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International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Join us at ICRA in London from 29th May to 2nd June 2023. RACE will be demonstrating the latest developments in robotics for fusion and beyond. In our workshop, you can meet the research team, explore and exchange ideas to help accelerate fusion energy research and development.

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RACE’s CorteX software wins prestigious Engineering Award 

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The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has named RACE’s in-house developed robotic interoperability software, CorteX, as the winner of the Digital Futures category in its Impact in Society Awards. The IET awards celebrate teams of people from around the…

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UKAEA and Korea Institute of Fusion Energy sign MOU for remote handling for future fusion powerplants

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UKAEA and the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to partner in research and development for remote handling and the maintenance of future powerplants. The agreement supports an alliance between the UK and…

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TARM Arm at RACE

Preconference Workshop – Control, Estimation and Modelling Practice for Robotic Applications in Challenging Environments

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RACE and University of Manchester are organising an international workshop focusing on Control, Estimation and Modelling Practice for Robotic Applications in Challenging Environments at the European Control Conference 2022 (ECC22). This hybrid workshop will run for a full day on…

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New robotics hub shows way for challenge solving

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The RAICo1 facility in Whitehaven will be the first in a series of robotics and artificial intelligence collaboration hubs across the UK. This national scale was highlighted this week when the facility linked up with colleagues hundreds of miles away…

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CorteX - Future-Proof Interoperable Robotics

International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

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RACE recently held a workshop at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), which focussed on the challenges of creating Standardised Software Frameworks for robotics in nuclear environments. As robots are increasingly being considered as solutions to address…

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RACE lends a hand to Sellafield robotic dog trials

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UKAEA’s robotics team RACE was at Sellafield recently to advise and support on how canine-like robots could help the clean-up of Western Europe’s largest nuclear site. Sellafield Ltd held a three-day trial of Spot, the agile mobile robot developed by…

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Spot at Goodwood

Spot goes for a walk

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Robotics experts from RACE were invited to demonstrate the robotic quadruped ‘Spot’ at the Goodwood Festival of Speed ‘Future Lab’ event earlier this month. A team from RACE took two of the agile, robotic canines to the four-day Goodwood event…

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RAICo labs

RAICo Labs in West Cumbria event – 13th May

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RAICo Labs in West Cumbria – Smart people using smart machine Virtual event – Thursday 13th May 2021 The proposed Robotics and AI Collaboration Laboratory in Cumbria will enable end users and the supply chain, including academia, to work collaboratively…

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ESS installation

RACE engineer oversees start of the ESS pit lid installation in Sweden

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One of RACE’s graduates – James Lawton-Smith – had the chance to travel to Sweden to oversee the installation of the pit lids on the European Spallation Source (ESS) project. The ESS will be the world’s most powerful neutron source…

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£3 million nuclear robotics contract is first tranche in LongOps UK-Japan deal

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UKAEA has awarded Veolia Nuclear Solutions (UK) and Wälischmiller Engineering GmbH separate contracts totalling £3 million to supply robotic manipulator arms to its RACE research facility. The £3M contract stems from the £12M UK-Japanese robotics deal for fusion energy and…

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