Duc-Truong Pham is the Chance Professor of Engineering at the University of Birmingham. He has published over 700 papers and books on intelligent systems and advanced manufacturing and remanufacturing, and has graduated more than 100 PhD students. His awards include five prizes from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Automation Congress and a Distinguished International Academic Contribution Award from the IEEE. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Learned Society of Wales, SME, IET and IMechE.  He obtained his Bachelor's, PhD and DEng degrees from the University of Canterbury (NZ). Remanufacturing plays a vital role in the circular economy, yet the disassembly stage remains labour-intensive and technically demanding due to the uncertain, variable condition of returned products. Over the past ten years, the Autonomous Remanufacturing Laboratory at the University of Birmingham has undertaken a focused research programme to understand these challenges and develop robotic systems capable of performing disassembly tasks autonomously or in collaboration with human operators. This presentation highlights advances in the application of digital engineering tools that help machines overcome the issues posed by uncertainty and perform operations previously dependent on skilled human judgment. Following an introduction to remanufacturing—its challenges and its benefits—the presentation will describe work undertaken on the use of digital technologies to facilitate robotic disassembly. These include visual and force sensing, machine learning, intelligent optimisation, collaborative robots and digital twins, which together provide the essential foundations for building a stepping stone to smart digital remanufacturing.