapidly changing global landscape.
Building the future: Smart products, Processes and Skilled people
The Factory of the Future focuses on three critical dimensions of manufacturing success:
Enable embedded intelligence and connectivity, for efficient, adaptive and high-performing capabilities. Through generative design, advanced materials, and embedded sensing, products can think, respond, and integrate seamlessly into digital ecosystems.
Integrate advanced production methods with connected systems for streamlined operations. Using digital twins and integrated sensing, businesses can model, simulate, and optimise workflows, boosting precision, agility and visibility of production. Skilled People: blend discipline-based expertise with digital literacy and data fluency. Harnessing human creativity, they collaborate with machines, empowering teams to apply robotics and automation with AI to build productive, sustainable and resilient production environments.
Blend discipline-based expertise with digital literacy and datafluency. Harnessing human creativity, they collaborate with machines, empowering teams to apply robotics and automation with AI to build productive, sustainable and resilient production environments.
Facilities
DISCOVERY SPACE:
Smart Factory Control Centre
Technology Demonstration
COLLABORATION ZONE:
Team-based Problem Solving
Creative Solution Development
IMMERSIVE TRAINING HUB:
Digital Manufacturing Skilling
Hands-on Learning Experiences
Solutions for Product Innovation and Production
- Building your Smart Factory Solution
- Optimising Quality, Productivity & Performance
- Developing New Products & Services
- Managing Energy Costs & Sustainability
- Growing Your Innovation Workforce
- Driving Human Machine Collaboration