The EPSRC UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems (UK-RAS) Network announces the launch of its 2023 competitions, inviting the UK’s primary schoolchildren to share their creative robot designs and imaginative stories with a panel of experts, for a chance to win some unique prizes.

The EPSRC UK-RAS Network and the educational publisher Twinkl, have announced the winners of the School Robot Competition 2020, an annual robot design challenge for groups of school students aged eight to 14 years old.

One of the world’s leading experts in the science of measurement, the University of Huddersfield’s Dame Jane Jiang, has been appointed to a new national body within the EPSRC that has a brief to identify bold new areas for research and investment.  

One of the world’s experts in the science of measurement, the University of Huddersfield’s Dame Jane Jiang, has been appointed to a new national body that has a brief to identify bold new areas for research and investment.

Robotics education should be made part of the school curriculum, according to a fifth of UK adults polled to mark the official start of UK Robotics Week (20th to 27th June 2019). Twenty percent of a representative sample of UK adults want compulsory lessons to be given in the nation’s schools so that children can fully engage with learning about robotics technology.

Public registration is now officially open for the International Robotics Showcase - a highlight event on Thursday 21st June that will mark the start of UK Robotics Week 2018, which returns from 21st-29th June 2018. The one-day grand finale showcase and speaker programme - featuring international robotics experts from across industry and academia - will be held on Thursday 21st June at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool, King’s Dock on the Liv...

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The registration for the pinnacle event of UK Robotics Week 2017, the International Robotics Showcase is now open. Jointly organised by the EPSRC UK-RAS Network and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the International Robotics Showcase will take place at IET Savoy Place in London from 9.00am–6.30pm.

Launching for the second annual UK Robotics Week, a new Social Care Robot Challenge, which is a national co-operative venture that will bring together UK experts from both academia and industry to advance the integration of robots into healthcare, including services designed to support older people and those living with long-term health conditions.

A range of robotics activities and challenges have opened to schools, academic institutions and industry sectors with the launch of UK Robotics Week 2017. These activities culminate in a national week of celebration being held 24th to 30th June 2017. The second annual UK Robotics Week is set to be even bigger and better, building on the success of the inaugural event.

More than a quarter of UK adults polled in the UK Robotics Week survey believe that the biggest benefit of driverless cars will be fewer road accidents. The research, commissioned by the EPSRC UK-RAS Network, is being released ahead of the first ever UK Robotics Week, scheduled from 25th June to 1st July 2016).

UK robotics innovation is taking centre stage this summer, with the announcement of a nationwide programme of exciting events for the first ever UK Robotics Week from 25th June to 1st July 2016. Events for people of all ages are being held up and down the country, spanning public lectures, open labs, schools, academic competitions, hackathons, tech weekends for children and cutting-edge robotics showcases.

The world’s pioneering researchers in robotic surgery are invited to showcase their innovative work by taking part in the Surgical Robot Challenge 2016. The Surgical Robot Challenge is open for entry from today, and the competition finals will be held from 20th to 27th June 2016 at the Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics in London, as part of the first ever UK Robotics Week.

The UK’s ability to develop and exploit the vast potential of Robotics and Autonomous Systems was given a major boost with the formal launch of The EPSRC UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems Network (UK-RAS Network). The Network will bring together the UK’s core academic capabilities in robotics innovation under national coordination for the first time and encourage academic and industry collaborations that will accelerate the developme...