<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-07-08T08:44:08Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/25C6A490-C194-48CC-BEAE-AEE632486642" ns1:id="25C6A490-C194-48CC-BEAE-AEE632486642"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/FABEC273-CA7D-458C-B928-6D77A8E8766F" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/985318FB-9AF7-4C09-ADA7-1F1293473FE1" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/53A1BFC5-6747-4D7A-B09D-B7CAC02D4C00" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/985318FB-9AF7-4C09-ADA7-1F1293473FE1" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2021-08-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/1193A270-DA58-4A81-9D99-DA5270BED2DF" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2019-03-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">105108</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>LaserTau - Large area laser processing of Aerospace Structures using the Tau Robot Platform</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>BEIS-Funded Programmes</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Laser processing can enable higher productivity in manufacturing aerospace structures. However, the lack of large-scale, cost-effective manipulator has limited the applicability of the process – LaserTAU will address this by combining laser processing with the ‘TAU’ robot platform.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>