Innovation centre
Labs, incubator programmes and pilots, in one workspace
A place to design, test and prove new solutions before they go to market.
Three parts
What the centre holds
Research labs
Lab spaces for electronics, embedded systems, automation or software, each with experiment templates, test protocols and documentation standards.
Incubator programmes
Cohorts with selection criteria, milestones and mentoring, matched to sectors such as energy, automation and digital.
Pilots and proofs of concept
Pilot projects with clear objectives, timelines, people involved and success measures.
How it works
Five steps from sign-up to scale-up
Sign up
Innovators, engineers and programme members register with a profile.
Sign on
Access opens to lab spaces, programme dashboards and pilot tools.
Design
Set up an experiment, a project or a pilot from a template.
Test
Run it, collect data, record the outcome and improve.
Transfer
A pilot that works is handed to the commercial side for scale-up.
Related pages
Where to go next
See Programmes, Technology and Learning.