The National Robotarium website is now live
Submitted by Anne Murphy on Fri, 24/04/2020 - 09:35The website for The National Robotarium is now live. Please visit https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/research/the-national-robotarium.htm
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Spring 2020 Newsletter
Submitted by Mirren McLeod on Tue, 21/04/2020 - 10:07Winter Newsletter
Submitted by Zoe McGonigle on Tue, 07/01/2020 - 10:40Our Winter 2019 Newsletter came out a few weeks ago, in case you missed it you can find it here.
Centre Academics participate in Digital Health and Care Fest
Submitted by Anne Murphy on Mon, 18/11/2019 - 11:25
Centre Academics, Dr Mauro Dragone and Dr Christian Dondrup presented at one of the sessions at the 2019 Digital Health and Care Fest on Thursday 21st November.
UK Government Minister for Scotland visits the Centre
Submitted by Anne Murphy on Thu, 15/08/2019 - 08:25UK Government Minister Robin Walker was given a tour of Heriot-Watt University’s world leading robotics facilities as he discussed progress on the creation of a National Robotarium.
The proposed facility, which is supported with £21 million from the UK Government, will be a world-class hub, developing and utilising the next generation of robot technology which has the potential to transform lives, industry and our economy.
Centre Director to co-lead government initiative to scale-up robotics sector
Submitted by Anne Murphy on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 14:12Professor David Lane, CBE FREng FRSE, Director of the Edinburgh Centre of Robotics, has been named co-chair of the Robotics Growth Partnership alongside Paul Clarke CBE, Chief Technology Officer at the online shopping and robotics giant, Ocado.
The ministerial appointments were announced recently by the Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Chris Skidmore MP, during a series of speeches emphasising the Government's commitment to realising investment of 2.4% of GDP in research and development by 2027.
CDT students host joint Robotics CDT conference
Submitted by Anne Murphy on Wed, 10/07/2019 - 12:16
Students from the Centre successfully hosted the third annual student conference held jointly with the EPSRC CDTs in Bristol, Edinburgh and Oxford on the 3rd and 4th June. Fellow students from Bristol and Oxford arrived in Edinburgh on the Sunday evening and had the opportunity to join on a bus tour of the beautiful city.
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, Canada
Submitted by Anne Murphy on Thu, 04/07/2019 - 14:34RAS CDT student, Christian Rauch attended the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Montreal, Canada from 20th -24th May.
ICRA is the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society’s flagship conference, attracting 4145 participants from 71 different countries.
Christian presented his recent work on articulated tracking and took the opportunity to discuss his research with others working in the same area.
NASA Valkyrie interactive experience installed at Bayes Centre
Submitted by Zoe McGonigle on Wed, 19/06/2019 - 10:45An interactive touchscreen display has been installed in the Bayes Centre foyer, providing further information about the NASA Valkyrie.
Prof. David Lane appointed to AI Council
Submitted by Mirren McLeod on Wed, 29/05/2019 - 14:02Prof. David Lane joins leaders in business and data privacy organisations, as well as from academia, in his new role on the UK Government’s AI Council.
This is an important time in the evolution and application of this most disruptive and groundbreaking of technologies.
Prof. David Lane
The newly appointed members will help put in place the right skills, ethics and data so the UK can make the most of AI technologies.