The National Robotarium appoints first Head of Robotics
Dr Ingo Keller has been appointed as the first Head of Robotics at the National Robotarium, the UK’s centre for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. A software, AI and robotics engineer [...]
AI-empowered fishing net to help prevent marine bycatch
An underwater robotic sorting device which helps fishing trawlers prevent bycatch by identifying and sizing fish and other marine life in real-time is being developed by Heriot-Watt University scientists with [...]
National Robotarium sponsors farming robot to help care for crop plants and reduce chemical use
A pioneering autonomous robot is set to help farmers better monitor the health status of individual crop plants and reduce herbicide use. Experts from the National Robotarium, the UK’s world-leading [...]
Healthcare robot with ‘sense of touch’ could reduce infection spread
Deep tech robotics company and National Robotarium industry resident, Touchlab, has launched a first-of-its-kind robot which gives clinicians the ability to ‘feel’ patients remotely as part of a Finnish hospital [...]
Crewless maintenance vessels to support offshore wind farm repairs
Electric remotely operated vehicles (eROVs) that perform maintenance and repair tasks on offshore wind turbines are being developed by the National Robotarium in partnership with Fugro, the world’s leading [...]
New partnership with BE-ST launched at construction robotics event at the National Robotarium
Representatives from the built environment, construction, trade, science and policy gathered in Edinburgh on 2 May for a half-day event co-hosted by the National Robotarium, the UK’s leading centre for [...]
Grain-surfing robot the latest innovation to set up home at the National Robotarium
A unique burrowing robot which ‘swims’ through grain bulks to ensure crops are stored more efficiently has been launched by agritech developer Crover, a new tenant of the world-leading [...]
National Robotarium COO nominated for Scottish Ex-Forces in Business Award 2023
Steve Maclaren, Chief Operating Officer of the National Robotarium, has been announced as a finalist in the 2023 Scottish Ex-Forces in Business Awards. The awards, the world’s largest celebration of [...]
CENSIS donates £1000 to Heriot-Watt Robotics Society
CENSIS, Scotland's Innovation Centre for sensing, imaging and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies has recently donated £1000 to the Heriot-Watt University Robotics Society. The generous contribution was arranged to [...]
Touchlab Ltd move into the National Robotarium!
Touchlab Limited have been announced as the first industry residents to move into the National Robotarium. The Edinburgh-based start-up robotics company are developing and manufacturing a biomimetic e-skin system that [...]
