Edinburgh Centre for Robotics
Edinburgh, UK robotics research centre run jointly by Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh; hosts EPSRC doctoral training programs.
The Edinburgh Centre for Robotics is a joint research centre operated by Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. It brings together more than 80 investigators from cross-disciplinary research groups and institutes at the two universities to study dependable and safe interaction between robots, people, and their environments.
The centre's research spans healthcare, assisted living, energy, construction, defence, transport, space, automotive manufacturing, nuclear operations, digital media, and education. It hosts Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Centres for Doctoral Training in robotics and autonomous systems, including the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Dependable and Deployable AI for Robotics (CDT-D2AIR), which trains PhD students alongside industrial partners.
The centre works with the National Robotarium, a robotics and AI facility associated with Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, and supports collaboration between doctoral researchers and industry aimed at moving robotics research results toward products and deployable systems.
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