University consortium
The RAINZ CDT is a collaborative consortium of three leading university research groups, united to understand how robotics can revolutionise the lifecycle asset management of critical infrastructure to support the UK's Net Zero Strategy.
The University of Manchester Centre for Robotics and AI
The Manchester Robotics and AI Centre stands as one of the UK's premier robotics centres, renowned for pioneering research combining robotics and artificial intelligence.
It fosters interdisciplinary partnerships and external collaborations, launching innovative research projects and securing new funding across fields such as engineering, computer science, materials, health, business, and ethics.
Through its top-tier training programmes, the Centre cultivates the next generation of research talent in robotics, autonomous systems, and AI.
University of Glasgow Autonomous Systems and Connectivity
With over 70 years of aerospace research heritage, the University of Glasgow is home to the Division of Autonomous Systems and Connectivity, recognised globally for its expertise in aeronautics, aerospace, communications, sensing, imaging systems, and devices. Researchers here are tackling complex, multidisciplinary challenges and developing future technological capabilities to deliver uninterrupted connectivity that is interoperable between aircraft, helicopters, drones, future electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles, satellites, command centres and mobile units deployed on the ground or at sea.
The group supports world leading testing facilities, including wind tunnels and the ESA/ESTEC Plume-Regolith Testing Facility; their extensive simulations expertise covers the range of phenomena associated with flight, fluids, structures, materials; and their research in robotics and autonomous systems is driving innovations in space and exploration, aerial, ground and underwater vehicles.
Glasgow leads with facilities for lab-based and simulation-based evaluations, and serves as a platform for developing autonomous wireless systems and advancing algorithms and technologies for the upcoming 6G.
Oxford Robotics Institute
The Oxford Robotics Institute brings together a multidisciplinary team of researchers, engineers, and students dedicated to expanding the boundaries of what robots can achieve. Their interests span a vast range: flying to grasping, from inspection to running, from haptics to driving, and exploring to planning.
Their research encompasses an array of technical topics, including machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision, fabrication, multispectral sensing, perception, and systems engineering.
This comprehensive expertise drives innovations across industries and showcases the institute's commitment to reshaping the role of robotics in the world.