
The latest thought leadership from our expert teams

Investing in Automation
Resisting automation is no longer an option – so the attention of the world’s C-Suite is turning from the question of ROI to three fundamentals… what kind of robotics and automation should I pursue, how can automation make my business more resilient, and how do I make my business ready for automation, autonomy and their successful scaling?
- Robotics
- Sensing
- Strategic advice

Driving Net Zero – Is agritech ready to capture carbon?
The changing regulatory and subsidy systems underpinning farming are undergoing radical change. Furthermore, issues such as soil health, net zero and farm nature value are increasingly in the public eye.
- AI & Analytics
- Digital service innovation
- Optics
- Physical sciences
- Sensing
- Signal processing

Closing the loop for true ploughing automation
If your business is making agricultural equipment, you’d be forgiven a wry smile at the ongoing frustrations of automotive OEMs as they strive to develop autonomous vehicles
- AI & Data Analytics consultancy
- Connectivity & IoT
- Robotics
- Sensing

The AI renaissance: why it has taken off and where it is going
The technological enablers for widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) have fallen into place. Early movers in technology industries have driven initial applications, but the scene is now set for widespread and accelerated adoption...
- AI & Analytics

Collaborative autonomous drone fleets for next-level UAS operations
This reveals our vision and live demonstration of automated, AI-powered, collaborative uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) fleets and the exciting commercial use cases these present.
- AI & Analytics
- Digital service innovation
- Robotics
- Sensing

From bench to scale: our workshop insights for tough tech start ups
It soon becomes crunch time for an entrepreneurial start up with a ground-breaking idea in tough tech innovation. While exploring some of the details of CC’s workshop approach, Roger Mainwaring-Burton reveal the secrets of taking a product, service or company from benchtop to scale to success in the market…
- Innovation management
- Product realisation
- Project management
- Strategic advice

How virtual testing with intelligent simulation can drive faster innovation
We’re helping an increasing number of clients to understand the benefits of using simulation for their development of autonomous systems and autonomous vehicles. In this video and dedicated website package, Tarika George provides insight into how virtual testing with intelligent simulation can cut costs and accelerate time to market…
- AI & Analytics
- Augmented reality & virtual reality
- Robotics
- Strategic advice

Biologics are the future for agriculture, but collaboration will drive commercial development and success
With transformative opportunities in biological products and sustainable biofuels on the horizon, the agritech industry needs to work together to achieve commercial success and realize environmental advantages. Fresh from his visit to the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco, Niall Mottram calls for actions to back up the promising rhetoric...
- AI & Analytics
- Bioinnovation
- Sensing
- Sustainability

Trusting autonomy and ensuring quantum resilience for government as security threats emerge
Potential quantum attacks on government agencies and the military are part and parcel of the changing security landscape. In turn, government organizations are exploring the use of quantum for defense security, as well as the efficiencies of future states that these technologies will enable for mission-critical operations.
- Innovation management
- Product realisation
- Project management
- Strategic advice

Autonomous and robotic solutions for agriculture – ready to deliver on the promise in 2023?
Improved farming efficiencies are vital if the world is to rise to the challenge of feeding a 10 billion global population by 2050. Fresh from his trip to the Vision Conference in Glendale, Arizona, Krishnan Parameswaran reflects on the advances in digital twins, artificial intelligence and machine learning that are taking precision agriculture to the next level
- AI & Analytics
- Digital service innovation
- Robotics
- Sensing
- Sustainability

HBx, the tiny green dot that could spur the air industry towards net zero
Decarbonising aviation is a herculean task. Even an aircraft as fuel efficient as Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner uses 30 tonnes of kerosene to fly across the Atlantic. Batteries can’t be expected to achieve the power to weight ratio needed to replace this fuel. For all the interest in green hydrogen and related synthetic fuels it will be decades before a truly zero-carbon airliner can be expected to be carrying passengers.
- Bioinnovation
- Innovation management
- Strategic advice

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit gets down to business on regenerative agriculture and carbon capture
The tangible sense of joy in being able to interact with people face-to-face at last week’s World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit soon switched to a business-like determination to confront the big issues of the day. I had plenty of lively discussions about forward strategies as the industry comes to grips with the challenges – and vast opportunities – of doing the right thing for both business and the planet.
- AI & Analytics
- Sensing
- Strategic advice