Mike Wilson has over 30 years' experience in the application of automation to manufacturing across a broad range of industry sectors throughout Europe, Asia and America. He is widely recognised as one of the leading authorities on the application of industrial robot systems in the UK. Mike is general industry sales manager for ABB Robotics, leading the drive to increase the use of robots across UK manufacturing. In addition, he is chairman of the British Automation and Robot Association; director of the Processing and Packaging Machinery Association; board member of the Engineering and Machinery Alliance; and serves on the Technical Advisory Board for the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Intelligent Automation, and the Advisory Board of the Midlands Robotics Network.