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RACE welcomes £14 million boost for Culham-based transport innovators Oxbotica
UKAEA and RACE have welcomed the £14 million investment in autonomous vehicle company Oxbotica, which uses the Culham Science Centre site as a testing base. Oxbotica this week announced the investment, which it will use to accelerate its growth as it develops the software behind autonomous systems in sectors including aerospace, automotive, construction, logistics and ...
Nuclear robotics partners meet at Culham as RAIN Hub gathers momentum
Robotics experts from across the UK nuclear industry came together at Culham last month to plan the next steps in the £12 million RAIN (Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear) Hub initiative. Launched in 2017, RAIN Hub is a programme to make deployment of nuclear robotics the norm. RAIN is comprised of seven universities plus ...
ESS Active Cell Facility Industry Information Day
UKAEA / RACE are managing the capital works of ESS Active Cell Facility as part of the UK contribution to this project. Substantial opportunities to participate are out for tender or are imminent, RACE are holding an information day on its procurements and how to be involved. Facilitated supplier networking sessions will be help to ...
Evolving world of robotics and AI is crucial in shaping future fusion powerplants
‘To make the most of these new technologies, we must be focused on the long-term.’ Whether it’s electric cars, in-orbit robotics, the manufacturing industry, or even the surprising announcement that Madame Tussauds is stepping into the world of animatronics, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are at the heart of many of the latest technological developments ...
TARM team complete latest stage of major remote handling refurb
It follows the completion of the first stage refurbishment of the Telescopic Articulated Remote Mast (TARM) – a huge remote handling system – which after being used to perform ex-vessel maintenance on JET is now set for a new lease of life at RACE. The TARM was raised into position in the RACE work hall ...
RACE event is pitch perfect for entrepreneurs
The Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION) brought together the inventors and entrepreneurs at the Invest in Robotics and AI event at Culham earlier this month. It followed hot on the heels of the £68million of investment awarded from the Government’s Industrial Strategy to the latest ground-breaking research and innovation projects in robotics and AI systems. ...
RACE visit to China a chance to talk robotics with students
Rob gave a series of lectures on the significance of robotics in challenging environments with a talk entitled RACE to ZERO: towards Zero Manual Intervention. It formed 2017’s IET Prestige Lecture and stems from Rob’s involvement as a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The lecture series was held across nine different ...
DRIVEN consortium visits Downing Street
On Wednesday 15 November, the DRIVEN consortium, of which RACE is a member, was given the chance to showcase its ground-breaking autonomous vehicle technology at 10 Downing Street. DRIVEN project director Graeme Smith and Professor Paul Newman, Director of the Oxford Robotics Institute, drove one of the specially modified cars to Downing Street and showed ...
New funding rains down on RACE
UKAEA’s RACE facility is a major partner in a consortium that has been awarded £11.9m of Government funding to undertake world-leading research into robotic and autonomous technologies for the nuclear industry. The Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear (RAIN) project is led by the University of Manchester with RACE joining the Universities of Oxford, Liverpool, ...
RACE among winners in UK Government driverless car testing competition
RACE has won a share of a £51 million Government investment to upgrade the UK’s autonomous vehicle testing infrastructure. Four projects across the country have been awarded funding under the new MERIDIAN driverless vehicle programme. The projects will test the speed and safety of the vehicles and give British firms the facilities to compete globally ...
