(June 26, 2015) The
University of Southampton is to play a major role in helping to boost the UK’s
ability to develop and exploit the vast potential of robotics and autonomous
systems.
Southampton is one of the founding partners of the EPSRC UK
Robotics and Autonomous Systems Network (UK-RAS Network), which will bring
together the country’s key academic capabilities in robotics innovation under
national coordination for the first time. It will encourage academic and
industry collaborations to accelerate the development and adoption of robotics
and autonomous systems.
The Network was unveiled last night (24 June) at the Science
Museum in London following a public lecture on Robot Ethics, organised by IET
Robotics and Mechatronics Network in association with the Science Museum Lates
and supported by the EPSRC UK-RAS Network.