Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear (RAIN)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Abstract
The nuclear industry has some of the most extreme environments in the world, with radiation levels and other hazards frequently restricting human access to facilities. Even when human entry is possible, the risks can be significant and very low levels of productivity. To date, robotic systems have had limited impact on the nuclear industry, but it is clear that they offer considerable opportunities for improved productivity and significantly reduced human risk. The nuclear industry has a vast array of highly complex and diverse challenges that span the entire industry: decommissioning and waste management, Plant Life Extension (PLEX), Nuclear New Build (NNB), small modular reactors (SMRs) and fusion.
Whilst the challenges across the nuclear industry are varied, they share many similarities that relate to the extreme conditions that are present. Vitally these similarities also translate across into other environments, such as space, oil and gas and mining, all of which, for example, have challenges associated with radiation (high energy cosmic rays in space and the presence of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) in mining and oil and gas). Major hazards associated with the nuclear industry include radiation; storage media (for example water, air, vacuum); lack of utilities (such as lighting, power or communications); restricted access; unstructured environments.
These hazards mean that some challenges are currently intractable in the absence of solutions that will rely on future capabilities in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI). Reliable robotic systems are not just essential for future operations in the nuclear industry, but they also offer the potential to transform the industry globally. In decommissioning, robots will be required to characterise facilities (e.g. map dose rates, generate topographical maps and identify materials), inspect vessels and infrastructure, move, manipulate, cut, sort and segregate waste and assist operations staff. To support the life extension of existing nuclear power plants, robotic systems will be required to inspect and assess the integrity and condition of equipment and facilities and might even be used to implement urgent repairs in hard to reach areas of the plant. Similar systems will be required in NNB, fusion reactors and SMRs.
Furthermore, it is essential that past mistakes in the design of nuclear facilities, which makes the deployment of robotic systems highly challenging, do not perpetuate into future builds. Even newly constructed facilities such as CERN, which now has many areas that are inaccessible to humans because of high radioactive dose rates, has been designed for human, rather than robotic intervention. Another major challenge that RAIN will grapple with is the use of digital technologies within the nuclear sector. Virtual and Augmented Reality, AI and machine learning have arrived but the nuclear sector is poorly positioned to understand and use these rapidly emerging technologies.
RAIN will deliver the necessary step changes in fundamental robotics science and establish the pathways to impact that will enable the creation of a research and innovation ecosystem with the capability to lead the world in nuclear robotics. While our centre of gravity is around nuclear we have a keen focus on applications and exploitation in a much wider range of challenging environments.
Whilst the challenges across the nuclear industry are varied, they share many similarities that relate to the extreme conditions that are present. Vitally these similarities also translate across into other environments, such as space, oil and gas and mining, all of which, for example, have challenges associated with radiation (high energy cosmic rays in space and the presence of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) in mining and oil and gas). Major hazards associated with the nuclear industry include radiation; storage media (for example water, air, vacuum); lack of utilities (such as lighting, power or communications); restricted access; unstructured environments.
These hazards mean that some challenges are currently intractable in the absence of solutions that will rely on future capabilities in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI). Reliable robotic systems are not just essential for future operations in the nuclear industry, but they also offer the potential to transform the industry globally. In decommissioning, robots will be required to characterise facilities (e.g. map dose rates, generate topographical maps and identify materials), inspect vessels and infrastructure, move, manipulate, cut, sort and segregate waste and assist operations staff. To support the life extension of existing nuclear power plants, robotic systems will be required to inspect and assess the integrity and condition of equipment and facilities and might even be used to implement urgent repairs in hard to reach areas of the plant. Similar systems will be required in NNB, fusion reactors and SMRs.
Furthermore, it is essential that past mistakes in the design of nuclear facilities, which makes the deployment of robotic systems highly challenging, do not perpetuate into future builds. Even newly constructed facilities such as CERN, which now has many areas that are inaccessible to humans because of high radioactive dose rates, has been designed for human, rather than robotic intervention. Another major challenge that RAIN will grapple with is the use of digital technologies within the nuclear sector. Virtual and Augmented Reality, AI and machine learning have arrived but the nuclear sector is poorly positioned to understand and use these rapidly emerging technologies.
RAIN will deliver the necessary step changes in fundamental robotics science and establish the pathways to impact that will enable the creation of a research and innovation ecosystem with the capability to lead the world in nuclear robotics. While our centre of gravity is around nuclear we have a keen focus on applications and exploitation in a much wider range of challenging environments.
Planned Impact
The nuclear industry is of enormous importance to UK society and its economy both in the short and long-term. Decommissioning the UK's legacy facilities is currently costing the UK Government approximately £3Bn/year, with estimates of its total cost over the next 120 years ranging from £90Bn-220Bn. Investment in Nuclear New Build (NNB) before 2030 is expected to be approximately £60Bn and the cost of building and operating a geological disposal facility is approximately £14Bn.
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI) has a significant part to play in the UK's decommissioning programme with the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) estimating 20% of the costs of complex decommissioning projects will be spent on RAI, assuming the continued reliance on bespoke single use solutions. RAIN will deliver innovation in modular, reusable robotics with the target of achieving >20% improvements in cost and productivity in decommissioning and zero-human entries in to radioactive facilities. Conservative estimates by NNL indicate that robotic systems have already resulted in productivity improvements of >10% and that RAI has the potential to reduce decommissioning costs across the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) estate by approximately £11.7Bn.
New RAI technologies will lower costs and timescales, reduce risk and improve safety in high consequence interventions. The exposure of human workers to radiation and other hazards will be reduced significantly with the adoption of RAI and with reliable remote inspection of existing facilities possible, there is the potential to increase the life-span of the UK's existing reactor fleet, helping to secure the country's future energy provision.
Decommissioning legacy nuclear facilities and the inspection of new and old nuclear power plants is not a problem confined to the UK. The race to develop nuclear weapons and prototype reactors has left considerable decommissioning challenges in the USA, Russia, Korea and many other nations. In 2014 the IAEA recorded that there were a total of 438 nuclear reactors in operation with a further 59 under construction. The cost of decommissioning these reactors, legacy facilities and the additional 150 reactors that are already in permanent shutdown will cost approximately £1T. The development of reliable, functional robotic systems has the potential to transform decommissioning operations in all these countries and hence the export market for nuclear robotics is vast. The UK has an established reputation for delivering world leading nuclear science research and innovative decommissioning solutions and thus has the potential to become the recognised world leader in nuclear robotics.
The widespread adoption of RAI in the nuclear industry will also have a knock-on effect, that will support the use of robotics in other extreme environments, such as space for off-planet missions and in-orbit satellite design and maintenance and offshore operations, where it is estimated that up to 150 platforms around the UK will require decommissioning in the next 10 years and that the decommissioning costs in the North Sea alone will total £50Bn - £60Bn over the next 25 years.
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI) has a significant part to play in the UK's decommissioning programme with the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) estimating 20% of the costs of complex decommissioning projects will be spent on RAI, assuming the continued reliance on bespoke single use solutions. RAIN will deliver innovation in modular, reusable robotics with the target of achieving >20% improvements in cost and productivity in decommissioning and zero-human entries in to radioactive facilities. Conservative estimates by NNL indicate that robotic systems have already resulted in productivity improvements of >10% and that RAI has the potential to reduce decommissioning costs across the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) estate by approximately £11.7Bn.
New RAI technologies will lower costs and timescales, reduce risk and improve safety in high consequence interventions. The exposure of human workers to radiation and other hazards will be reduced significantly with the adoption of RAI and with reliable remote inspection of existing facilities possible, there is the potential to increase the life-span of the UK's existing reactor fleet, helping to secure the country's future energy provision.
Decommissioning legacy nuclear facilities and the inspection of new and old nuclear power plants is not a problem confined to the UK. The race to develop nuclear weapons and prototype reactors has left considerable decommissioning challenges in the USA, Russia, Korea and many other nations. In 2014 the IAEA recorded that there were a total of 438 nuclear reactors in operation with a further 59 under construction. The cost of decommissioning these reactors, legacy facilities and the additional 150 reactors that are already in permanent shutdown will cost approximately £1T. The development of reliable, functional robotic systems has the potential to transform decommissioning operations in all these countries and hence the export market for nuclear robotics is vast. The UK has an established reputation for delivering world leading nuclear science research and innovative decommissioning solutions and thus has the potential to become the recognised world leader in nuclear robotics.
The widespread adoption of RAI in the nuclear industry will also have a knock-on effect, that will support the use of robotics in other extreme environments, such as space for off-planet missions and in-orbit satellite design and maintenance and offshore operations, where it is estimated that up to 150 platforms around the UK will require decommissioning in the next 10 years and that the decommissioning costs in the North Sea alone will total £50Bn - £60Bn over the next 25 years.
Organisations
- University of Manchester (Lead Research Organisation)
- ETH Zurich (Collaboration)
- Cavendish Nuclear (Collaboration)
- National Nuclear Laboratory (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Rolls Royce Group Plc (Collaboration)
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) (Collaboration)
- Createc (Collaboration)
- Department for Work and Pensions (Collaboration)
- Institute of Safety Problems in Nuclear Power Plants (ISP NPP) (Collaboration)
- D-RisQ (Collaboration)
- Kelda Group (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- Atomic Weapons Establishment (Collaboration)
- British Nuclear Fuel Limited (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- SELLAFIELD LTD (Collaboration)
- Office of Nuclear Regulation (Collaboration)
- KMG Systems Ltd (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Collaboration)
- Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (Collaboration)
- University of Trento (Collaboration)
- ADELARD LLP (Collaboration)
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (Collaboration)
- Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (Collaboration)
- Valtegra (Project Partner)
- Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC) (Project Partner)
- Nuvia (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Tharsus (Project Partner)
- BP (United States) (Project Partner)
- Longenecker and Associates (United States) (Project Partner)
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Project Partner)
- University of Florida (Project Partner)
- Sellafield (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Forth Engineering Ltd (Project Partner)
- Festo Ltd (Project Partner)
- Italian Institute of Technology (Project Partner)
- Oliver Crispin Robotics (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (Project Partner)
- Nuclear AMRC (Project Partner)
- Fusion for Energy (Project Partner)
- Beihang University (Project Partner)
- Sprint Robotics (Project Partner)
- Atomic Weapons Establishment (Project Partner)
- Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- EDF Energy (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Uniper Technologies Ltd. (Project Partner)
- Shadow Robot (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Createc (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Innotec (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Imitec Ltd (Project Partner)
- James Fisher Nuclear Limited (Project Partner)
- ITER - International Fusion Energy Org (Project Partner)
- Department for International Trade (Project Partner)
- Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (Project Partner)
- Gassco (Norway) (Project Partner)
- Moog Controls Ltd (Project Partner)
- ABB (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (Project Partner)
- Manufacturing Technology Centre (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- The University of Texas at Austin (Project Partner)
Publications
Aitken J
(2018)
Autonomous Nuclear Waste Management
in IEEE Intelligent Systems
Budd M
(2022)
Probabilistic Planning for AUV Data Harvesting from Smart Underwater Sensor Networks
in IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2022-October, 12051-12057
Bird B
(2019)
A Robot to Monitor Nuclear Facilities: Using Autonomous Radiation-Monitoring Assistance to Reduce Risk and Cost
in IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
Gangapurwala S
(2020)
Guided Constrained Policy Optimization for Dynamic Quadrupedal Robot Locomotion
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Wisth D
(2019)
Robust Legged Robot State Estimation Using Factor Graph Optimization
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Brandao M
(2020)
GaitMesh: Controller-Aware Navigation Meshes for Long-Range Legged Locomotion Planning in Multi-Layered Environments
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Tinchev G
(2019)
Learning to See the Wood for the Trees: Deep Laser Localization in Urban and Natural Environments on a CPU
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Hu J
(2020)
Cooperative Control of Heterogeneous Connected Vehicle Platoons: An Adaptive Leader-Following Approach
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Nigam A
(2018)
Detect Globally, Label Locally: Learning Accurate 6-DOF Object Pose Estimation by Joint Segmentation and Coordinate Regression
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Judd K
(2019)
The Oxford Multimotion Dataset: Multiple SE(3) Motions With Ground Truth
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Russo M
(2022)
Cooperative Continuum Robots: Enhancing Individual Continuum Arms by Reconfiguring Into a Parallel Manipulator
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Ramezani M
(2020)
Online LiDAR-SLAM for Legged Robots with Robust Registration and Deep-Learned Loop Closure
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Mohammad A
(2021)
An Efficient Follow-the-Leader Strategy for Continuum Robot Navigation and Coiling
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Gomes D
(2021)
Generation of GelSight Tactile Images for Sim2Real Learning
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Finean M
(2022)
Where Should I Look? Optimised Gaze Control for Whole-Body Collision Avoidance in Dynamic Environments
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2022.
Hung CM
(2022)
Reaching Through Latent Space: From Joint Statistics to Path Planning in Manipulation
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2022.
Zhang L
(2022)
Hilti-Oxford Dataset: A Millimeter-Accurate Benchmark for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 1-8
Gangapurwala S
(2020)
Guided Constrained Policy Optimization for Dynamic Quadrupedal Robot Locomotion
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020
Ramezani M
(2020)
Online LiDAR-SLAM for Legged Robots with Robust Registration and Deep-Learned Loop Closure
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020.
Tinchev G
(2021)
SKD: Keypoint Detection for Point Clouds using Saliency Estimation
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021.
Wisth D
(2021)
Unified Multi-Modal Landmark Tracking for Tightly Coupled Lidar-Visual-Inertial Odometry
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021.
TINCHEV G
(2021)
SKD: Keypoint Detection for Point Clouds using Saliency Estimation
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021.
Zhang L
(2022)
Balancing the Budget: Feature Selection and Tracking for Multi-Camera Visual-Inertial Odometry
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022.
Mattmala M
(2022)
An Efficient Locally Reactive Controller for Safe Navigation in Visual Teach and Repeat Missions
in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022.
Zhang L
(2022)
Balancing the Budget: Feature Selection and Tracking for Multi-Camera Visual-Inertial Odometry
in IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS, 7(2), 1182-1189
Mattmala M
(2022)
An Efficient Locally Reactive Controller for Safe Navigation in Visual Teach and Repeat Missions
in IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS, 7(2), 2353-2360
Hu J
(2022)
Robust Formation Coordination of Robot Swarms With Nonlinear Dynamics and Unknown Disturbances: Design and Experiments
in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs
Wu K
(2021)
Finite-Time Bearing-Only Formation Tracking of Heterogeneous Mobile Robots With Collision Avoidance
in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs
Hu J
(2022)
Occlusion-Based Coordination Protocol Design for Autonomous Robotic Shepherding Tasks
in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
Na S
(2023)
Federated Reinforcement Learning for Collective Navigation of Robotic Swarms
in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
Carrigan T
(2019)
Nondestructive Testing of Nonmetallic Pipelines Using Microwave Reflectometry on an In-Line Inspection Robot
in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Tiseo C
(2021)
HapFIC: An Adaptive Force/Position Controller for Safe Environment Interaction in Articulated Systems
in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2021.
Nancekievill M
(2018)
Development of a Radiological Characterization Submersible ROV for Use at Fukushima Daiichi
in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Li M
(2018)
Comparison of Deformation Models of Flexible Manipulator Joints for Use in DEMO
in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Wisth D
(2022)
VILENS: Visual, Inertial, Lidar, and Leg Odometry for All-Terrain Legged Robots
in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS
Cheah W
(2023)
MIRRAX: A Reconfigurable Robot for Limited Access Environments
in IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Hu J
(2021)
A Decentralized Cluster Formation Containment Framework for Multirobot Systems
in IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Merkt W
(2021)
Memory Clustering using Persistent Homology for Multimodality- and Discontinuity-Sensitive Learning of Optimal Control Warm-starts
in IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2021.
Harris A
(2021)
Online Plan Modification in Uncertain Resource-Constrained Environments
in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2021.
Gangapurwala S
(2022)
RLOC: Terrain-Aware Legged Locomotion using Reinforcement Learning and Optimal Control
in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022.
Hu J
(2020)
Voronoi-Based Multi-Robot Autonomous Exploration in Unknown Environments via Deep Reinforcement Learning
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Russo M
(2022)
A Kinematic Coupling Mechanism With Binary Electromagnetic Actuators for High-Precision Positioning
in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
Ba W
(2021)
Design and Validation of a Novel Fuzzy-Logic-Based Static Feedback Controller for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots
in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
Ma N
(2020)
Modeling and Experimental Validation of a Compliant Underactuated Parallel Kinematic Manipulator
in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
Ghosh A
(2020)
Human Robot Interaction for Future Remote Manipulations in Industry 4.0
in IFAC-PapersOnLine
Wang S
(2020)
An Adaptive Controller for Robotic Manipulators with Unknown Kinematics and Dynamics
in IFAC-PapersOnLine
Baioumy M
(2022)
Beta residuals: improving fault-tolerant control for sensory faults via bayesian inference and precision learning
in IFAC-PapersOnLine, 55(6), 285-291
McCabe-Dansted J
(2019)
Sublogics of a branching time logic of robustness
in Information and Computation
Fallon M
(2018)
Accurate and robust localization for walking robots fusing kinematics, inertial, vision and LIDAR.
in Interface focus
Cheah W
(2019)
Advanced motions for hexapods
in International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
| Description | RAIN provides the UK with a unique consortium able to combine research curiosity, industry productivity and regulator security. A major focus within RAIN has been to stimulate collaboration between academic partners and between academia and industry and this has led to some notable highlights for the RAIN programme which includes: - Some attitude shifts within nuclear end users and the supply chain and the ONR towards recognising the potential for robotics and AI to make a difference. - The first deployment of a fully autonomous robot (CARMA) into an active facility on the Sellafield site. - The first deployment of a robot (MIRRAX) into the active Magnox Reprocessing Facility on the Sellafield site. - The first measurements made of neutron flux and gamma field inside an active nuclear reactor using a submersible robot. - The first use of LiDAR scans within JET, the Joint European Torus. - The first remote mapping of LLW drum stores at Culham and Harwell. - The mapping of radiation levels around the Chernobyl site using a quadruped robot. - The commissioning of the TARM facility at RACE, which provides the UK with unique equipment to develop next generation handling systems essential for the operation of future fusion reactors. - Multiple technology demonstrations to hundreds of industry experts in Cumbria, Bristol, Oxfordshire, Manchester and Japan. - Establishment of academic/industry working groups in the areas of Remote Inspection, Remote Handling and Safety Case and hosting of a number of well attended workshops that have developed these groups and further promoted RAIN. - Additional funding of more than £20M from industry and research councils to further explore nuclear robotics and develop commercial systems. - Publication of more than 300 articles in conference proceedings and internationally leading journals. - Formation of the spin-out company: Ice Nine by one of RAIN's PDRAs, which has already sold 70 robots to 7 universities in the UK and Europe and sold several inspection robots to nuclear end-users in the UK. From a research perspective, the work in RAIN has led to the development of a remote inspection technologies, linking platform development, sensing and mission planning that have enabled inspection equipment that can be deployed to autonomously survey nuclear environments. In addition, multiple technologies have been developed that allow glove boxes to be operated remotely, eliminating the need for people to be exposed to these high risk environments. Further details of the discoveries resulting from RAIN can be found in the annual reports available here: https://rainhub.org.uk/about/ |
| Exploitation Route | There are a number of robotic and sensing technologies that have been demonstrated in active nuclear environments and these technologies are beginning to be commercialised by industry. These technologies include the Carma robot that is being developed in partnership with Nuvia for surveying large floor areas in nuclear environments and radiation surveying equipment with Createc. The commercialisation of this technology will provide industry, most notably Sellafield Ltd, AWE, Rolls Royce etc, with the ability to accurately map radiation dose rates without relying on staff to enter hazardous environments. |
| Sectors | Energy |
| URL | http://rainhub.org.uk |
| Description | A number of industrial demonstrator activities have been undertaken that have been led by RAIN researchers. These include: Sellafield: The CARMA robot became the first autonomous robot to be deployed on the Sellafield site. This has established a pathway for transferring robot platforms on to site and a significant case study that will support making robotic deployments at Sellafield commonplace. The MIRRAX robot became the first robot to be deployed into the Magnox reprocessing facility. This facility had not been entered for many years and this entry enabled the generation of a 3D image of the facility that will provide valuable support to the decommissioning of this facility , which is being explored through the Innovate UK funded IIND programme. The extensive work with Sellafield has led to them appointing a Head of Robotics and the establishment of RAICo - a collaborative robotics and AI facility in Cumbria, that links Sellafield, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and members of RAIN with the aim of delivering new robotics technology on to the Sellafield site. Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd: The Vega robot has been deployed into an active waste store on the Dounreay site and in 2021 and 2022 was deployed into an active drain, which requires urgent characterisation to allow the decommissioning of laboratory facilities to continue. AWE: A 'white' trial has taken place to illustrate the ability of a tracked vehicle to explore and measure the radiation within an unknown legacy environment on the AWE site. The vehicle has been tested on-site and an active deployment is being planned for later in 2020. JET: The inside of JET was mapped with an ORI Lidar and stereo camera in 20 minutes rather than 1.5 days with the current manual approach, achieving 0.5mm accuracy with respect to the CAD model and identifying a component that was not in the digital model. The outside of the JET reactor has also been surveyed using a robot for the first time. The information from this survey has helped inform digital models of the reactor. Chernobyl: The Spot quadruped robot has been equipped with radiation detectors and deployed around the Chernobyl site to determine its ability to identify radiation maps, which it was able to produce at various locations around the power plant. Some of the robots and systems being developed in RAIN are now being commercialised. For example, the CARMA robot is now being commercialised by Nuvia for radiation monitoring across the global nuclear industry and Createc are commercialising a legged robotic radiation survey system with ORI. Localisation and path planning techniques developed within RAIN are now being integrated on to products marketed by TPLC and Forth Engineering and will be commercialised in the nuclear and cleaning industries. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Education,Energy |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
| Description | Britis Standards Institution: AMT/10 Committee on Robot Safety and Robot Ethics |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | British Standards Institution: AMT/10 Committee on Robot Safety |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Not known yet |
| URL | https://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/committees/50129752 |
| Description | British Standards Institution: Artificial Intelligence standards committee [ART/1] |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/committees/50281655 |
| Description | Co-Chair of IEEE Technical Committee on the Verificaiton of Autonomous Systems |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://www.ieee-ras.org/verification-of-autonomous-systems |
| Description | Guidelines for Nuclear Robotics |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/5012322 |
| Description | Membership of IEEE P7009 Standards committee on "Failsafe Design of Autonomous Systems" |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://standards.ieee.org/project/7009.html |
| Description | Membership of International Standards Committee (IEEE P7009 Standard for Fail-Safe Design of Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Systems) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://standards.ieee.org/develop/project/7009.html |
| Description | Membership of International Standards Committee (P7001 Standard for Transparency of Autonomous Systems) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://standards.ieee.org/develop/project/7001.html |
| Description | ROS Messages for Nuclear Sensing |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| URL | https://github.com/EEEManchester/radiation_msgs/ |
| Description | Advancing Location Accuracy via Collimated Nuclear Assay for Decommissioning Robotic Applications (ALACANDRA) |
| Amount | £1,208,438 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V026941/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 04/2025 |
| Description | Autonomous Aquatic Inspection and Interverntion (A2I2) |
| Amount | £2,387,540 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 25500 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Bio-inspired robotic hopper locomotion for navigation through hazardous terrain in extreme space environments |
| Amount | £79,214 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | |
| Description | CHIMERA - Robotic Inspection of Pressure Vessels |
| Amount | £163,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 104823 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | CHIMERA - Robotic Inspection of Pressure Vessels |
| Amount | £2,413,639 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 25537 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Capital Equipment Funding |
| Amount | £500,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 08/2018 |
| Description | Chair in Emerging Technologies |
| Amount | £129,999 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CiET 1718/6 |
| Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 02/2028 |
| Description | Connect-R - Providing Structure in Unstructured Hazardous Environments |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 104825 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Development of a semi-automated controller for MSM system |
| Amount | £188,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | EPSRC Capital Award for Core Equipment - Anymal D Legged Robot |
| Amount | £135,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2022 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Ground Based Robots |
| Amount | £130,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Sellafield Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 02/2020 |
| Description | Heterogeneous multi-agent robotic inspection missions |
| Amount | £557,498 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ICF 307 |
| Organisation | Sellafield Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 05/2023 |
| Description | Impact Acceleration Account 402: Developing a Smart Swab for Improved Characterisation |
| Amount | £93,416 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IAA 402 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2023 |
| End | 04/2024 |
| Description | Industry Accelerator Account (Autonomous Cleaning Robots) |
| Amount | £102,606 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Industry Accelerator Account (Debris Clearance Vehicle) |
| Amount | £102,606 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Industry Accelerator Account (The Feasibility of Cobotics to improve the Operation of a Manufacturing Plant) |
| Amount | £33,175 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | KELVIN - In-situ Laser Deposition on Compressor Blades |
| Amount | £400,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Rolls Royce Group Plc |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Mobile Robots for Generic Characterisation of Nuclear Facilities - Extension |
| Amount | £216,690 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IAA 266 |
| Organisation | Sellafield Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Multi-Platform Inspection Maintenance & Repair in Extreme Environments (MIMRee) |
| Amount | £4,211,328 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 104821 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 02/2021 |
| Description | New Investigator Award |
| Amount | £374,992 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S002383/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | Novel locomotion for rough terrain in extreme space environments |
| Amount | £149,099 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Particle Physics Experimental Consolidated Grant (2022-2025) |
| Amount | £4,447,040 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/W000601/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | Prometheus - A reconfigurable robotic platform(s) with advanced sensing for confined spaces |
| Amount | £2,207,717 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 02/2021 |
| Description | RAEng Enterprise Fellowship |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 06/2022 |
| Description | RAICAM |
| Amount | € 2,743,826 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 101072634 |
| Organisation | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Global |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 12/2027 |
| Description | Radiation Damage to Electronic Systems |
| Amount | £76,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Rolls Royce Group Plc |
| Department | Rolls Royce Submarines |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2018 |
| End | 01/2019 |
| Description | Radiation Hardened robotics for remote INspectiOn - RHINO |
| Amount | £504,102 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/X022331/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2022 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) |
| Amount | € 3,000,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 821988 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear Plus (RAIN+) |
| Amount | £1,975,413 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W001128/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Robust Legged Locomotion for Autonomous Mobility in Challenging Environments |
| Amount | £299,994 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S002383/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies |
| Amount | £2,760,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CiET1819\13 |
| Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2019 |
| End | 05/2029 |
| Description | SBRI - Digital Technologies for Robotic Nuclear Decommissioning: Modelling and Control of a Long Flexible Manipulator - C/2064385 |
| Amount | £149,975 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | C/2064385 |
| Organisation | UK Atomic Energy Authority |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2022 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Description | SBRI - Digital Technologies for Robotic Nuclear Decommissioning: Teleoperation with digital twins - C/2064382 |
| Amount | £149,926 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | C/2064382 |
| Organisation | UK Atomic Energy Authority |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2022 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Description | Smart Radiation Sensor for Intelligent Nuclear Robots |
| Amount | £197,500 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 105598 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2019 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | To develop, embed and exploit advanced manufacturing and collaborative robotics technology for increased productivity and operation of a Manufacturing Plant. |
| Amount | £134,625 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | KTP1025130 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 02/2022 |
| Description | Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Verifiability Node |
| Amount | £2,923,653 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V026801/1 |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2020 |
| End | 04/2024 |
| Title | Bimanual telerobotics research platform |
| Description | A bimanual teleoperation rig incorporating 2 Kuka industral robots with grippers, a glove-based tactile human interface, virtual reality interfaces, and 3D vision systems. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This facility will enable the RAIN team to develop and test algorithms, control strategies, etc. continuously across a range of research areas. The facility will allow for collaboration between institutes, and hubs. |
| Title | An Open-Source Iterative python Module for the Automated Identification of Photopeaks in Photon Spectra |
| Description | Code and Isotopic Libraries for the python identification and peak-fitting module. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/28ssj76dp5rx02tf8edowbfe3n/ |
| Title | An Open-Source Iterative python Module for the Automated Identification of Photopeaks in Photon Spectra v2.0 |
| Description | Code and Isotopic Libraries for the python identification and peak-fitting module. see also An Open-Source Iterative python Module for the Automated Identification of Photopeaks in Photon Spectra v1.0 https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/28ssj76dp5rx02tf8edowbfe3n |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/n3cm8fnce5ri2k55dlipee3st/ |
| Title | Avoidance of Single Gamma Source in Simulation |
| Description | Simulation results from a Jackal UGV commanded to navigate over a point gamma radiation source. The UGV and gamma source were in an open simulated environment, therefore able to take any diversion the path planner generated.The robot has three possible states of knowledge of the radiation field: no information, known knowledge, or unknown knowledge. These three states are labelled as "no_avoidance", "known" and "unknown" respectively.In the no avoidance scenario, the robot is not made aware of any radiation information. In the known environment, the robot is driven manually around the environment to build up a map of the radiation field, before being asked to perform navigation tasks. In the unknown case, the robot has no prior knowledge, but can react to new radiation information as it completes a navigation task.By adjusting the upper thresholds of cost associated with radiation risk, the robot is more or less cautious (there is lower or higher cost associated with navigating through regions of increased radiation dose rate).When the robot is aware of the radiation field, its accummulated dose is reduced, at the expense of greater time required to complete the task. Reduction in dose is readily an order of magnitude compared to the no_avoidance case.Data is in comma separated format, with header. Header format is: time (s), x (m), y(m), z (m), value (arb units). Value represents radiation intensity. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Avoidance_of_Single_Gamma_Source_in_Simulation/18... |
| Title | Avoidance of Single Gamma Source in Simulation |
| Description | Simulation results from a Jackal UGV commanded to navigate over a point gamma radiation source. The UGV and gamma source were in an open simulated environment, therefore able to take any diversion the path planner generated.The robot has three possible states of knowledge of the radiation field: no information, known knowledge, or unknown knowledge. These three states are labelled as "no_avoidance", "known" and "unknown" respectively.In the no avoidance scenario, the robot is not made aware of any radiation information. In the known environment, the robot is driven manually around the environment to build up a map of the radiation field, before being asked to perform navigation tasks. In the unknown case, the robot has no prior knowledge, but can react to new radiation information as it completes a navigation task.By adjusting the upper thresholds of cost associated with radiation risk, the robot is more or less cautious (there is lower or higher cost associated with navigating through regions of increased radiation dose rate).When the robot is aware of the radiation field, its accummulated dose is reduced, at the expense of greater time required to complete the task. Reduction in dose is readily an order of magnitude compared to the no_avoidance case.Data is in comma separated format, with header. Header format is: time (s), x (m), y(m), z (m), value (arb units). Value represents radiation intensity. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Avoidance_of_Single_Gamma_Source_in_Simulation/18... |
| Title | Drum Radiological models and Drum Scanning Models |
| Description | Valentin Piau (supervised by Guido Herrmann) from École Nationale Supérieure de Physique, Électronique et Matériaux, Grenoble, France, submitted final report for his 3 months (June-August 2018) project on "Automated ILW drum scanning using a robot manipulator - Development of a simulation tool". This tool is to be the basis of alpha, beta and gamma inspection algorithms for decommissioning. Gamma Source, Drum, drum material and gamma detector models have been developed. KUKA based scanning algorithms have been tested in simulation (relevant to NCNR and RAIN). Detail to be updated as work advances. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The models will be an important basis to practical scanning algorithms for other Researchers. Detail to be updated as work advances. |
| Title | JSI Gamma Radiation Dataset and SLAM Map |
| Description | Three files consisting of a txt file dataset of gamma radiation count observations, with SLAM estimated position, and a 2D SLAM map of the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) TRIGA Mark II reactor hall.The JSI_radiation_data.txt consists of comma separated values, with a header row indicating the data types. Timestamp is with respect to Unix Epoch time (as is standard in ROS). Spatial coordinates of the robot x, y, z are in metres. As the robot is a ground level 2D robot, the SLAM estimate restricts the Z height to be roughly constant. Only x and y data are necessary. The counts data are in counts per second, indicating the number of events collected over a ~1 second time window by a CeBr3 scintillator detector and mixed field analyser.The map file (.pgm) is a trinary (three value) map generated by SLAM via ROS (Robot Operating System). The three values related to occupied (obstacles and physical features, such as walls), unoccupied (free-space), and unknown.The map metadata file (.yaml) provides values to convert pixel position of the map file into coordinates (in metres).Data was originally collected 31/01/2020 (in ROS bag format), which was interrogated to provide the data in the .txt file.This dataset is then post-processed to provide interpolated maps of gamma radiation, based on the point observations and maps in these files. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/JSI_Gamma_Radiation_Dataset_and_SLAM_Map/14152163... |
| Title | JSI Gamma Radiation Dataset and SLAM Map |
| Description | Three files consisting of a txt file dataset of gamma radiation count observations, with SLAM estimated position, and a 2D SLAM map of the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) TRIGA Mark II reactor hall.The JSI_radiation_data.txt consists of comma separated values, with a header row indicating the data types. Timestamp is with respect to Unix Epoch time (as is standard in ROS). Spatial coordinates of the robot x, y, z are in metres. As the robot is a ground level 2D robot, the SLAM estimate restricts the Z height to be roughly constant. Only x and y data are necessary. The counts data are in counts per second, indicating the number of events collected over a ~1 second time window by a CeBr3 scintillator detector and mixed field analyser.The map file (.pgm) is a trinary (three value) map generated by SLAM via ROS (Robot Operating System). The three values related to occupied (obstacles and physical features, such as walls), unoccupied (free-space), and unknown.The map metadata file (.yaml) provides values to convert pixel position of the map file into coordinates (in metres).Data was originally collected 31/01/2020 (in ROS bag format), which was interrogated to provide the data in the .txt file.This dataset is then post-processed to provide interpolated maps of gamma radiation, based on the point observations and maps in these files. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/JSI_Gamma_Radiation_Dataset_and_SLAM_Map/14152163 |
| Title | JSI Gaussian Process Regression Interpolation Results |
| Description | Output from Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) on gamma radiation data observations from the reactor hall at the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) TRIGA Mark II facility.The file is comma separated, with header row. Data columns are grid positions x and y (in metres), the estimated gamma counts (mean), and the absolute variance estimates, including upper and lower values. Variance can be used as an indication of confidence in a given estimate.Grid positions correspond to locations of "free-space" identified in the SLAM map created by the robot during the survey mission. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/JSI_Gaussian_Process_Regression_Interpolation_Res... |
| Title | JSI Gaussian Process Regression Interpolation Results |
| Description | Output from Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) on gamma radiation data observations from the reactor hall at the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) TRIGA Mark II facility.The file is comma separated, with header row. Data columns are grid positions x and y (in metres), the estimated gamma counts (mean), and the absolute variance estimates, including upper and lower values. Variance can be used as an indication of confidence in a given estimate.Grid positions correspond to locations of "free-space" identified in the SLAM map created by the robot during the survey mission. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/JSI_Gaussian_Process_Regression_Interpolation_Res... |
| Title | LUNL Gamma Radiation Dataset and SLAM Map |
| Description | Three files consisting of a txt file dataset of gamma radiation count observations, with SLAM estimated position, and a 2D SLAM map of the Lancaster University Neutron Laboratory (LUNL).The LUNL_radiation_data.txt consists of comma separated values, with a header row indicating the data types. Timestamp is with respect to Unix Epoch time (as is standard in ROS). Spatial coordinates of the robot x, y, z are in metres. As the robot is a ground level 2D robot, the SLAM estimate restricts the Z height to be roughly constant. Only x and y data are necessary. The counts data are in counts per second, indicating the number of events collected over a ~1 second time window by a CeBr3 scintillator detector and mixed field analyser.The map file (.pgm) is a trinary (three value) map generated by SLAM via ROS (Robot Operating System). The three values related to occupied (obstacles and physical features, such as walls), unoccupied (free-space), and unknown.The map metadata file (.yaml) provides values to convert pixel position of the map file into coordinates (in metres).Data was originally collected 05/12/2019 (in ROS bag format), which was interrogated to provide the data in the .txt file.This dataset is then post-processed to provide interpolated maps of gamma radiation, based on the point observations and maps in these files. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/LUNL_Gamma_Radiation_Dataset_and_SLAM_Map/1415226... |
| Title | LUNL Gamma Radiation Dataset and SLAM Map |
| Description | Three files consisting of a txt file dataset of gamma radiation count observations, with SLAM estimated position, and a 2D SLAM map of the Lancaster University Neutron Laboratory (LUNL).The LUNL_radiation_data.txt consists of comma separated values, with a header row indicating the data types. Timestamp is with respect to Unix Epoch time (as is standard in ROS). Spatial coordinates of the robot x, y, z are in metres. As the robot is a ground level 2D robot, the SLAM estimate restricts the Z height to be roughly constant. Only x and y data are necessary. The counts data are in counts per second, indicating the number of events collected over a ~1 second time window by a CeBr3 scintillator detector and mixed field analyser.The map file (.pgm) is a trinary (three value) map generated by SLAM via ROS (Robot Operating System). The three values related to occupied (obstacles and physical features, such as walls), unoccupied (free-space), and unknown.The map metadata file (.yaml) provides values to convert pixel position of the map file into coordinates (in metres).Data was originally collected 05/12/2019 (in ROS bag format), which was interrogated to provide the data in the .txt file.This dataset is then post-processed to provide interpolated maps of gamma radiation, based on the point observations and maps in these files. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/LUNL_Gamma_Radiation_Dataset_and_SLAM_Map/1415226... |
| Title | LUNL Gaussian Process Regression Interpolation Results |
| Description | Output from Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) on gamma radiation data observations from the reactor hall at the Lancaster University Neutron Laboratory (LUNL).The file is comma separated, with header row. Data columns are grid positions x and y (in metres), the estimated gamma counts (mean), and the absolute variance estimates, including upper and lower values. The variance can be used as an indicator of confidence in the estimate.Grid positions correspond to locations of "free-space" identified in the SLAM map created by the robot during the survey mission. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/LUNL_Gaussian_Process_Regression_Interpolation_Re... |
| Title | LUNL Gaussian Process Regression Interpolation Results |
| Description | Output from Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) on gamma radiation data observations from the reactor hall at the Lancaster University Neutron Laboratory (LUNL).The file is comma separated, with header row. Data columns are grid positions x and y (in metres), the estimated gamma counts (mean), and the absolute variance estimates, including upper and lower values. The variance can be used as an indicator of confidence in the estimate.Grid positions correspond to locations of "free-space" identified in the SLAM map created by the robot during the survey mission. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/LUNL_Gaussian_Process_Regression_Interpolation_Re... |
| Title | MCNP Simulated Gamma Flux from LUNL Source |
| Description | Simulation results of gamma flux from the Californium source at the Lancaster University Neutron Source (LUNL), using MCNP 6. This data was used to benchmark the GPR approach used to interpolate radiation observations collected by an unmanned ground vehicle.Data is comma separated, with a header row. Columns are x, y, and z grid positions in centimetres, followed by the recorded flux and error estimate.Data was recorded for an xy plane, mimicking the height where a sensor affixed to a ground robot would sample. The flux is energy integrated over 200 keV to 2500 keV, similar to the CeBr3 detector used in robot deployment.The simulation environment consists of an isotropic 252Cf source surrounded by water, an air gap, followed by a concrete outer layer. Gamma flux contributions come from the source directly (spontaneous fission spectrum), as well as activation of nearby materials. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/MCNP_Simulated_Gamma_Flux_from_LUNL_Source/141525... |
| Title | MCNP Simulated Gamma Flux from LUNL Source |
| Description | Simulation results of gamma flux from the Californium source at the Lancaster University Neutron Source (LUNL), using MCNP 6. This data was used to benchmark the GPR approach used to interpolate radiation observations collected by an unmanned ground vehicle.Data is comma separated, with a header row. Columns are x, y, and z grid positions in centimetres, followed by the recorded flux and error estimate.Data was recorded for an xy plane, mimicking the height where a sensor affixed to a ground robot would sample. The flux is energy integrated over 200 keV to 2500 keV, similar to the CeBr3 detector used in robot deployment.The simulation environment consists of an isotropic 252Cf source surrounded by water, an air gap, followed by a concrete outer layer. Gamma flux contributions come from the source directly (spontaneous fission spectrum), as well as activation of nearby materials. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/MCNP_Simulated_Gamma_Flux_from_LUNL_Source/141525... |
| Title | Radiation Avoidance of a UGV Using Radiation Aware Costmaps at Lancaster University Neutron Laboratory |
| Description | Two files representing the paths taken by a Clearpath UGV, when radiation avoidance is enabled or disabled (labelled respectively).Data was collected at the Lancaster University Neutron Laboratory, with the robot exposed to a Cf-252 neutron source, producing gamma emission as a consequence. The robot was equipped with a CeBr3 detector and mixed field analyser, able to perform integrated gamma dosimetry between energies 300 keV - 2500 keV, reporting dose rate in counts/second at a rate of 1 Hz via ROS.A map (.pgm) and associated metadata (.yaml) files are provided, generated by the robot using SLAM (simultaneous localisation and mapping). The source enclosure can be seen as a square "missing" from the map, with the radiation source itself exposed to the left (positive x) edge of the tank. The thinner passageway is therefore containing a mixed neutron/gamma radiation field.The robot was first manually piloted around the laboratory to produce a known radiation map, before being piloted to a position near the radiation source. The robot was then instructed to navigate to a goal position, in which the shortest path would pass the radiation source. When radiation avoidance is enabled, the robot endeavours to take the longer yet lower exposure path around the opposite side of the source enclosure.The robot therefore receives a lower accumulated dose (near background rates) when radiation avoidance is enabled. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Radiation_Avoidance_of_a_UGV_Using_Radiation_Awar... |
| Title | Radiation Avoidance of a UGV Using Radiation Aware Costmaps at Lancaster University Neutron Laboratory |
| Description | Two files representing the paths taken by a Clearpath UGV, when radiation avoidance is enabled or disabled (labelled respectively).Data was collected at the Lancaster University Neutron Laboratory, with the robot exposed to a Cf-252 neutron source, producing gamma emission as a consequence. The robot was equipped with a CeBr3 detector and mixed field analyser, able to perform integrated gamma dosimetry between energies 300 keV - 2500 keV, reporting dose rate in counts/second at a rate of 1 Hz via ROS.A map (.pgm) and associated metadata (.yaml) files are provided, generated by the robot using SLAM (simultaneous localisation and mapping). The source enclosure can be seen as a square "missing" from the map, with the radiation source itself exposed to the left (positive x) edge of the tank. The thinner passageway is therefore containing a mixed neutron/gamma radiation field.The robot was first manually piloted around the laboratory to produce a known radiation map, before being piloted to a position near the radiation source. The robot was then instructed to navigate to a goal position, in which the shortest path would pass the radiation source. When radiation avoidance is enabled, the robot endeavours to take the longer yet lower exposure path around the opposite side of the source enclosure.The robot therefore receives a lower accumulated dose (near background rates) when radiation avoidance is enabled. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Radiation_Avoidance_of_a_UGV_Using_Radiation_Awar... |
| Title | Radiation Exposure Reduction During Autonomous Exploration |
| Description | Each folder contains 20 individual autonomous exploration sessions of a simulated environment. The robot is instructed to explore (using frontiers exploration) whilst 5 simulated gamma radiation sources are present in the space. Radiation avoidance is enabled or disabled in each case (labelled enabled or disabled respectively).Data is comma separated based on ROS message output, with header: time (ns), sequential number, ros message time stamp (ns), transform frame of the sensor (string), sensor pose {x,y,z} (m), sensor orientation quaternion {x,y,z,w}.Also included as a 2D map of the environment produced by the robot using SLAM (simultaneous localisation and mapping). Each cell of the map is represented by three states in the .pgm file as free space, obstacle, or unknown. The resolution, origin, and other metadata for the map is found in the accompanying .yaml file.On average, when the robot is exploring the unknown environment with radiation awareness enabled, accumulated dose is less than when the robot does not take action to avoid ionising radiation. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Radiation_Exposure_Reduction_During_Autonomous_Ex... |
| Title | Radiation Exposure Reduction During Autonomous Exploration |
| Description | Each folder contains 20 individual autonomous exploration sessions of a simulated environment. The robot is instructed to explore (using frontiers exploration) whilst 5 simulated gamma radiation sources are present in the space. Radiation avoidance is enabled or disabled in each case (labelled enabled or disabled respectively).Data is comma separated based on ROS message output, with header: time (ns), sequential number, ros message time stamp (ns), transform frame of the sensor (string), sensor pose {x,y,z} (m), sensor orientation quaternion {x,y,z,w}.Also included as a 2D map of the environment produced by the robot using SLAM (simultaneous localisation and mapping). Each cell of the map is represented by three states in the .pgm file as free space, obstacle, or unknown. The resolution, origin, and other metadata for the map is found in the accompanying .yaml file.On average, when the robot is exploring the unknown environment with radiation awareness enabled, accumulated dose is less than when the robot does not take action to avoid ionising radiation. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Radiation_Exposure_Reduction_During_Autonomous_Ex... |
| Title | Varanus: MASCOT Model and Data |
| Description | # MASCOT Model and Data Matt Luckcuck<m.luckcuck@tutanota.com>
06-07-2020 A Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) model of the MASCOT v.6 Safety Sub-System and the response time data from checking various traces using [FDR](https://cocotec.io/fdr/) and our Runtime Verification toolchain [Varanus](https://github.com/autonomy-and-verification-uol/varanus/tree/NFM-Data). ## Description The CSP model was built from a natural-language report of the (proposed) safety sub-system for the tele-operated robotic system MASCOT. A set of traces were constructed to test the model: * Stress-Testing: increasingly large, semi-random traces to test how model-checking/Varanus response times scale, and; * Scenarios: different 'attempts' at a hypothetical mission, designed to test all of the safety functions in the model. Each trace was checked using [FDR](https://cocotec.io/fdr/), directly; and then using our [Varanus](https://github.com/autonomy-and-verification-uol/varanus/tree/iFM-Data) toolchain, both online and offline. The check is to determine if the trace is a valid trace of the model. Further description of our toolchain and a link to relevant paper(s) can be found in the Varanus [repository]([Varanus](https://github.com/autonomy-and-verification-uol/varanus) ## Scenarios Briefly, the scenarios are: 1. Operator stays in hands on mode, speed stays below limit. 2. Operator stays in hands on mode, speed exceeds limit and tries to continue (causes a failure). - 2a Instead of the failure in Scenario 2, the system handles the broken speed limit, then resets, restarts, and finishes the mission. - 2b Instead of the failure in Scenario 2, the system handles the broken speed limit, the safe state key is removed, to allow minor servicing to the system. Then the key is returned, the system is reset, restarted, and the mission is completed. 3. Operator switches to autonomous mode after collecting tools, speed stays below limit. 4. Operator switches to autonomous mode after collecting tools, speed exceeds limit and tries to continue (causes a failure). - 4a Instead of the failure in Scenario 4, the system handles the broken speed limit, then resets, restarts, and finishes the mission. - 4b Instead of the failure in Scenario 4, the system handles the broken speed limit, then safe state key is removed, to allow minor servicing to the system. Then the key is returned, the system is reset, restarted, and the mission is completed. 5. The Safe State Key is used to trigger an emergency stop. Then the system is reset, restarted, and the mission is completed. 6. System enters Master Commissioning Mode. After some unmonitored movements (not triggering protective stop), Safe State Key is used to enter Safe State, and system is reset. 7. The Slave Commissioning Mode key is used to put the system into the Slave Commissioning Mode, where no speed events are registered. Then Slave Commissioning Mode is disabled, again using the Slave Commissioning Mode key. ## Structure * data: the raw log files ('logs') and a spreadsheet of the FDR and Varanus results * model: the CSP model of the safety sub-system, including the stress-test ('scenarios-stress-tests.csp' and scenario ('scenarios.csp') traces |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/3932005 |
| Title | Varanus: MASCOT Model and Data |
| Description | # MASCOT Model and Data Matt Luckcuck<m.luckcuck@tutanota.com>
06-07-2020 A Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) model of the MASCOT v.6 Safety Sub-System and the response time data from checking various traces using [FDR](https://cocotec.io/fdr/) and our Runtime Verification toolchain [Varanus](https://github.com/autonomy-and-verification-uol/varanus/tree/NFM-Data). ## Description The CSP model was built from a natural-language report of the (proposed) safety sub-system for the tele-operated robotic system MASCOT. A set of traces were constructed to test the model: * Stress-Testing: increasingly large, semi-random traces to test how model-checking/Varanus response times scale, and; * Scenarios: different 'attempts' at a hypothetical mission, designed to test all of the safety functions in the model. Each trace was checked using [FDR](https://cocotec.io/fdr/), directly; and then using our [Varanus](https://github.com/autonomy-and-verification-uol/varanus/tree/iFM-Data) toolchain, both online and offline. The check is to determine if the trace is a valid trace of the model. Further description of our toolchain and a link to relevant paper(s) can be found in the Varanus [repository]([Varanus](https://github.com/autonomy-and-verification-uol/varanus) ## Scenarios Briefly, the scenarios are: 1. Operator stays in hands on mode, speed stays below limit. 2. Operator stays in hands on mode, speed exceeds limit and tries to continue (causes a failure). - 2a Instead of the failure in Scenario 2, the system handles the broken speed limit, then resets, restarts, and finishes the mission. - 2b Instead of the failure in Scenario 2, the system handles the broken speed limit, the safe state key is removed, to allow minor servicing to the system. Then the key is returned, the system is reset, restarted, and the mission is completed. 3. Operator switches to autonomous mode after collecting tools, speed stays below limit. 4. Operator switches to autonomous mode after collecting tools, speed exceeds limit and tries to continue (causes a failure). - 4a Instead of the failure in Scenario 4, the system handles the broken speed limit, then resets, restarts, and finishes the mission. - 4b Instead of the failure in Scenario 4, the system handles the broken speed limit, then safe state key is removed, to allow minor servicing to the system. Then the key is returned, the system is reset, restarted, and the mission is completed. 5. The Safe State Key is used to trigger an emergency stop. Then the system is reset, restarted, and the mission is completed. 6. System enters Master Commissioning Mode. After some unmonitored movements (not triggering protective stop), Safe State Key is used to enter Safe State, and system is reset. 7. The Slave Commissioning Mode key is used to put the system into the Slave Commissioning Mode, where no speed events are registered. Then Slave Commissioning Mode is disabled, again using the Slave Commissioning Mode key. ## Structure * data: the raw log files ('logs') and a spreadsheet of the FDR and Varanus results * model: the CSP model of the safety sub-system, including the stress-test ('scenarios-stress-tests.csp' and scenario ('scenarios.csp') traces |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/3932004 |
| Description | ATLAS Upgrade |
| Organisation | University of Trento |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Characterisation of 3D silicon sensors for time precision measurements for future ATLAS Upgrades |
| Collaborator Contribution | Design and fabrication of 3D sensors for ATLAS next Inner Detector Upgrade |
| Impact | Application in other High Energy Physics experiments like LhCb |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | AWE - Disruptive technologies collaboration |
| Organisation | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We have been working with the AWE as collaborators providing them with intelligence about new sensor technologies arising from the grant. Specifically AWE have been engaging on the development of low power sensor pobs for monitoring temperature, humidity and radiation intensity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The have attended Industrial Advisory Board meetings, provided contacts within BEIS and established a side project on sensor developments for monitoring storage environments at the Aldermaston site. We have been advised that they will let us deploy our sensor units on the Aldermaston site as a significant demonstration of the technology. They have also provided access to their advanced SIMS capability to make quantification of Boron in the diamond films we've been making. |
| Impact | This partnership has led to us developing a PCB version of our prototype sensor pod technology that will be purchased and deployed by the AWE as a prototype demonstration. The project has been inherently cross-disciplinary involving electronic engineers, device physicists and materials scientists. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Accelerator mass spectrometry measurements of plutonium in samples from nuclear decommissioning sites |
| Organisation | ETH Zurich |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | One of my students was seconded to ETH Zurich for 6 weeks, and we provided the samples. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They did the measurements. |
| Impact | 'A comparison of high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy and accelerator mass spectrometry for environmental assay of plutonium', M. J. Joyce, Invited paper, NSS-WS1 I - Instrumentation and Measurement in Nuclear Media workshop, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Sydney, November 2018, #3054. 'A comparison of plutonium abundance in soil from sites in the United Kingdom measured with high-efficiency, high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy, neutron assay and accelerator mass spectrometry', M. J. Joyce, C. Tighe, C. Degueldre, M. Christl and J. Andrew, Plutonium Futures 2018, San Diego, September 2018. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Autonomy in complex environments |
| Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Department | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provided path planning support and participated in field trials in the Mojave Desert |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided robotic platform and led field trials in the Mojave Desert |
| Impact | Two conference papers accepted in 2020. Third conference paper in preparation. Journal paper in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | CARMA |
| Organisation | Sellafield Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | UoM developed the prototype CARMA robotic platform. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sellafield Ltd ave provided engineering support and access to active facilities on the Sellafield site. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in two deployments of the CARMA platform into active areas on the Sellafield site. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Cavendish-Babcock |
| Organisation | Cavendish Nuclear |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Providing information and updates on the gamma and beta voltaic technologies as part of the ASPIRE project as well as the wide nuclear robotics research hub grants. |
| Collaborator Contribution | 2 days per year (£1600 est.) for expert advice, consultancy and attendance at the annual advisory board |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Decommissioning |
| Organisation | Institute of Safety Problems in Nuclear Power Plants (ISP NPP) |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We visited the CHNPP and demonstrated the ease of use and benefit of a quadrupedal robotic platform for radiation mapping of the outer shell of the reactor building. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have now been invited back to undertake more detailed inspections within the interior of the building. This is an unprecedented degree of access in such a short space of time. |
| Impact | Wide reaching international news coverage Physics and Engineering |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Collaboration for inspection of drummed fusion waste |
| Organisation | UK Atomic Energy Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Site visit, mapping of waste store area and demonstration of robot |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access provided to waste store |
| Impact | Collaboration between the Oxford Robotics Institute, University of Oxford and the UK Atomic Energy Authority No impact yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Collaboration of In-situ Sampling for Inspection of Pressurised Water Reactor |
| Organisation | Rolls Royce Group Plc |
| Department | Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The Rolls-Royce UTC at the University of Nottingham have been focusing on developing fundamentally novel, miniaturised robotic systems, (e.g., hexapods and continuum robots), for inspection, maintenance and repair operations in challenging environments (e.g., aero-engines and nuclear) for more than 10 years. A series of hexapods robot such as FreeHex and WalkingHex have been designed and developed at the UTC and live demonstrations of the prototypes have been successfully performed at Rolls-Royce according to different in-situ maintenance requirements. Unlike a conventional Gough-Stewart platform, the feet of the UTC hexapods are not attached to a fixed base, but their layout can be adjusted according to the morphology of the area to be reached or machined. Once the feet are anchored, the robot can perform 6-Degree-of-Freedom high precision machining operation (up to 40 um). Hence, the hexapods can self-propel to deliver different end effectors for inspection and repair on the targets in extreme environments (e.g., marine engines and power stations), shortening the shut-down time of the facility and removing human from the hazards. A reconfigurable walking hexapod is under development for the in-situ repair and maintenance of industrial installations in the nuclear environment within the RAIN framework. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies to deliver the intelligent nuclear power to meet world's vital power needs. As a Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre at University of Nottingham, we have regular meetings, technical visits and discussions on how the robots developed within the UTC can address the nuclear challenges within Rolls-Royce plants. For example, Rolls-Royce confirmed that the FreeHex has served extremely well to demonstrate the practical potential for carrying out complex machining operations in tight space, such as profile milling and thread milling on mock-up parts of nuclear power systems. The technology offers Rolls-Royce a genuine alternative to their traditional bespoke machine designs for repairing the nuclear power systems. However, if the environment of the machining operation is nuclear polluted/hazard, it is extremely difficult for human operator to conduct the machining task. In order to overcome this challenge, we have designed a new version of the FreeHex (i.e. RAIN-Hex) which has walking and machining capabilities with a work volume that can be increased by ca. 50%. We continue working closely with Rolls-Royce specialists to develop intelligent robotic solutions to provide safe operation in nuclear power plants. |
| Impact | Not yet |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Collaboration of remote inspection of nuclear sites |
| Organisation | British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) |
| Department | Magnox |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Site visit and description of technology |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access provided to decommissioning sites. Establishment of additional contacts for follow-up discussions. |
| Impact | Collaboration between the Oxford Robotics Institute and Magnox |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Collaboration with KUKA Systems UK Limited on bimanual teleoperation |
| Organisation | KMG Systems Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Development of research and demonstration platform. Contribution of expertise. Provision of facilities and equipment. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided access to equipment and facilities including 2 robot arms. Provided expertise and information to support. |
| Impact | Establishment of a 2-armed robotic research and demonstration platform at RACE, UKAEA. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | D-RisQ RAIN Safety Case |
| Organisation | D-RisQ |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Expertise in nuclear C&I Functional Safety |
| Collaborator Contribution | Safety critical systems engineering |
| Impact | Robotics and Nuclear Safety Case Strawman |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Deployment of robotic platform at Dounreay Nuclear Decommissioning site |
| Organisation | Dounreay Site Restoration Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Our team developed a tracked robotic platform capable of accessing a small, hard to reach area and complete radiological and visual characterisation. We integrated 4 radiation sensors and also a 5 d.o.f manipulator to use for swabbing of the environment for radiological analysis. |
| Collaborator Contribution | DSRL offered expertise and insight into the requirements for deploying robotic platforms on-site, they visited our facilities as well as developing and building a test facility on-site that represented the real-world environment. This was used for commissioning of our robotic platform. They also defined the desired radiation sensors and facilitiated on-site demonstrations of the technology. I2C facilitated interaction with DSRL site staff and supported the development of the robotic platform. |
| Impact | Multiple visits to site demonstrating robot capability, led to an initial survey in Sept 21 where the robot was deployed into the required environment. Much was learnt from this deployment, leading to a desire to iterate the robotic platform further and come back for a further survey. This further survey took place and was completed in Feb/Mar 22 amounting to a large amount of data gathered for Dounreay site personnel and expertise gained by the RAIN consortium. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-53763880 |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Dounreay RAIN Safety Case |
| Organisation | Dounreay Site Restoration Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Expertise in nuclear C&I Functional Safety |
| Collaborator Contribution | Nuclear safety case authoring |
| Impact | Robotics and Nuclear Safety Case Strawman |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Japan Atomic Energy Agency |
| Organisation | Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The grant award has led to the establishment of a strategic partnership with the JAEA based around fallout and fuel debris analysis. There has been an MoU signed by both institutions to permit collaboration, exchange of personnel and samples. Subsequently, the remit of the MoU has been widened (2019) to include joint work on diamond battery (ASPIRE) technology, high dose-rate diamond detectors and radiation mapping robots. We have contributed expertise, consultancy, shared data recorded from Japanese samples and sites and have won several experimental sessions at the Diamond Light Source synchrotron facility for fallout particle analysis. JAEA colleagues have participated in all of our UK synchrotron experiments and participated and presented at UK workshops and conferences e.g. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Already we have had over 15 visits from the JAEA since the start of the partnership as well as a suite of fallout samples from Fukushima and access to nuclear fallout storage sites and other restricted areas of the Fukushima fallout zone. The site access and samples provided are extremely valuable. |
| Impact | Several joint publications. Widening of the relationship to cover other areas such as radiation detection, UAVs and most recently diamond batteries. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | MIRRAX |
| Organisation | Sellafield Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The MIRRAX ground vehicle was designed for accessing and surveying radioactive facilities through very narrow ports (150 mm). MIRRAX was successfully designed and tested using university facilities and in March 2018, the robot was deployed in an active facility on the Sellafield site, where is successfully generated a 3D scan of the environment. This scan will be used in future decommissioning plans. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sellafield Ltd provide technical and logistic support and in March 2018 provided access to one of their active facilities. |
| Impact | Deployment and generation of 3D scan of active facility to ai with future decommissioning plans. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | NNL collboration in soft robotics for inspection in Nuclear decommissioning environments |
| Organisation | National Nuclear Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Dr Andrew Weightman and colleagues at The University of Manchester will apply their expertise and experience to supervise an industrial PhD student to develop soft robotic systems for inspection of nuclear sites. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NNL will host the industrial PhD student at their site in Workington. NNL will provide access to suitable equipment and facilities and facilitate engagement with key stakeholders to identify specific problems to focus on. |
| Impact | No outputs to date. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Nottingham-Bristol demonstration of laser sensor attached to snake-like robot for surface analysis |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have used our snake robot to position a laser sensor in difficult-to-reach space for material scanning. The robot consists of 24 degree of freedom with a working channel of 7.3mm diameter. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Bristol university designed the laser sensor based on Theory of Raman Spectroscopy. |
| Impact | The demonstration had been completed successfully. We have tested several materials including different plastic and liquid. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Nuclear regulation/certification |
| Organisation | Department for Work and Pensions |
| Department | Office for Nuclear Regulation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Initial series of meetings. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Initial series of meetings. |
| Impact | Collaboration between Univ. Liverpool, ONR and RACE (Culham Fusion) looking at future regulation for nuclear robotics. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ONR RAIN Safety Case |
| Organisation | Office of Nuclear Regulation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Construction of an example Safety Case involving complex Artificial Intelligence in Robotic systems for deployment on a nuclear site |
| Collaborator Contribution | As the UK's nuclear regulator it acted as a sounding board of ideas relating to the construction of the example safety case |
| Impact | Robotics and Nuclear Safety Case Strawman |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | RAIN Safety Case Tools |
| Organisation | Adelard LLP |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Expertise in nuclear C&I Functional Safety |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in safety case tools and AI |
| Impact | Robotics and Nuclear Safety Case Strawman |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Research visit to Createc to discuss radiation sensing |
| Organisation | Createc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Research visit to Createc to discuss radiation sensing |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research visit to Createc to discuss radiation sensing |
| Impact | Research visit to Createc to discuss radiation sensing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Robotics and Nuclear Safety Case Strawman |
| Organisation | Culham Centre for Fusion Energy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Expertise in nuclear C&I Functional Safety |
| Collaborator Contribution | Robotics projects at a site licensee |
| Impact | Robotics and Nuclear Safety Case Strawman |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | SL RAIN Safety Case |
| Organisation | Sellafield Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Expertise in nuclear C&I Functional Safety |
| Collaborator Contribution | Robotics projects at a site licensee |
| Impact | Robotics and Nuclear Safety Case Strawman |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Yorkshire Water collaboration for autonomous inspection of Dams |
| Organisation | Yorkshire Water |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Yorkshire Water have over 200 assets (dams) many of which are over 150 years old. The assets have to be regularly inspected to ensure water supply is reliable and to identify potential problems which could indicate problems with their structural integrity. A particular aspect of these operations is to visually inspect the outlet shaft, valves and outlet pipe which often exits the dam through a tunnel. This is a hazardous operation working in confined spaces and often requires a five-man team, two engineers performing the inspection and a three-person safety support team. Our research team have visited three Yorkshire water assets to see first-hand the challenge and improve our understanding by speaking with the engineers on site. We have identified an overlap of technology developed for nuclear environments which may satisfy an unmet need to reduce risk to people, improve frequency of inspection and reduce inspection and maintenance costs for Yorkshire Water. We are currently adapting existing technology to deploy at a Yorkshire Water site, we hope this will prove the feasibility of such technology and lead to a funded collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Yorkshire Water have hosted our research team to visit assets enabling us to explore the challenge and identify potential autonomous solutions. We have had follow on discussions with the principle engineer - reservoirs (Mr Newman Booth) and in the coming month will demonstrate technology on site to evaluate its feasibility for adaption and application. |
| Impact | There are no outputs to date, but envisage outputs post deployment on site. This collaboration has involved Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic Engineers with computer scientists. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Title | ABIT* |
| Description | Publish path planning algorithm to open source library of planning algorithms |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Publish path planning algorithm to open source library of planning algorithms |
| URL | http://ompl.kavrakilab.org/ |
| Title | AIT* |
| Description | Publish path planning algorithm to open source library of planning algorithms |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Publish path planning algorithm to open source library of planning algorithms |
| URL | http://ompl.kavrakilab.org/ |
| Title | ROS Compatible Autonomous Radiation Avoidance |
| Description | Novel implementation of layered costmaps in ROS (Robot Operating System), which synthesizes radiation data into maps of hazardous locations. The robot can then deliberately avoid these areas based on information in the costmap. By avoiding areas of elevated radiation dose, the robot can increase mission lifetime by reducing ionising radiation induced damaged to electronics and materials. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | This technique was demonstrated as part of publication DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2022.862067, demonstrating how robots can autonomously avoid ionising radiation and increase their operational lifetime. |
| URL | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2022.862067/abstract |
| Title | Simulation of gamma radiation transport in Gazebo with ROS |
| Description | This software provides a method to simulate gamma radiation transport, including spatial effects and attenuation in the Gazebo physics engine as part of ROS (Robot Operating System) framework. For the first time, a ROS compatible solution to simulate ionising radiation allows for robotics developers to build, test and approve on radiation based algorithms without the need for deployment into hazardous environments. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | This research software was used as part of publication DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2022.862067, demonstrating how robots can autonomously avoid ionising radiation and increase their operational lifetime. It is further documented in publication DOI: 10.3390/robotics10030086. This software has already seen promotion within the UK nuclear robotics community, being used by Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems and University of Manchester for development of the next generation |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics10030086 |
| Title | The MCAPL Framework |
| Description | The MCAPL framework is a suite of tools for building interpreters for agent programming languages and model checking programs executing in those interpreters. It consists of the AIL toolkit for building interpreters for rational agent programming languages (BDI languages) and the AJPF model checker. AJPF extends the JavaPathfinder model checker to prove LTL properties of BDI agents. This distribution also contains a number of programming languages implemented in the AIL. Chief among these are Gwendolen, the EASS variant of Gwendolen that can be used to program hybrid autonomous systems and GOAL. This is the 2021 release of the framework, consisting of all necessary source code files and manuals. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | None |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/5720861 |
| Description | Python code to import point gamma radiation observations collected by a Unmanned Ground Vehicle, and interpolate onto a map produced by robot SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping).Interpolation is performed using Gaussian Process Regression, via use of the freely available GPy library.This code specifically imports the correct map files and robot datasets for analysis, as well as outputting the result to a comma separated file, based on data taken at the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) TRIGA Mark II reactor, Slovenia.The "directory" variable can be altered to match that of the users requirements, i.e. where the dataset, map, and map metadata reside.For such a large dataset, expect this to run for 10s of minutes on a fairly modern PC. GPy appears to have multicore support, so the whole machine may be co-opted to compute the regression and extract the estimated values for the map related data. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/software/GPR_analysis_script_for_JSI_radiation_dataset/14... |
| Description | Python code to import point gamma radiation observations collected by a Unmanned Ground Vehicle, and interpolate onto a map produced by robot SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping).Interpolation is performed using Gaussian Process Regression, via use of the freely available GPy library.This code specifically imports the correct map files and robot datasets for analysis, as well as outputting the result to a comma separated file, based on data taken at the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) TRIGA Mark II reactor, Slovenia.The "directory" variable can be altered to match that of the users requirements, i.e. where the dataset, map, and map metadata reside.For such a large dataset, expect this to run for 10s of minutes on a fairly modern PC. GPy appears to have multicore support, so the whole machine may be co-opted to compute the regression and extract the estimated values for the map related data. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/software/GPR_analysis_script_for_JSI_radiation_dataset/14... |
| Description | Python code to import point gamma radiation observations collected by a Unmanned Ground Vehicle, and interpolate onto a map produced by robot SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping).Interpolation is performed using Gaussian Process Regression, via use of the freely available GPy library.This code specifically imports the correct map files and robot datasets for analysis, as well as outputting the result to a comma separated file, based on data taken at the Lancaster University Neutron Laboratory (LUNL).The "directory" variable can be altered to match that of the users requirements, i.e. where the dataset, map, and map metadata reside.This dataset is very small and should run in less than a minute on a fairly modern PC. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/software/GPR_analysis_script_for_LUNL_radiation_dataset/1... |
| Description | Python code to import point gamma radiation observations collected by a Unmanned Ground Vehicle, and interpolate onto a map produced by robot SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping).Interpolation is performed using Gaussian Process Regression, via use of the freely available GPy library.This code specifically imports the correct map files and robot datasets for analysis, as well as outputting the result to a comma separated file, based on data taken at the Lancaster University Neutron Laboratory (LUNL).The "directory" variable can be altered to match that of the users requirements, i.e. where the dataset, map, and map metadata reside.This dataset is very small and should run in less than a minute on a fairly modern PC. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/software/GPR_analysis_script_for_LUNL_radiation_dataset/1... |
| Company Name | Ice Nine Ltd |
| Description | The company has been set-up to commercialise the robotic systems that have been in development at the University of Manchester. This includes both educational robots and robots designed for inspection of nuclear facilities. |
| Year Established | 2018 |
| Impact | NA |
| Description | 'Real time double-dealing in fast neutron assay', Georgia Institute Tech. (US, 2017). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | An invited talk at the Georgia Institute of Technology to research groups there, i.e. academic researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | 10 February 2022, attendance at the Feedback Session: Shaping the National Service Robotics Proving Ground Facilities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 10 February 2022 attendance at the Feedback Session: Shaping the National Service Robotics Proving Ground Facilities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | 12/2/2021 - Hosting visitor from Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial, Innovate UK project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | 141. 'A comparison of high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy and accelerator mass spectrometry for environmental assay of plutonium', M. J. Joyce, Invited paper, NSS-WS1 I - Instrumentation and Measurement in Nuclear Media workshop, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Sydney, November 2018, #3054. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation on research sponsored by RAIN at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Sydney, Australia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.eventclass.org/contxt_ieee2018/online-program/session?s=NSS-WS1+I |
| Description | 15 March 2022 - RAICo discussion with Barry Lennox |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 15 March 2022 - RAICo discussion with Barry Lennox |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | 16 March 2022 - presenting at the RAIN Event, Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 16 March 2022 - presenting at the RAIN Event, Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | 18 and 19 January 2022 - various meetings on RAICo in Cumbria (Whitehaven) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 18 and 19 January 2022 - various meetings on RAICo in Cumbria (Whitehaven) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | 2-4 March 2022, visit to Cumbria (RAICo One) - numerous visits and meetings whilst in the area |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 2-4 March 2022, visit to Cumbria (RAICo One) - numerous meetings and visits whilst in the area |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | 24 January 2022 - RAICo Steering Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | RAICo Steering Group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | 25 January 2022 - call on RAICo with Francis Livens and 2 others |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 25 January 2022 - call on RAICo with Francis Livens and 2 others |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | 26 January 2022 - Visit to Cumbria and the RAICo One site |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 26 January 2022 - Visit to Cumbria and the RAICo One site |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | 268. 'Instrumentation approaches to radioactivity assessments in decommissioning, environmental analysis and materials assay', Invited talk, IEEE NSS workshop - Advanced Measurements and Instrumentation for/in Research Reactors, InMe-01, Atlanta (US, October 2017). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited paper to an official workshop of the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/nss-mic/2017/Workshops.html#NI |
| Description | 269. 'A short history of real-time, fast neutron detection and its applications', Paul Scherer Institute (Switzerland, December 2017). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An invited talk at the Paul Scherrer Institute on neutron assay and its relevance to autonomous assessments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | 31 January to 4 February 2022 - visit to Cumbria (RAICo One) - numerous visits and meetings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 31 January to 4 February 2022 - visit to Cumbria (RAICo One) - numerous visits and meetings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | 3rd Fukushima International Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | 3rd UK Robot Manipulation Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop attendance and networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.robot-manipulation.uk/index.html |
| Description | 7 February 2022 - RAICo Steering Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 7 February 2022 - RAICo Steering Group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | 7-9 March 2022 - visit to Cumbria (RAICo) - numerous meetings and visits - accompanied by Ian Chapman, CEO of UKAEA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 7-9 March 2022 - visit to Cumbria (RAICo) - numerous meetings and visits - accompanied by Ian Chapman, CEO of UKAEA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | A presentation on nuclear accidents and Fukushima, given to researchers of the RAIN and NCNR research consortia, January 2019, Oxford, England. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk given to researchers, postgraduate students, staff and visitors to the annual meeting of the RAIN consortium which included representatives from the NCNR consortium too. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | A talk at KSEAUK (Korean Scientist and Engineering Association in the UK) annual conference in Bristol |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Disseminated the overview of RAIN activities and virtual-reality-based human-robot interaction research work to academic and industrial South Korean people in UK/EU as well as those from South Korea. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | AI@Oxford Panel - The Oxford Robotics Endeavour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted panel discussion between ORI and ORI members: BP, Navtech, L3 ASV, Oxbotica |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/innovation-news/events/aioxford-conference/ |
| Description | AIMS CDT Launch event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Launch event for the AIM CDT |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | AIMS CDT research presentations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Promoted our RAIN work to BP, QinetiQ and Schlumberger. Perhaps laid some groundwork for future RI trials. Bossa Nova and Frontier Development Labs also present. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | AIRTO Dinner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industry - Networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ANYmal Demo for Open Day at University of Oxford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | RAIN ANYmal demo for Engineering Science Open Day - 14 September |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ANYmal demo for Engineering Science open day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | University of Oxford open day - ANYmal demo to show to student prospects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | AR for Nuclear workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Tom Bale, Bristol on AR for Nuclear |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | AWE board meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Regular update on progress to the AWE Strategic board with University of Bristol |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | AWE briefing day regarding use of robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Dr Andrew Wallwork from the AWE to discuss the use of robots for advanced manufacturing and concept redevelopment for glovebox working |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Accenture / ATI Innovation Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of work on inspection in collabroation with Accenture Labs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Allerdale Borough Council at REEL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussions to raise awareness of REEL/RAIN/RNE and UoM's presence in west Cumbria, research overview and demonstrations of robotics technologies presented to key members of Allerdale Borough Council. Discussions of new funding for REEL and opportunities for engagement with industry and academia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | American Glovebox Society Annual Conference : 22 - 25/7/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | American Glovebox Society Annual Conference in Boston |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Animal Ethics Day, Museum of Natural History Oxford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Animal Ethics Day, Museum of Natural History Oxford, June 2022. Talk "If animals matter morally, should robots too?" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Applanix |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Research talk to Applanix to investigate collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Aquatic Platforms- Vertex Sellafield Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentations to key stakeholders at Sellafield and NNL on MallARD platforms, as well as overview on aquatic platforms including AVEXIS and Braendler Engineering Projects. Legacy ponds team and MSSS stakeholders present. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Astropreneur Session - manufacturing for and in space - 09 June 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Attend ICRA 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Annual International Conference on Robots and Automation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://icra2018.org/ |
| Description | Attend IROS - 2018 - Madrid |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended IROS. Presented RAIN paper (Faruq et al, above). Talked to representatives of Toyota, Saga Robotics, Magazino. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attendance at Future of Nuclear Robotics Safety Cases Workshop (September 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A joint workshop (11th Sept 2018) organised by the University of York, University of Liverpool and Office for Nuclear Regulation. There were presentations from the Universities of Liverpool and York, and the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). The workshop was well attended, with attendees from both academia and industry who had an interest in robotics, autonomy, AI, safety, assurance, and certification.There were attendees who are involved in the RAIN Hub, Assuring Autonomy programme, and the Office for Nuclear Regulation. In the afternoon, there was a lively discussion session about safety cases and robotics in the nuclear industry, trying to elicit the scenarios and requirements of such systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://cgi.csc.liv.ac.uk/~mattlck/FNRC/workshop1/ |
| Description | Attendance at RAS Meeting in Liverpool to discuss RAIN research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Disseminating research to attendees of Robotics RAS meeting in Liverpool as part of larger industry event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attendance at the Elephants to Ants - Innovate UK Q6 Quarterly Meeting on 18 July 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at the Elephants to Ants - Innovate UK Q6 Quarterly Meeting on 18 July 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Attendance at the Safety & Ethics of Autonomous Systems Meeting, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at the Safety & Ethics of Autonomous Systems Meeting, London on 2 July 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Attended (and competed in) the World Robot Summit Expo in Tokyo, 15-21/10/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The ORI's robotics competition team (Team ORIon) took part in their first competition, the World Robot Summit (WRS) in Tokyo, Japan. The recently assembled team got straight to work, using their long flight to manually label bounding boxes on a large image set in order to get their object detection working! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://ori.ox.ac.uk/team-orion-competes-at-the-world-robot-summit-in-japan/ |
| Description | Attended 2nd International Symposium on Fusion Remote Handling Technology at RACE 18th-22nd Feb 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Fusion developers, engineers and scientists from UK, Finland, France and China gathered to discuss SoA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Attended EPSRC AIMS CDT Meet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We attended the EPSRC AIMS CDT annual meeting, attendees included partners - BP, Schulmberger, ESA/FDL and others |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attended F4E workshop on Rad-tol technologies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Around 50 people from international locations attended in order to update and plan on work related to radiation hard technologies for nuclear fusion and other. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attended ICRA 2019 in Montreal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended ICRA 2019 Submitted and presented 2 papers and 2 posters Organised a workshop attended by 200 people and streamed live online |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Attended IROS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 1-3/10/18 - Attended IROS. Presented RAIN paper (Faruq et al, above). Talked to representatives of Toyota, Saga Robotics, Magazino. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attended IROS conference in Macau |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended IROS conference in Macau |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Attended IROS, Madrid 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended IROS, Madrid 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attended International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, Buenos Aires, 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended ISER to learn about SoA experimental robotics techniques |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attended Living Machines Conference, Paris, 2018, to discuss current research with fellow academics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended Living Machines Conference, Paris, 2018, to discuss current research with fellow academics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attended ONR's Introduction to Nuclear Regulation Seminar, Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended ONR young professionals seminar to learn about the industry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attended RAIN talk at RACE with Antonio Bicchi of Pisa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended RAIN talk at RACE with Antonio Bicchi of Pisa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attended RAIN talk in RACE - Antonio Bicchi of Pisa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended RAIN talk in RACE - Antonio Bicchi of Pisa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attended STRANDS Architecture working group workshop at ORI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Learning opportunity with ORI on novel architecture. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attended TAROS 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS), 2019, in London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Attended TAROS 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS), 2021, online |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Attended The 2019 IEEE UK&I RAS Conference and 2019 IFToMM UK MO Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended the 2019 IEEE UK&I RAS Conference and 2019 IFToMM UK MO Conference to communicate with professionals in robotics research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2019-ieee-uki-ras-conference-and-2019-iftomm-uk-mo-conference-tic... |
| Description | Attended UK Space Agency Robotics Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Attended, contributed, and presented at UKSA workshop on Robotics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attended Workshop at ICRA 2018, Workshop: Multilegged Robots: Towards Robust Real-World Deployments |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended ICRA 2018 Workshop - multilegged robots - towards robus real-wolrd deployments |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attended project meeting - LongOps - Feb 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | future proposal discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Attending Human-Agent Interaction conference to disseminate research and learn about SoA, Southampton, 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Research disseminated and future collaborations developed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attending TAROS conference remotely |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attending conference (virtually) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Attending event on advances in robotics and social impcats (ARSO) in Genoa, 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Engaging with academics to discuss the impact of robotics on policy, society and global work structures. Leading to collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Automation, AI & Robotics Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | We were invited to a workshop organised by the UK Science and Innovation Network at the British Consulate in America on Automation, AI & Robotics. This got researchers and companies from across the US and the UK together to discuss their research in this field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Autonomous Systems Development Guidelines meeting with the ONR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting involving Matt Luckcuck and Michael Fisher (University of Liverpool) and Steve Frost, Andy White, and Doug Styles (Office for Nuclear Regulation), to provide feedback on initial 'principles' document that will form a set of guidelines on how to develop autonomous systems for hazardous nuclear environments. I.E the things to consider when designing, developing, verifying, and deploying such a system for the nuclear estate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | B2B NS/UKAEA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | B2B NS/UKAEA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BBC NW Tonight |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBC NW Tonight filmed an interview and demonstration for the future of nuclear energy and how robotics will play a key part. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | BBSRC-EPSRC Workshop on Advanced Horticulture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting of representatives from diverse engineering and bioscience related disciplines to explore how we can stimulate sustainable, e?cient and pro?table production systems for the horticulture sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | BEIS OPSS International Regulatory Delivery Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BHP Science and Innovation Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk to BHP Science and Innovation Council about decision making under uncertainty to educate c-level executives on AI/robotics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Babcock-Cavendish collaboration and meetings on nuclear waste and plant inspection |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A workshop organised by the South West Nuclear Hub for the purposes of sharing information on our research on nuclear waste and nuclear plant inspection. This specifically included diamond detectors as well as laser-driven gamma and neutron imaging of waste packages. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Bessemer Society Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Networking. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Big meet nuclear training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | We hosted a RAIN Big meet and on the second day coordinated training in Nuclear energy. We invited researchers from the NCNR hub to attend. A group came along and said they appreciated the lectures and the interaction with the RAIN hub members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Bluedot |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Outreach stand at Bluedot Festival. This stand was joint with the Dalton Nuclear Institute and aimed to discuss both nuclear and robotics. We had games focused on the nuclear challenges we are trying to address, as well as a robot maze and manipulators to show our solutions. Dalton brought games related to nuclear energy, radiation and geological disposal facilities. In the middle we had a conversation pillar / graffiti wall for people to add discussion and comments. It was really well received and we had some great conversations over the festival. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Bright Sparks engagement with local school children |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Demonstrating swarm robotics and robotics for nuclear at the Bright Sparks finale. There were pupils from 3 schools local to Cumbria at the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | British Solar Renewables meet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussing the potential for a remote inspection demonstrator, targeted at solar farms. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Business and Innovation Magazine interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Media |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CARMA - Sellafield Analytical Teams |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited research talk on CARMA robot to Sellafield's Analytical team- via PolyCom system to multiple users on site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CARMA IAA CE Marking engagement - 13/04/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Update on CARMA project and CE marking requirements from SL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | CARMA Project Update with SL Remediation Team 25/03/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Update on CARMA project with remediation team from SL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | CARMA for PHUMS deployment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield and Cavendish to discuss alternative radiometric tools for use on CARMA robot |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CARMA project progress update with Sellafield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield's C-RAI, RAI IRT and remediation customer for CARMA project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | CARMA project update and demonstration for Sellafield - 17/12/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | End customer demonstration of CARMA for Sellafield remediation team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | CIFAR-UKRI-CNRS workshop on AI & Society: From Principles to Practice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Joint CIFAR-UKRI-CNRS workshop on AI & Society: From Principles to Practice held at Turing Institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CPAC - RACE - ORCA, SL, RR, EDF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Industry Visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CZT for MIRRAX |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of the integration of CZT sensor with MIRRAX robot, speaking with radiometry and different stakeholder groups at Sellafiled, additional demonstration of CARMA robot at REE Laboratory in Cumbria. Potential loan of equipment for deployment scenario, further engagement with radiometric team to discuss design requirements and doses. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Call with CSIC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for international collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Call with DOE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industry Call |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Call with Kirsty Hewitson UK NNL - weekling from 1/-01/2020 to 26/06/2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | regular update meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Call with NAMRC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Call with Nvidia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | JET in Holodeck |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Call with Nvidia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | JET in Holodeck |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Call with Prof Oxford Brookes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | RAS Apprenticeships |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Call with Subsea 7 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industry Call |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Call with US DOE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | UK/US Science Agreement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Carrs Engineering - REEL information share |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Research update and information share between REEL projects and Carr's Engineering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Catchup with Createc - 29 April 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss "the right" glovebox operators at Sellafield (Matt Mellor) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| Description | Chair of conference session at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Sydney, Australia, November 2018. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I was co-chair of the Nuclear Instrumentation and Measurements for Reactors session at the IEEE NSS-MIC in Sydney, Australia in November 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.eventclass.org/contxt_ieee2018/online-program/session?s=N-09#s42 |
| Description | Challenges for nuclear innovation: Robotics and AI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The workshop was part of the IET Nuclear Engineering for Safety, Control and Security 2019. The purpose of the workshop was to provide a collection of examples of innovation in nuclear industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://events2.theiet.org/nuclear/index.cfm |
| Description | Cheltenham Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Supported UK-RAS network stand at Cheltenham Science Festival. Over 14,183 visitors engaged in the Cyber Zone that we were a part of. We were encouraging people to participate in the school robotic challenge. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Civil Nuclear Fusion & Supply Chain HPO Workshop - 4 November 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Civil Nuclear Fusion & Supply Chain HPO Workshop - 4 November 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CogX Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CogX Conference, 12 June 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Collaboration discussion - Finnegan Law Firm |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | consulting inquiry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Collaboration with National Institute for Standards and Testing (NIST), USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration with National Institute for Standards and Testing (NIST), USA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | Collaborative Facility Cumbria - Business case support |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Business case support to Sellafield application for lease of collaborative robotics facility in Cumbria. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Collaborative Facility Cumbria - CCS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Review of potential location for collaborative colocation robotics centre in Cumbria. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Collaborative Facility Cumbria - CCS Jan 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to colocation site for collaborative robotics lab in West Cumbria engagement with Sellafield and NNL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Collaborative Facility Cumbria - NCfN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to local Cumbrian College to discuss colocation of collaboration partners at site, opportunity for increased and continual engagement with FE college. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Collaborative Facility Cumbria - meetings w/c 01/02/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Weekly meetings to discuss move into new colaborative facility, lab set up, space allocation, collaboration and cooperation agreements with Sellafield, NNL and RACE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Collaborative Facility Cumbria - meetings w/c 07/02/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Weekly meetings to discuss move into new colaborative facility, lab set up, space allocation, collaboration and cooperation agreements with Sellafield, NNL and RACE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Collaborative Facility Cumbria - meetings w/c 25/01/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Weekly meetings to discuss move into new colaborative facility, lab set up, space allocation, collaboration and cooperation agreements with Sellafield, NNL and RACE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Collaborative Facility Cumbria - weekly meetings 06/01/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Weekly meetings to discuss move into new colaborative facility, lab set up, space allocation, collaboration and cooperation agreements with Sellafield, NNL and RACE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Collaborative Facility Cumbria - weekly meetings 12/01/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Weekly meetings to discuss move into new colaborative facility, lab set up, space allocation, collaboration and cooperation agreements with Sellafield, NNL and RACE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Community Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The University of Manchester's community day. They invite members of the public from the region to attend an open day full of outreach activities. We debuted games that had been designed to communicate nuclear challenges that can be addressed using robotics and had fantastic engagement from members of the public at all ages. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Conference Call with ITER |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Working Meeting: Digital twinning |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference call with Savanah River National Lab |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conservative Party Conference research showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participated in a research exhibition that was a fringe event at the conservative party conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Copeland Borough Council and ARUP Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Copeland Borough Council and ARUP for The University of Manchester's input (as part of REEL/RNE/RAIN) into regional development plans, as case studies for the report. Requests for information on specific case studies were given for the report including MallARD. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Copeland Council Visit- REEL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit to REEL from Copeland Borough Council members of the Nuclear and Energy Team, presentations delivered on robotics technologies and demonstrations of robotics shown to members. Follow-up requests for future meetings and engagement with CBC and ARUP for robotics case studies . |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CorteX Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on interoperable robotics, with industrial and academic participation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Cortex Demo Day - 11 September 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Demo Day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Cortex-TARM Demo - 23 July 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Cross Hub Digital Tissue Initiateve - July to August 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Regular meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Cross-sector Round Table on Innovation and Regulation (at Royal Academy of Engineering) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Cross-sector Round Table on Innovation and Regulation, organised by NNL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | DCMS Roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | DCMS Roundtable on Cyber Resilience discussing challenges, research and future directions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | DSRL visit to REEL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | REEL hosted visit to Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) to start engagement re possible robotics deployments. Overview of work UoM is involved with both for RNE and RAIN was discussed, including particular challenges DSRL are facing and possible technology solutions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Delivering change through robotics at Sellafield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | We organised this event jointly with Sellafield. It was oversubscribed with a waiting list at over 300 people. This event provided a platform for: demonstrating the current use of robotics at Sellafield, inviting Sellafield's workforce to help shape the future role of robotics in decommissioning, showcasing next-generation robotic developments, presenting the progress of the RAIN Hub, and stimulating ideas, discussion and future innovation. The day included talks from key decision makers at Sellafield, as well as researchers and those from other sectors. There was an exhibition space with 3 key zones, showing technology from (1) the academic researchers, (2) the SMEs / supply chain, and (3) what is currently in use at Sellafield. This event felt key in changing people's views on the use of robotics in Nuclear. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.gamechangers.technology/challenges/delivering-change-through-robotics/ |
| Description | Demo - ESA Demo Harwell - 4 July 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Demo - collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Demo - Magnox, Sizewell B trials - 13 June 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Demo Chevron, NZTC in Ghent Belgium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Chevron, NZTC demo in Ghent Belgium |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Demo at Fire Service College |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Demo of Robots at Fire Service College with EU Projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Demo at Workshop on Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems (VaVas) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Nick presented Betty (ROBOT) demo at Workshop on Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://sites.google.com/site/wsvavas2018/ |
| Description | Demo of mobile robot at Pembroke College as part of University of Oxford Open Days 27 & 28/6/18 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Demo of mobile robot at Pembroke College as part of University of Oxford Open Days 27 & 28/6/18 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Demonstration of CARMA and MALLARD robots |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CARMA and MALLARD robots were demonstrated to industry to get feedback on their current development stage and look for opportunities for these to be deployed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Demonstration of CARMA and related technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CARMA robot was demonstrated to Sellafield to get feedback on their current development stage and look for opportunities for these to be deployed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Demonstration of CARMA robot |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Demonstration of the CARMA 2 robot. Engineers from across the Sellafield site and the NDA came to the REEL labs in Cumbria. We showed how the CARMA performs floor scans to detect radiation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Demonstration of flexible gripper grasping delivered by Nottingham continuum robotic arm |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | In this event, Nottingham team demonstrated to use a continuum robot for manipulating a flexible gripper (a flexible rubber balloon filled with fine particles actuated by vacuum) to pick some objects with random shapes. It is potential interest of aerospace and nuclear industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Design and development of a slender dual-structure continuum robot for in-situ aeroengine repair |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The latest development of a slender dual-stage continuum robot was presented in the IROS 2019 at Madrid and a paper titled of 'Design and Development of a Slender Dual-Structure Continuum Robot for In-situ Aeroengine Repair' was published in this world-leading robotics related conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53424/ |
| Description | Developing Safety Case workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Developing Safety Case workshops - planning future activity between ONR and Liverpool |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Discuss Remote Inspection demonstrators with British Solar Renewables |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | British Solar Renewables are very interested in the remote inspection and monitoring of their large solar farms. Whilst this isn't nuclear it's very very similar in a lot of respects: long term change detection but using IR cameras (looking for hotspots on panels). Plan to take this forward to proposal either to RAIN, Lloyds or IUK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discuss possibility of future projects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with WOOD regarding possibility of future projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussed potential outreach activity for 2019 with head of activites at FACT, Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited by director of activities at FACT, Liverpool, to arrange future outreach lectures on the impact of robotics to industry and society. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussion with NDA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Input to Policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussion with NDF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussion with Nick Akiona |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with Nick Akiona of Accenture Labs on uses of ORI tech for inspection tasks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Discussion with Oxford University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussion with Sellafield and NNL regarding engagement with RAIN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting between RAIN directors and people from Sellafield and NNL regarding current and future work with RAIN |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussion with Sellafield and NNL regarding engagement with RAIN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with senior engineers and innovation managers from Sellafield and the National Nuclear Laboratory to discuss current and future collaboration opportunities and working with RAIN |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Dive tank at RAICo- meeting with NNL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with NNL to discuss demonstrators at RAICo including dive tank/water tank for aquatic robotics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Dounreay Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Dounreay to discuss robotics technologies and potential solutions to decommissioning challenges facing DSRL, presentations delivered from RAIN and key challenge holders from DSRL. Site visits included as part of two day visit and engagement. Plans for future visits, robotics showcase and deployments put into place. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Dr Bryony Butland, UKRI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | UKRI Visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Dynamic Walking Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attending conference (virtually) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | EDF Security Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Nuclear Industry Association security summit hosted in Bristol - Plenary on robotics and innovation for security and surveillance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | EDF meeting on nuclear safety and security |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with EDF Head of Security for Hinkley Point C to discuss the use of sensor and robotic systems for site security and surveillance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Engaged with multiple RAIN partners at IROS Conference, Madrid, 2018, to discuss current and future collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended a variety of meetings throughout the conference to further RAIN research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Engagement with EPE - Sellafield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with EPE team at Sellafield, at new site. Information share on projects of mutual interest and opportunties to work together discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Engagement with Sellafield- CARMA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement to discuss development of platform, CE marking and future deployments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Engagement with Sonomatic- future projects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN and RNE meeting with Sonomatic to discuss current projects and opportunities to collaborate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Engineering in Practice Lecture, Oxford Univ |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | All of OU Yr1 Eng Sci |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Ess Industry Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industry Visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | European Robotics Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exhibited at the European Robotics Forum 2019. Took brochures and kit to display and create discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| URL | https://www.eu-robotics.net/robotics_forum/ |
| Description | European robotics forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Nottingham group had a stand in the conference and presented the robots developed by the team via videos. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eu-robotics.net/robotics_forum/ |
| Description | FIS360 and Sellafield Robotics Engagement - 11/06/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss clearance and projects for Sellafield engagement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | FIS360/RAIN Catch up |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with FIS360 to discuss opportunity for researcher development in RAICo and future projects for Sellafield including engagement with SL's C-RAI CoE Forum. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Fair-Space visit to RACE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Visit by FAIR-SPACE academics and related students to RACE to discuss collaborations on robotics in Nuclear and Space. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Academic workshop, in collaboration with Prof. Michael Fisher and Dr Marie Farrell, held at the Third World Congress on Formal Methods, in Porto. The workshop featured 2 invited speakers, 5 paper presentations, and a whole-group discussion session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://autonomy-and-verification-uol.github.io/events/fmas/ |
| Description | Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems workshop, Porto |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems workshop, Porto |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | Fukushima site visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Future Opportunities Group (FOG) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Future opportunities group, chaired by the Mayor of Copeland, includes leading members of key industry e.g. LEP, West Cumbrian Mining, UCLAN, NNL, SL, BECBC amongst many others. New opportunities discussed including new funding at REEL and overview of robotics successes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Future of Nuclear Robotics Safety Cases |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This was the first in a series of workshops. It introduced the current certification processes, highlights some of the issues as we move towards more sophisticated Robotics and AI solutions, and discussed the way forward. We had have talks by representatives from the Universities of Liverpool, Manchester and York, and the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://tiny.cc/FNRSC2018 |
| Description | Future of Nuclear Safety Cases workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Future of Nuclear Safety Cases workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://cgi.csc.liv.ac.uk/~mattlck/FNRC/workshop1/ |
| Description | Gave an invited talk at the AAAI 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 17-19/10/18 - Gave an invited talk at the AAAI 2018 Fall Symposium on Reasoning and Learning in Real-World Systems for Long-Term Autonomy and also represented RAIN paper (SOMA). DIscussions with other academics plus industry (Cogitai and Nissan). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://rbr.cs.umass.edu/lta/ |
| Description | Gave invited talk at IIT, Genoa, on novel methods to be used in HRI within industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Gave presentation at AI Night event at Liverpool University disseminating HRI research to general public and academic audience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited outreach lecture on the future of robotics and HRI |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Gave presentation on methodologies used in HRI at HRI Conference, Chicago 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Gave talk on HRI practices and theory at AISB Conference, Liverpool. 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk given at conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Guest lecture in the Intelligent and Autonomous Systems class for Bachelor students at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Rafael C. Cardoso gave an overview of three of the ISCF RAI Hubs (FAIR-SPACE, ORCA and RAIN) and discussed his research in the hubs. The research being done in the hubs was praised and some further questions were posed by the students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Guest lecture in the Multi-Agent Systems class for Master students at the University of Genoa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Rafael C. Cardoso and Angelo Ferrando gave an overview of three of the ISCF RAI Hubs (FAIR-SPACE, ORCA and RAIN) and discussed their research in the hubs during the first part of the lecture. In the second part of the lecture the speakers presented the 2019 Multi-Agent Programming Contest and discussed the strategies used by their team to win first place in the Contest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/LivUni_AVLab/status/1187706140106379264 |
| Description | H2020 proposal meeting - VineAssist |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | coordinating £6m project proposal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | H2020 proposal meeting - VineAssist |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | coordinating £6m project proposal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | HBAC Opening |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Demonstrated robots to Prince Willam at HBAC opening |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | HOME Offshore demonstration day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The HOME offshore project coordinated an event on autonomous inspection of assets in the energy industry. We had a RAIN stand and had a RAIN submersible platform demonstrating underwater inspection of mock up offshore wind farm. There were also drone inspections of the turbine blades. It was great to take part in an event focused on a different industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hosted BEIS At ORI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted visit of BEIS analysts, promoted ORI and RAIN, discussed UK funding landscape and translational activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hosted Dr.Andreea Radulescu |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Hosted Dr. Andreea Radulescu from Dyson robotics division, seminar at Oxford Robotics Seminar series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hosted Italian High School Students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Hosted Italian High School Students at ORI |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted Italian high school students. Oct 17 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ORI hosted high school students from Italy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://ori.ox.ac.uk/itt-marconi-student-visit-to-ori/ |
| Description | Hosted Members Day at ORI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Part of team hosting ORI Members' Day with BP, JLR, Nominet, Nav Tech, Bossa Nova, Honda Research Europe, and ASV |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hosted ORI Industry Members at ORI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 30/11/18 - Part of team hosting ORI Members' Day with BP, JLR, Nominet, Nav Tech, Bossa Nova, Honda Research Europe, and ASV |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted Remote Inspection Working Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Led Remote Inspection Working Group meeting with representatives from NNL, Nuvia, Jacobs, James Fisher Nuclear plus MAN, LANCS, BRIS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted Toyota Representatives at ORI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted Toyota Representatives at ORI |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted Toyota representatives in ORI. Oct 12 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted Toyota representatives in ORI. Oct 12 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted W20 presentation at Oxford Robotics Institute to International Business Leaders |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted W20 presentation at Oxford Robotics Institute to International Business Leaders |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted Whitehall Industry Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted Whitehall Industry Group at Oxford Robotics Institute to present to them about us/ demo and around workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted a visit from a contact at ZF Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted a visit from a contact at ZF Group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted a visit from a contact at ZF Group. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 8/10/18 - Hosted a visit from a contact at ZF Group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted group from Liverpool for Theme 4 discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted group from Liverpool for Theme 4 discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted group from Liverpool for Theme 4 discussions. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 1/11/18 - Hosted group from Liverpool for Theme 4 discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted visit and meeting in ORI with Prof. George Pappas 09/10/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted visit and meeting in ORI with Prof. George Pappas 09/10/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted visit and meeting in ORI with Professor George Pappas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | ORI hosted a visit and meeting with Professor George Pappas - there were several talks and demos throughout the day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted visit from Lightsource BP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on use of autonomous robots for solar farm maintainence |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hosted visit from Singapore government delegation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The visit was led by the Assistant Chief Executive (Technology and Infrastructure) of IMDA, Mr Philip Heah with representatives from Singapore government research agency (A*STAR). The Intelligent Computing Labs (division of IMDA, led by Dr Ngoh Lek Heng) is now embarking on a new initiative called the Human & Machine Collaboration (HMC) in order to implement this vision recommended under the SDE TRM by exploring potential area for collaboration with UK universities and companies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hosted visitor at Oxford Robotics Institute |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Hosted Dr Radu Calinescu - January 2018 at Oxford Robotics Institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosted visitor at Oxford Robotics Institute |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | RAIN hosted Prof Ludovic Righetti from NYU and MPI for invited talk "On the Importance of contact interactions for robotic locomotion and manipulation' 05.06.18 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Hosting visitor from NNUF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | presentation hosted |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | I2C RAIN Monthly meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I2C RAIN Monthly meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | IAA - Underwater Communications Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement to develop more detailed plans for IAA submission. Sellafield funded project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | IAA - Underwater Communications Engagement Finalising |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement to finalise the IAA paperwork and submission before panel, discussion on funding route and timings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IAA - Underwater Communications Initial Discussions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield Ltd to disucss opportunties for funding future research project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | ICAPS Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk to ICAPS summer school |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | ICRA workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organized workshop on Towards Real-World Deployment of Legged Robots |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://icra2019wslocomotion.wordpress.com/ |
| Description | ICRND - regular meetings in 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | ICRND - regular meetings throughout 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | ICRND Virtual Meeting - 13 November |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | ICRND Virtual Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended (virtually) the 2020 ICRA conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | IET Prestige Lecture Series - ASIPP, Hefei |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | IET Prestige Lecture Series - Beijing University of Post and Telecoms (QMU), Beijing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | IET Prestige Lecture Series - City Univ, Hong Kong |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | IET Prestige Lecture Series - SWIP, Chengdu |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | IET Prestige Lecture Series - Sanjiang University, Nanjing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | IET Prestige Lecture Series - Tsinghua, Beijing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | IET Prestige Lecture Series - UESTC, Chengdu |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | IET Prestige Lecture Series - Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University, Suzhou |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | IET Prestige Lecture Series - Zhejiang University, Hangzhou |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | IIF Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Demonstrated our robot Betty at the Westgate during the IIF Festival in Oxford |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | IMechE Nuclear Decommissioning Knowledge Capture Workshop - 13 February 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | IMechE Nuclear Decommissioning Knowledge Capture Workshop - 13 February 2019: Research Associate, Kaiqiang Zhang, and I participated. This was an ideal opportunity to meet various industrial and governmental stakeholders across Europe involved in various aspects of nuclear decommissioning. The event took place at the Office of Nuclear Regulations in Bootle. (This is reported for NCNR and RAIN) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://nearyou.imeche.org/eventdetail?id=16007 |
| Description | IMechE Visit to REEL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to REEL from IMechE members, made up of representatives of multiple industry organisations. Talks delivered and demonstrations of robotics technologies showcased. Follow up enquiries for involvement in future outreach activities in local area as well as requests for repeat visits for IMechE to REEL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | IROS Madrid |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ISCF Grand Challenges - Resolution Foundation - David Willetts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Resolution Foundation - David Willetts |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ISCF Grand Challenges - Resolution Foundation - David Willetts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Resolution Foundation - David Willetts |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ISCF Robotics Cohort Event 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Annual ISCF cohort meeting. Presented RAIN work with Createc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | ITER - RACE Steering Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | ITER - Race Steering Group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | ITER - RACE Steering Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Industrial event in Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | industrial event in Manchester |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Industry visitors (Rolls-Royce Deutschland and Fraunhofer) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The potential collaboration was discussed and a preliminary agreement was made during this visiting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Initial collaboration project meeting with Ross Robotics (skype), initiated through the RAIN project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | initial collaboration project meeting with Ross Robotics (skype), initiated through the RAIN project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Intelmatix meeting. Discussed inspection and other robotic use cases. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Intelmatix meeting. Discussed inspection and other robotic use cases. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Inter-operable Robotics Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Internationa Symposium on Fusion Remote Handling Technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Hosted and organised 2nd international symposium on fusion remote handling technology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | International Robotics Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Stand at the international robotics showcase, including 3 robotic platforms that we demonstrated to attendees. About the event: The full-day programme includes exclusive talks by world-renowned experts in science and technology, panel discussions, exhibitions, robot demonstrations and an award ceremony for competition winners demonstrating cutting-edge robotics innovation. Exciting demonstrations of cutting-edge robotics technology; Lively discussion and debate, covering ethical, legal and economic impacts of Robotics and AI; The release of several new White Papers, covering the current research landscape in: Urban Automation & Transport AgriTech The day also offers academics, industry, government organisations and the public, the opportunity to enjoy the fascinating and diverse exhibits by our sponsors, as well as provide a lively forum for discussion and discovery of some of the latest technological developments and research challenges in Robotics and Autonomous Systems. The event will take place within the 2018 International Business Festival and a 9 day pass is included within your registration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | International robotics showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The centrepiece of the UK Robotics Week, the international robotics showcase includes world renowned keynote speakers and leading industry exhibitors and robot demonstrations. We had a lot of discussion and interaction from this event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ukras.org/robotics-week/international-robotics-showcase-2019-programme/ |
| Description | Interview - Computerphile filming - 13 July 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Interview by Middletable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Interview by Middletable on Boston Dynamics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Interview by OE Digital |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Interview on Legged Robots |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Interview for BBC Click |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | During attending the Farnborough Air Show 2018 in the UK, James Kell from Rolls-Royce plc was interviewed by the BBC Click and he had talked about the advanced On-Wing technology which has been developed at RR UTC at University of Nottingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3ct4dyr |
| Description | Interview for Science online news |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview for Science online news -- regarding the virtual reality-based human-swarm interaction system developed by the University of Manchester within RAIN hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/ever-dream-controlling-robot-swarms-new-virtual-reality-head... |
| Description | Interview on BBC Radio Merseyside Sci-Friday as expert on robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Was special guest on science slot, Sci-Friday, on BBC Radio Merseyside to discuss robotics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Interview with Ipsos-MORI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Ipsos-MORI Survey Interview |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Interview with electronics magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview with IEEE Spectrum regarding the deployment of Spot in Chernobyl. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/boston-dynamics-spot-chernobyl |
| Description | Invited seminar to University of Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | gave invited seminar to University of Manchester |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited talk at CyPhyAssure Spring School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at CyPhyAssure Spring School |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited talk at CyPhyAssure Spring School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at CyPhyAssure Spring School University of York. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.cs.york.ac.uk/circus/CyPhyAssure/school/ |
| Description | Invited talk at Robotics For Extreme Environments event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk on RAIN/RACE collaborations with FAIR-SPACE on robotics for extreme environments at NASA Johnson Space Centre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited talk at Verification of Autonomous Systems Working Group, Washigton DC, USA [Nov 2018] |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at Verification of Autonomous Systems Working Group, Washigton DC, USA [Nov 2018] |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.robotistry.org/vaswg/nist2018/nist2018.html |
| Description | Invited talk at an national railway event held at Huddersfield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | More than 60 attendees from railway-related industries or R&D institutions attended this event. I was invited to talk about how robotics can improve the maintenance of train and railway in the future and later joined a panel discussion with other speakers and the audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited talk at the Annual Meeting of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, March 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The invited talk was well received and was preceded by talks by officials from the British Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, and it extended awareness of our detector-related robotic activities to the wider Atomic Energy community in Japan consolidating further collaboration and engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/aesj2018s/advanced?query=Joyce&searchType=subject |
| Description | Invited talk at the workshop "Emerging Learning Techniques for Robotics" at Hamlyn Symposium 2019, London, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Around 50 researchers attended the workshop to share the state-of-the-art research in emerging learning techniques for robotics. The speakers are experts in robotics interanationally, including Prof. Gordon Cheng, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, Dr Ender Konukoglu, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. It was opened by Prof. Guang-Zhong Yang, The Hamlyn Centre, Imperial College London, UK, who is the president of the UK-RAS network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ukras.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WAPM12-Emerging-F-1.pdf |
| Description | Invited talk to Aker Solutions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dissemination to Industry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited talk to Conference on Al and Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Conference Talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited talk: 'Real-time, fast neutron detection and its applications', Reactor Centre, Jošef Stefan Institute (Slovenia, 2018). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An invited talk given to employees and researchers at the Slovenian reactor institute, including people from the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency and the Japanese National Maritime Research Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Ipsos-MORI survey interview, 06/12/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Ipsos-MORI survey interview, 06/12/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Ipsus Morri survey participation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Ipsus Morri survey participation to support RAIN performance analysis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | JFNL Call - 1/8/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | JFNL Call |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | James Fisher and Sons plc visit in UoN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | James Fisher and Sons plc visited the UoN robotics lab and discussed the collaboration in Game-change scheme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - CalTech |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Research talk to NASA JPL at start of a research collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | KTN RAI industrial showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | KTN RAI Industry event. RAIN director Professor Lennox gave a presentation, joint with Sellafield and Forth engineering, on the development of the AVEXIS and the success of the collaboration. The event was well attended and a lot of people came to talk to us at the stand. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | KTN Robotics Showcase day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Had a stand exhibiting at the KTN Robotics Showcase event. This event was oversubscribed and a great opportunity to interact with people working in RAI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/highlights-from-the-robotics-and-artificial-intelligence-industry-showcase |
| Description | KTN Robotics and AI Industry Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The RAIN hub was at the KTN Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Industry Showcase 2021 from 25-27th May, the UK's largest showcase of industrial Robotics and AI technologies. Hub Director Barry Lennox joined the 'Robots for Safer Nuclear Operations and Decommissioning' session on Tuesday 25th May where he gave an overview of some of the projects RAIN had developed in collaboration with industry followed by a Q&A. Members of the RAIN team were also available to answer queries about the hub and to further discuss their work during the Exhibitor Virtual Booth Open Sessions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Keynote Speaker at TIME/OVERLAY 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at TIME symposium and OVERLAY workshop entitled "Verifying Autonomous Robots: Challenges and Reflections". The talk discussed experiences in carrying out verification of robotics and autonomous systems given work on several projects to an audience that was primarily from the formal methods, verification and logics communities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://time2020.inf.unibz.it/keynote-speakers/ |
| Description | Keynote at the IOPartsworkshop at MobiSys 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Keynote at the IOPartsworkshop at MobiSys 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2018/workshops/ |
| Description | Kuka Systems ltd visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on potential collaborations and opportunities with Kuka systems ltd. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Lakes College Walkaround - 22 September 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Laser Piglet Discussion - 06 May 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Laser Piglet Discussion - 13 May 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Laser Piglet Discussion - 25 March 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Laser Piglet Discussion - 25 March 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Laser Piglet Discussion - Rob Buckingham and Simon Bucknell (3HQ1) - 18 March 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Laser Piglet Discussion - Rob Buckingham and Simon Bucknell (3HQ1) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Lecture and Panel discussion at CyPhyAssure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Attended CyPhyAssure spring school/workshop at York. Gave invited lecture, participated in panel discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Legacy Ponds Visit Sellafield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Legacy Ponds team on Sellafield site following earlier robotics showcase on site. Follow up meeting with site tour to visit legacy ponds facilities and engage with key operations team members. Information share on current projects progress and key challenges for stakeholders. Follow up requests for further engagement and demonstration of technology on site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Lego Robots regional final |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Hosted the lego robots schools tournament. There were 9 teams from different schools across Greater Manchester in attendance in 2019, and this rose to 18 schools for 2020. These children had been engaged with researchers whilst developing their robots, stimulating interest in robotics. Schools from 2019 returned for 2020, clearly finding the event useful and worthwhile. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| URL | http://www.firstlegoleague.co.uk/ |
| Description | Lego Rovers a Great Hollingworth Academy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A workshop on Mars Rovers and AI Programming was delivered to a 5 classes as part of a Year 9 enrichment day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Aintree Davenhill |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Four robot programming workshops delivered to primary school children |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Anderton Primary School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Robot programming activity delivered in school themed around Mars Rovers. Sparked discussion and questions form the children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Arnot St. Mary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A Lego Robot programming workshop held a school for years 5 and 6. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Ashurst Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Programming workshop with Lego Robots delivered to primary school children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Cheltenham Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A stand for the Lego Rover activity at Cheltenham Science Festival organised by the UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems network in order to publicise their robot programming competition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Fairfield Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Lego Robot programming workshop delivered to six classes at a local primary school. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Fairfield Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Programming workshop using Lego Robots delivered to primary school children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Great Ashton STEM Academy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A workshop on Mars Rovers and AI Programming was delivered to a STEM Club. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Green Park School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Five robot programming workshops delivered to primary school children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Haydock High School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A Lego Robot programming activity run for an after school club. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Holy Cross Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Lego Robot programming workshops run for years 3-6 at Holy Cross Primary School. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Holy Rosary Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Two Lego Rovers workshops delivered to Year 5 children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Hudson Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A workshop on Mars Rovers and AI Programming was delivered to three classes of Primary School children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at LIPA Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A workshop on Mars Rovers and AI Programming was delivered to two classes of Primary School children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Lydiate Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Three Lego Rovers workshops delivered to primary children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Manchester Youth Zone |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ran three Robot programming workshops at a holiday club organised by Manchester Youth Zone which was running a STEM theme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Melland High School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Lego Rover workshop delivered to a mixed group of SEN children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Melling Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Four workshops run for primary children in Key Stage 2. Sparking questions and discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Speke Hall |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 9 lego robot programming workshops were run for families over three days. This was to tie in with the National Trusts Women and Power theme, and Speke Hall's Vigorous Victorians theme which featured Ada Lovelace. The workshops were well received with most families reporting that it got them to discuss issues around robots and artificial intelligence with their family and friends. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lego Rovers at St. Andrew's |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Two Lego Rover workshops delivered to year 3 classes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at St. Anne's Catholic Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Lego Rover programming workshops delivered to children in Key Stage 2. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at St. Anne's Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Three Lego Robot programming workshops run at a primary school |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at St. George's Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A programming workshop using Lego Robots was delivered to four classes in Key Stage 2. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at St. Gregory's |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Two workshops run for primary children in Key Stage 2. Sparking questions and discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lego Rovers at St. Hilda's Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A workshop on Mars Rovers and AI Programming was delivered to a class of Primary School children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at St. John Bosco |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Two workshops run for primary children in Key Stage 2. Sparking questions and discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lego Rovers at St. Joseph's Catholic Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A robot programming workshop run with children in year 4-6. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at St. Mary's Crosby |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A workshop on Mars Rovers and AI Programming was delivered to two classes of Primary School children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lego Rovers at St. Oswald's |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Two Lego programming workshops delivered to a primary school audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at St. Paul's Catholic Junior School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Two visits to St. Paul's Catholic Junior School delivering Lego Rover workshops to Y3 and Y5. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at St. Thomas' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A Lego Robot Programming workshop was delivered to 4 classes of primary children |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at Summerhill Primary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Four robot programming workshops delivered to primary school children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lego Rovers at the AISB Convention |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Lego Rovers workshop for families run as part of the AISB Convention |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at the World Museum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Four family workshops run at the World Museum in Liverpool to support their Astronomy Photograph of the Year exhibition. Approx 15 families participated experimenting with controlling and programming Lego Robots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers at the World Museum (Moon Landing) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Four family workshops held at the World Museum, Liverpool as part of their celebration of 50 years of the Moon Landings. Positive and interesting conversations with participants and discussion with the World Museum about integrating the workshop into their schools' programme in the coming year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lego Rovers: Light Night |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I ran an outreach stand at Light Night (Liverpool's free one-night arts and culture festival) for the Lego Rovers activity (developed by Dr Louise Dennis at the University of Liverpool). I talked to members of the general public (old and young) about autonomous robotics and AI, while demonstrating several Lego Rover robots in both remote control and autonomous modes. This sparked many questions from both the children and adults, which were much wider than just the concepts in the activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Lego Rovers: Liverpool World Museum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Four workshops (with up to 10 groups in each workshop) for the Lego Rovers outreach activity (developed by Dr Louise Dennis at the University of Liverpool). We guided the groups of children through a series of activities with their Lego Rover robot. First, they were shown how to remote control the robot; then we introduced a delay to their remote control, to simulate the robot being on the moon; then we explained the idea of AI and autonomous systems and allowed them to play with adding rules to the robot to make it take actions by itself. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/events/displayevent.aspx?EventId=40204 |
| Description | Lego Rovers: Liverpool World Museum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Four workshops (with up to 10 groups in each workshop) for the Lego Rovers outreach activity (developed by Dr Louise Dennis at the University of Liverpool). We guided the groups of children through a series of activities with their Lego Rover robot. First, they were shown how to remote control the robot; then we introduced a delay to their remote control, to simulate the robot being on the moon; then we explained the idea of AI and autonomous systems and allowed them to play with adding rules to the robot to make it take actions by itself. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Lego Rovers: Speke Hall |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A two day event at Speke Hall, Liverpool where we ran a series of workshops (with up to 10 groups in each workshop) for the Lego Rovers outreach activity (developed by Dr Louise Dennis at the University of Liverpool). We guided the groups of children through a series of activities with their Lego Rover robot. First, they were shown how to remote control the robot; then we introduced a delay to their remote control, to simulate the robot being on the moon; then we explained the idea of AI and autonomous systems and allowed them to play with adding rules to the robot to make it take actions by itself. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Lego Space Rovers at Manchester Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A series of 20 workshops on programming autonomous systems delivered to families as part of Manchester Science Festival. Children were highly engaged and there were questions on future directions from parents. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Lloyds register interested in remote inspection |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Lloyds register interested in remote inspection |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Local Industrial Strategy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Input to Policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lunch and Learn Presentation- Sellafield Graduates- 24/05/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to Sellafield graduates regarding placements with UoM/RAIN/RNE/REEL in Cumbria. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MASTU opening |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | MEMMO project meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with collaborators in France and Germany |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | METI DCF Japan Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on REE Laboratory and the Robotics for Extreme Environment Group (REEG) and wider research program including RNE and RAIN to members of the Japanese BEIS/NDA (METI), organised by BECBC (British Energy Coast Business Cluster). Members of the UK nuclear industry present including NNL, Sellafield Ltd, CoNE, North West Nuclear Arc Consortium, Dalton Nuclear Institute (University of Manchester) and local business influencers. Specifically spoke about the research undertaken by the programmes and the impact locally and advantages of having close ties and engagement with the nuclear industry. Jan 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | MIRRAX CZT and code Sellafield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussions with Sellafield on integration of uSPEC CZT ritec sensor into MIRRAX robot for future deployment on SL site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | MIRRAX- Development and Deployment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Technology engagement to discuss MIRRAX development for particular site deployment, and design of robot and corresponding collimator requirements for deployment scenario, Sept 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Maeeting with Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Kyoto University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presenting on technological developments to solve nuclear challenges |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Magnox / RAIN Virtual Showcase - 23 August 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at the Magnox / RAIN Virtual Showcase - 23 August 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Magnox-RACE Follow Up - 29 July 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | MallARD at THORP discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with THORP stakeholders to discuss possible use of MallARD robot in ponds with specific sensor payload. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting & Visit to Pittsburgh to AE Works |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting - Costain - 28 September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting - OION Investment meeting - 27 September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting CORIN Team from Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Meeting and discussion about future collaboration activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting EPSRC robotics portfolio manager, Clara Morri |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of research and discussion upcoming fellowship proposal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting Maxon Motors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Dr. Bianca Barun (CH) and William Mason (UK) from Maxon Motors |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting Rob Buckingham and Kirsty Hewitson - regular call spanning 17 January to 25 June 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Meeting Rob Buckingham and Kirsty Hewitson - regular call spanning 17 January to 25 June 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting and visit with CreaTec |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CreaTec visited ORI to discuss collab with Ioannis Havoutis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting at National Nuclear Laboratories, Brichwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting at National Nuclear Laboratories, Brichwood |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting at National Nuclear Laboratories, Brichwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with NNL at Birchwood, Warrington |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting at National Nuclear Laboratories, Brichwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting at National Nuclear Laboratories, Brichwood |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting at National Nuclear Laboratories, Workington |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting at NNL, Workington, 30th May 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting at National Nuclear Laboratories, Workington |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting at NNL, Workingotn, 26th January 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting at National Nuclear Laboratories, in Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with NNL to discuss future collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting to discuss potential for research project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with The Perfect Little Company regarding potential research project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with - Chevron, NZTC - Feb 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with - Taylor Vinters, business advice - 7 April 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration Discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with - UKAEA collaboration - 7 July 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with - Urbanhawk - Feb 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with ANYbotics - 28 Feb 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with ANYbotics - Feb 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with ARRIVAL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss potential upcoming collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with AWE re sensor units |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with AWE regarding the use of their Kromek D3S sensor units for integration into robotic ground and aerial systems for surveys. A loan of 5 sensors was agreed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Accenture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss collaboration on quadruped robots |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Accenture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Accenture to discuss potential inspection trials with the ANYmal quadruped |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Accenture - 25.01.21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss collaboration on quadruped robots |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Accenture - 5.1.21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss collaboration on quadruped robots |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Accenture - Feb 21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss collaboration on quadruped robots |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Aron Kidsi (GMV) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with GMV on space robotics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with BP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with BP about collaboration and partnership |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with BotsAndUs, Andrei Propescu - 4 May 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with British Solar Renewables |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talked to British Solar Renewables about a possible long term inspection and monitoring application at solar farms. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Cavendish |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion and lab tour with Cavendish Nuclear / Babcock to find challenge areas we could address and potential for collaboration. There were a few specific projects that they were particularly interested in. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Chevron, NZTC - 10 March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Chevron, NZTC - 10 November 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Chevron, NZTC - 28 March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration Discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Chevron, NZTC - Feb 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Company - ANYbotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with Company - ANYbotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration around their robot |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with Company - ANYbotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Formed collaboration around their robot |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with Company - Boston Dynamics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Formed collaboration around their robot |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with Company - Chevron |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with Company - Petrobas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with Company - Prolite |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with Company - Willow Innovation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with Costain - Feb 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Costain - March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Initial meeting between RAIN and Createc. Lots of overlapping interests and technological skills between RAIN and Createc in the space of remote inspection. Createc have a test site at RACE and offices in Oxford, so we will try to build on this to support RIWG activities at least. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Createc about starting Innovate UK project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with CEO of Createc on RH and glovebox demonstration and future innovation/funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Kick off meeting for the RAIN extension project "Flexible/Modular Radiation Sensing for Mobile Robots" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Createc - 18 March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Createc on Interoperable Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Met to discuss industry needs and strategy for UK interoperable robotics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with DIT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Dan Wolff, from the Nuclear Innovations & Research Office on 15 July 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Dan Wolff, from the Nuclear Innovations & Research Office on 15 July 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Deepplanet - 7 November 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Dyson, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to present research and potential collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with EDF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to present research and potential collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with EDF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to present research and potential collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Elbit Systems - 4 April 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration Discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Emil Johansson, UKAEA - Feb 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Era Ventures - 21 March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration Discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with FAIR-SPACE strategic partnerships manager |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Attended meeting related to inter-hub engagement and news publication related to FARE-SPACE and RACE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with FAIRspace team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Attended event hosted by FAIR-SPACE, sparking many discussions around possible collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Fionnuala Hogan, Goldacres - 26 August 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Foresight Williams |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Proposing investment in spin out idea |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Foresight Williams - 8 August 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Gregg Epps from React Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Gregg Epps from React Robotics, discussion about current activities and possible projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Hilti |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Hilti - 14 July 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Hilti - 15 December 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Hilti - 21 March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Hilti - 25 Feb 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Hilti - 28 Jan 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Hilti - 5 May 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Hilti - 6th Dec 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Hilti - 9 March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Hilti - Dec 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Hilti - Jan 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Hilti - Jan 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Hilti |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Hilti - Oct 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Jameel Marafie - Headlight AL - 6/6/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Jameel Marafie - Headlight AL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with James Kell, Jacobs - 8th September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Juan Suarez, Forestry UK - 8 July 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Kevin Burns, Head of Glove Boxes R&D at Sellafield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Demonstration of current developments of the Virtual Reality lab for remote manipulation at the University of Manchester. Mr Burns provided a description of the different activities at Sellafield Ltd related with glove boxes, and the meeting was designed to design a demonstration related with these activities. The meeting was also attended by Robert Skilton (RACE) and Inmo Jang (PDRA at University of Manchester). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Kevin Burns, Sellafield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Detailed workshop of Sellafield glovebox POCO challenge with main challenge owner from Sellafield. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Lloyds Register - Feb 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Longwall |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Proposing investment in spin out idea |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Lord Giddens and Lord Puttnam at the House of Lords |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Lord Puttnam and Lord Giddens to advise on latest developments in robotics and AI. Lord Puttnam and Giddens are both members fo the Parliamentary AI Committee. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Mark Enzer, Mott Macdonlad - 12 May 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Mike Cherock, AE Works - 10 August 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Motion Impossible |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Motion Impossible - Jan 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Motion Impossible - collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with NDF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with NDF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for International Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting with National Nuclear Laboratories and Sellafield, at NNL Workington |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with National Nuclear Laboratories and Sellafield, at NNL Workington |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with National Nuclear Laboratories at Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with National Nuclear Laboratories at Liverpool |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with National Nuclear Laboratories at Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with National Nuclear Laboratories at University of Liverpool, 14th May 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Nicky Valentine, MOD visiting - 20 October 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Nuclear AMRC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presenting on technological developments to solve nuclear challenges |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with ORI and MRF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with ORI and UKAEA Materials Research Facility to discuss opportunities for mobile mapping and recovery. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with OSI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Proposing investment in spin out idea |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with OSI - 16 June 21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Proposing investment in spin out idea |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with OSI - June 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Proposing investment in spin out idea |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Obayashi - 14 June 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Office for Nuclear Regulation (Liverpool 2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Participated in a meeting at University of Liverpool (20th December 2017) with members of the RAIN Hub and the Office of Nuclear Regulation. The impact of this was to shape future research directions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting with Office for Nuclear Regulation, Bootle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Office for Nuclear Regulation, Bootle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Office for Nuclear Regulation, Bootle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Office for Nuclear Regulation, Bootle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Office for Nuclear Regulation, Bootle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Office for Nuclear Regulation, Bootle |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting with Osange UP - March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Ouster |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Ouster with Marion Franc - March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Oxentia, Tim Hart - 20 July 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Oxford Investment Consultants - March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Oxford Investment Consultants - collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Oxford Product Design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Oxford Product Design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Oxford Product Design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Oxford Product Design - Feb 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Oxford Product Design - collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Oxford Product Design - Jan 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Oxford Product Design - June 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Oxford Product Design - March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Oxford Science Enterprises - Feb 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Oxford Science Enterprises - collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Oxford Technical Solutions - 4 October 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Ozan Tokatli, RACE/UKAEA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Ozan Tokatli from RACE/UKAEA about possible secondment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Parkwalk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Proposing investment in spin out idea |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Pearson Engineering - 14 September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Pearson Engineering - 9 December 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Peter Scarfe and William Harwin at Reading University to develop remote handling grant application |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visiting Reading University to develop collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Petronas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Prof Oxford Brookes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | RAS Apprenticeships |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with RACE - April 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration around their robot Spot |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Ross Robotics and Brandwidth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with RrOBO, Atkins and Sellafield C-RAI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Sellafield C-RAI visit to Atkins, project update meeting on RrOBO project and RAICo involvement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with SL/NNL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industry Meeting - Glove Boxes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Scania |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Scania |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Scania - 27 October 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Scania - 28 April 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration Discussions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Scania - March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Sellafield's C-RAI team - 21/04/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Catch up with Sellafield's C-RAI team to discuss projects, progress, upcoming work and future plans for RAICo. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Shadow Robot |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Shadow and discussion on RH, glovebox challenge, and nuclear policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Siemens |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Silvere Collaboration - 19 September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Silvere Collaboration - 28th November 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Silvere and Moog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project, EU proposal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Silvere and Moog - October 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project, EU proposal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Sprint robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Sprint robotics - collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Sun Yat-sen University SYSU and Japan Atomic Energy Agency JAEA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting as a follow-up from the Uranium Science conference to discuss next steps for heightened collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Takeda - 29 September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Urbanhawk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Urbanhawk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with VNS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with VNS(UK) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Vin Sumner (CL) at RACE - 16/8/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Vin Sumner (CL) at RACE - 16/8/19 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Wandercraft - 23 March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration Discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Wood Nuclear at Birchwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Wood Nuclear at Birchwood to discuss ongoing collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Wood Nuclear at Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Wood Nuclear at Liverpool |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Wright Design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Zebra Technologies Corp |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss potential upcoming collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with about commercial opportunity with Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | software licensing discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with about commercial opportunity with Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | software licensing discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with company - ANYbotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Accenture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Accenture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Accenture - 6.1.21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Accenture - July 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Chevron |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Chevron, Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial in Chevron Ghent |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Chevron, Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial in Chevron Ghent |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Chevron, Createc - 1st Nov 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial in Chevron Ghent |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Chevron, Createc - 26th Oct 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial in Chevron Ghent |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Chevron, Createc - 28 Sept 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial in Chevron Ghent |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Chevron, Createc - 9th Nov 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial in Chevron Ghent |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Chevron, Createc - April 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial in Chevron Ghent |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Chevron, Createc - August 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial in Chevron Ghent |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Chevron, Createc - Dec 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial in Chevron Ghent |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Chevron, Createc - July 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial in Chevron Ghent |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Chevron, Createc - Sept 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial in Chevron Ghent |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | ongoing project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Innovate UK project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Createc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planning field trial, Innovate UK project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Createc - 17.11.20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | ongoing project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Createc - 7.1.21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | ongoing project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - GMV and ESA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - GMV and ESA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project proposal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Ghost Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Formed collaboration around their robot |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with company - IHMC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - James Fisher |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | discussed collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Leonardo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Roke Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Ross Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | work on ongoing project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Ross Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | work on ongoing project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Scania |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Scania - June 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Scania - May 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Scania - Nov 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Taylor Vinters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | legal advise |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with company - Wandercraft |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | planned project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with student group at Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Attended briefing session for a group of students at Manchester, incluing briefings and Q&A on Fusion robotics and UKAEA business model. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting: Nuclear Robotics - Rob and Chris Grosvenor from Oxford University - 20 July 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting: Nuclear Robotics - Rob and Chris Grosvenor from Oxford University - 20 July 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meetings - Boston Dynamics SPOT Nuclear Deployment Discussion / SPOT Webinar - 18 November 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meetings - Boston Dynamics SPOT Nuclear Deployment Discussion / SPOT Webinar - 18 November 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meetings with ORCA members at Heriot-Watt to discuss cross-hub activities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 20/11/18 - Meetings with ORCA members at Heriot-Watt to discuss cross-hub activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Member of expert panel at LivWise event at Liverpool University to discuss the future of robotics and its social impact |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussed the future of robotics as an expert member of a panel of robotics specialists to a large, broad audience of academics and the general public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Met with Createc to discuss nuclear inspeciton and robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 8/11/18 - Met with Createc to discuss nuclear inspeciton and robotics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Met with Manolis Chiou from University of Birmingham, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Met with Manolis Chiou from University of Birmingham, part of NCNR hub, to collaborate on mixed initiative autonomy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Microsoft Research Montreal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Research talk to Microsoft Research Montreal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | MoD Follow up |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Follow up activity following earlier presentation to MoD, specifically interested in areas to engage with robotics hubs and learn from experience/get involved. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Multiple meetings with National Nuclear Labs to discuss and plan out future collaborations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Over 2018 multiple visits were made to NNL in Workington and Liverpool, and members of NNL visited Liverpool University, in order to devise collaborative work for the future of RAIN on HRI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | NAS - Washington |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industry Visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | NASA Workshop at the University of Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Mars Rover themed LEGO Robot workshops organised as part of a University Event surrounding a visit from Holly Ridings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NDA Nuclear Supply Chain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | NDA Research Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NDA Research Board |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NDA Research Board visit to RACE - 13/5/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NDA Research Board visit to RACE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NDA Research Board visit to RACE - 14/5/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NDA Research Board visit to RACE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NDA and EPSRC visit DCF/REEL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Nuclear decommissioning authority (NDA) along with senior EPSRC members visited the Dalton Cumbrian Facility, members from REEL took robots to demonstrate recent updates and give presentations on current research findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NDA stakeholder summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Demonstrate CARMA and AVEXIS to NDA stakeholders. Showing our innovations in robotics for decommissioning and highlighting the progress in collaboration to date to ensure a pipeline of innovative technologies and skilled capability. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | NDA visit REEL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit of NDA members to REEL, update on current research progress, tour of facilities and demonstration of robotic technologies given. Discussions on future funding and opportunities with other site licenced companies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NDA visit and comms |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit from the NDA to our REE Laboratory in West Cumbria, meeting with the communications department to demonstrate robotics technology. Videos were taken on the CARMA and MALLARD robots in addition to documentation of the MIRRAX robot in construction, engagement with researchers. Photos and videos were used in wider publicity about our robotics technologies and advancements, Oct 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | NDF - Tokyo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | NDF Workshop 3 - 17/6/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NDF Workshop 3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NDF Workshop 3 - 18/6/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NDF Workshop 3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NDF Workshop 3 - 19/6/19 - 20/6/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NDF Workshop 3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NDF, TEPCO, JAEA, TPT Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on robotics for extreme environmets held with TEPCO, NDF, etc. on good practices in robotic applications in nuclear. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NIA Dinner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Networking Event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | NNL Celebrating Excellence meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | working meeting with Sellafield and NNL to discuss and prepare for NNL's celebrating excellence meeting later in year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | NNUF Hot Robotics Advisory Board - Tuesday 14 December 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NNUF Hot Robotics Advisory Board - Tuesday 14 December 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | NNUF Hot Robotics Management Board meeting - Friday 4 February 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NNUF Hot Robotics Management Board meeting - 4 February 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | NNUF Symposium - Thursday 13 January 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NNUF Symposium - Thursday 13 January 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | NWRDF mtg hosted by RACE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Nakagawa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Nakagawa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | National Glovebox Users Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Glovebox Users Forum |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | New SO Sellafield engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with new SO from Sellafield regarding clearance and official engagement with SL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | New Scientist Interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Interview with New Scientist - outreach public engagement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | News interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Video interview to CHNPP media team which was widely shared around the international media for example the Daily Telegraph. Due to dissemination in India & China predicted reach may have exceeded 1 billion people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/27/boston-dynamics-robot-dog-sent-chernobyl-sniff-radiation... |
| Description | Newsletter to industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Newsletter distributed to industry contacts highlighting blog posts on the website. More than 75% of recipients engaged with the newsletter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | NuIX Launch event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | We had a stand at an event launching the Nuclear Innovation Exchange Program. This is one of the KTN-ix challenge groups. The KTN-iX is an online platform that promotes innovation transfer, matching real industry challenges from large companies (Tier 1 and 2) to organisations, often from other sectors, who have innovative technology and can facilitate faster development of novel solutions to those challenges. It was useful to see the launch of this and network with the industry. We made some interesting new contacts at this event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Nuclear Innovation Developments for Legacy Cost Reduction 2020 meeting - 17 November 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Nuclear Innovation Developments for Legacy Cost Reduction 2020 meeting - 17 November 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Nuclear Waste & Decommissioning Research Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presenting on technological developments to solve nuclear challenges |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Nuclear academics meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The meeting provides a forum for academics working on nuclear energy related research, from new build through to decommissioning of existing reactors, to discuss topics of common interest. This year there were national and international speakers from industry, government, funding bodies and academia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Nuvia COMO CARMA and Sellafield - follow up |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Follow up meeting to discuss integration of Nuvia's COMO detector into commercial CARMA product via KTP project. Discussion with ESH&Q sensors to be used on outdoor CARMA project and further details on safety requirements. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Nuvia COMO and CARMA at SL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of use of Nuvia's COMO detector on CARMA robot for commercial product with Sellafield EHS&Q and other related stakeholders. Discussion of other possible sensors for CARMA in particular for outdoor use. Discussions rescheduled for future meeting, paperwork for deployment discussed with plant owners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Nuvia visit to REEL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with project partners Nuvia, to discuss and share updates of current technologies and explore future working opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Nuvia: Robotics Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of robotic technologies, opportunities for collaboration and future projects. Sept 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | OCRA Demonstration day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Demonstration of research results to industry in application-relevant settings. Participants were from ORCA, RAIN, ORI, Liverpool, Edinburgh, HWU, Imperial, EDF, Wood, EPSRC, Schlumberger, Total, i-Tech, Cybernetix, Chevron and others. We demonstrated: Anymal doing 3 autonomous tasks (walking, stair climbing, obstacle traversal); Husky doing teach-and-repeat navigation with 3D reconstruction and change detection; Jackal doing radiation-aware multi-objective mission planning |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | OION Annual Dinner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Investor Event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ORCA Hub Independent Steering Committee - Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Oceanbusiness 2019 Exhibition Attendance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition of all things ocean related. Mainly underwater robotic systems, sonars, imaging and survey techniques. Many businesses interested in collaboration with RAIN and offering research discounts for equipment to be used in research/nuclear environments. Many outlining they had been contacted by the nuclear industry to apply their oil and gas/offshore technology to nuclear challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Organised a workshop "ViTac: Integrating Vision and Touch for Multimodal and Cross-modal Perception" at ICRA 2019, Montreal, Canada |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this one-day workshop we will bring together experts from the diverse range of disciplines and encompass engineers, computer scientists, cognitive scientists and sensor developers, to discuss topics relating to fusion of vision and touch sensing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://wordpress.csc.liv.ac.uk/smartlab/icra-2019-vitac-workshop/ |
| Description | Organised and delivered workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To collaborators within in EU Project Memmo |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Organising the first workshop on Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered Autonomy (AREA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | First workshop on Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered Autonomy (AREA) organised as part of the the 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. This workshop was organised by Rafael C. Cardoso, Angelo Ferrando, Tobias Ahlbrecht, Claudio Menghi, and Daniela Briola. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://area2020.github.io/ |
| Description | Outreach robotics competition for primary school children |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The event was in associate with the Royal Academy of Engineering and hosted at The University of Manchester. About 65 students and 15 students visited from local schools, there was a particular emphasis on engaging with young female children to highlight how engineering is an exciting career and the difference it can make for people and society. There was a good 20 minutes of questions from students and interest in how they could do more robotics at school |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Outreach talk to Further Maths Students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk about engineering and robotics at the "Further Maths Waht's Next?" student outreach event at the University of Oxford |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/FurtherMathsWhatNext/ |
| Description | Outreach talk to Further Maths Students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk about engineering and robotics at the "Further Maths Waht's Next?" student outreach event at the University of Oxford |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/FurtherMathsWhatNext/ |
| Description | Overview in Robotics activities at University of Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Outreach talk at University of the Third Age (U3A) at Wilmslow for 80 people. Date:19/02/2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Oxford Technical Solutions - meeting - Jan 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Oxford Technical Solutions - collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Oxford-Berlin Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Oxford-Berlin Symposium, Academics in the Public Sphere: Navigating the Political, July 2022. Invited speaker for the session on "Living and Working with AI." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://oxfordinberlin.eu/event/2022-symposium |
| Description | PLACEHOLDER: RAIN & I2C Regular meetings - 21/5/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | operational conference call as a result of actions from the meeting on the 16th April. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | PPL Colloquium - 16 June 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at the PPL Colloquium - 16 June 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Panel Session - Robotics and AI Industry Showcase - 25 May 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Panellist at the Panel Session - Robotics and AI Industry Showcase - 25 May 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Paolo Pagani Seminar on EEG Work - 9/8/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Paolo Pagani Seminar on EEG Work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Paper presentation at ICRA 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Ioannis presented his paper "Supervisory teleoperation with online learning and optimal control," at ICRA 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.icra2017.org/ |
| Description | Participating in the 8th NDA Estate Supply Chain Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | In this event, we have presented two systems; the hexapod and the snake-like robot The hexapod has high mobility, machining capability and versatility through the use of different leg layouts, a specialised stiffness mechanism and ability to deploy different tools. The snake-like robot with a slender and flexible construction such that it can be used for the mapping inside of gloveboxes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://decommsupplyevent.co.uk/ |
| Description | Participation in AI Roundtable at the Royal Society in London to discuss future technology impacts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 50+ experts invited to discuss the future of technology upon national and international policy, including the impacts of AI to industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Participation in Human-Robot Interaction for Nuclear workshop (September 2020) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | From the RAIN hub events website. "This set of workshops will bring stakeholders together to discuss how humans interact with robots now and in the future. Optimising the way humans and robots interact is fundamental to their usage and effectiveness in nuclear environments. In all research areas of the RAIN Hub feedback and discussion with industry stakeholders is invaluable. This is our first session focusing on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). Over two days (Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th September) we will host 7 separate online sessions, each diving into 1 of 7 research themes. The event aims to: * Strengthen existing, and create new, links between industry and academia * Create a HRI network for the UK's Nuclear industry * Talk to industry about the current ongoing research across UK universities * Improve our understanding of the current industrial challenges, informing future research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://rainhub.org.uk/about/events/past-events/human-robot-interaction-workshop/ |
| Description | Participation in Verification and Regulatory Issues for Remote Robotic Inspection Workshop (Jan 2021) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | [Text from the workshop organisers.] This workshop brings together key stakeholders interested in the verification and regulation challenges faced when using robotic systems or remote inspection. A variety of speakers, from across industry, regulatory organisations, and academia, will present their views on this important topic. The workshop is divided into three sessions covering: Applications; Regulation & Verification; and Future Challenges. Each session will have short talks with a Q&A opportunity for audience members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Participation in Workshop on the safety, certification and regulation of robots in inspection (University of York, Novemebr 2020) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The event considered sessions on * Legal frameworks in verification and assurance of infrastructure inspection robotics * Standardised design, analysis and verification methods for robots across domains * Discussion and conclusion and was attended by a cross disciplinary audience. It was run by the University of York as part of the RIMA project and the Assuring Autonomy programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Participation in the Second workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems (FMAS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | From the workshop website: "The Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems bring together researchers working on a range of techniques for formal verification of autonomous systems, to present recent work in the area, discuss key difficulties, and stimulate collaboration between the robotics and formal methods communities. This workshop is concerned with the use of formal methods to specify, model, or verify autonomous or robotic systems; in whole or in part. Submissions may focus on case studies that identify the challenges for formal methods in this area, or experience reports that provide guidelines for tackling these challenges. Work using integrated formal methods, or describing the future directions of this field, are particularly welcome." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://autonomy-and-verification-uol.github.io/events/fmas |
| Description | Participation in the first workshop on Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered Autonomy (AREA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended the first workshop on Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered Autonomy (AREA) organised as part of the the 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. This workshop was organised by Rafael C. Cardoso, Angelo Ferrando, Tobias Ahlbrecht, Claudio Menghi, and Daniela Briola. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://area2020.github.io/ |
| Description | Pint of Science Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Watson gave a talk as part of the Manchester Pint of Science Festival during the Robot Revolution session, entitled "Are Robots just Spanners or Evil Overlords in Waiting?". The event was open to the general public and was sold out. The talk was well received and sparked a lot of discussion and debate so that the Q&A session afterwards lasted well over an hour (15 minutes were originally scheduled). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/robot-revolution |
| Description | Platform for Investigation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participation in a Platform for Investigation event at the Museum of Science and Industry to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Manchester Baby Computer |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Preparatory meeting with NNL and Sellafield for SL's Knowledge Management Talk on Robotics and AI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss and prepare presentation on collaborative work between UoM/SL/NNL for NDA estate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation and one day meeting at the Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy Of Sciences (ASIPP) / 29 May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This short presentation by me and the one day meeting (29 May 2019) was to engage with members of the Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy Of Sciences (ASIPP) in Hefei, China. ASIPP is formally member of the ITER Nuclear Fusion program and is in close contact with the RAIN participant, RACE, UKAEA. The post-doctoral researcher Dr Kaiqiang Zhang and I presented general results on nuclear robotics and control. We discussed possible future activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation and panel discussion at Fukushima Research Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at conference to describe how RAIN and RNE may be able to support the on-going work at Fukushima Daiichi. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://fukushima.jaea.go.jp/initiatives/cat05/pdf/FRCradremote_Program.pdf |
| Description | Presentation at Bessemer Society Oxford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Investor Event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at KTN showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | presentation given to industry and academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation at the European Robotics Forum 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A workshop was run at the European Robotics Forum 2020 on the Robotic Inspection and Maintenance in Nuclear and other harsh environments. The objective of this workshop is to identify overlaps and similarities between the different application domains (rail, oil and gas, nuclear, energy distribution, and more) to see how we can learn from each other and make use of synergies to further increase deployment of I&M robotics solutions and to focus the R&D efforts on the right problems needed to be solved in the long term. The workshop was attended by around 50 people from both industry and academia from across Europe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eu-robotics.net/robotics_forum/ |
| Description | Presentation at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombai / 30 Jan 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The talk was held by me as part of a two days visit at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombai. I spoke to Professor Bijnan Bandyopadhyay, members of his team and academic members of staff. The talk provided detail of projects in novel theoretical work on control inspired by sliding mode control which I have been leading. This provided in addition the opportunity to discuss project the Robotics and AI in Nuclear, RAIN, project. Moreover, a short summary of the control and estimation work for the transverse dynamic force microscope (TDFM) was given. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi / 23 Jan 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The talk was held by me as part of a two days visit at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. I spoke to Professor Sudipto Mukherejee, members of his team and academic members of staff. The talk provided detail of projects in robotics and mechatronics which I have been involved with or I have been leading. This provided the opportunity to discuss similar projects on robotics in harsh environment, e.g. Robotics and AI in Nuclear, RAIN. Moreover, a short summary of the control and estimation work for the transverse dynamic force microscope (TDFM) was given. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at the National Institute of Technology in Tiruchirappalli / 21 Jan 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The talk was held by me as part of a two week visit at the National Institute of Technology in Tiruchirappalli. This is was a research visit for a project of which I am the Principal Investigator (PI). The project is jointly funded by UKIERI and the Indian Goverment through a SPARC project. The talk provided detail of projects in robotics and mechatronics which I have been involved with or I have been leading. This provided the opportunity to discuss similar projects on robotics in harsh environment, e.g. Robotics and AI in Nuclear, RAIN. Moreover, a short summary of the control and estimation work for the transverse dynamic force microscope (TDFM) was given. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation given at London Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | presentation given to industry and academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation given at Uni Defence Research UDRC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | presentation given to industry and academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation given to Beihang University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | presentation given to industry and academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation given to European Robotics Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | presentation given to EU industry and academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation given to Scania |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given to Scania |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation hosted to ORCA on aerial robots |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | presentation given to industry and academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation hosted to ORCA on legged robots |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | presentation given to industry and academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation hosted to ORCA on legged robots |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | presentation given to industry and academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation hosted to ORCA steering committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | presentation given to industry and academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation hosted to RAIN Hub event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | presentation given to industry and academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation to NWDRF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to panel members of the Nuclear Waste and Decommissioning Research Forum (NWDRF), members included Sellafield, NDA, EDF, DSRL, LLWR, RWM etc, discussed robotics technologies for decommissioning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation, 30th January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at ISCF RAI meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presented Demos |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presented demonstrations on mobile robot localisation, 3D reconstruction, and risk-aware mission planning at the ORCA demo day at FSC. Talked with representatives of Schlumberger, Wood, EDF etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presented Paper, ICRA 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presented paper at ICRA 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presented demonstrations on mobile robot localisation, 3D reconstruction, and risk-aware mission planning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 29/10/18 - Presented demonstrations on mobile robot localisation, 3D reconstruction, and risk-aware mission planning at the ORCA demo day at FSC. Talked with representatives of Schlumberger, Wood, EDF etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presented work at TAROS Conference, Bristol, 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation on HRI given |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presetnation of Autonomy, V&V, and our ONR Collaboration at Game Changers event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Michael Fisher and I ran a seminar a the Game Changers event in Cumbria, where we presented our wider work on verifying autonomous robotic systems and the collaboration with the ONR to run workshops and develop guidelines for the development of autonomous systems that are amenable to robust verification. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Primary school nuclear engineering day (Rode Heath School) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 100 primary students attended a nuclear engineering day at Rode Heath primary school. The day consisted of workshops to learn about fusion, fission, nuclear waste and robotics for nuclear. The day sparked questions and discussion of how robotics are used in nuclear,the school reported increased interest and knowledge of the subject area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Project meeting - Innovate UK project - FEB 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | final meeting w/ Innovate UK and Createc |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Project meeting - SubT Challenge Cerberus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with collaborators in Switzerland and USA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Project meeting - SubT Challenge Cerberus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with collaborators in Switzerland and USA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Project meeting - SubT Challenge Cerberus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with collaborators in Switzerland and USA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Project meeting - SubT Challenge Cerberus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with collaborators in Switzerland and USA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Project meeting - SubT Challenge Cerberus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with collaborators in Switzerland and USA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Project meeting - SubT Challenge Cerberus - 18.08.2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with collaborators in Switzerland and USA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Project meeting - SubT Challenge Cerberus 13.10.20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with collaborators in Switzerland and USA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Public Talk at St Aldgate's Oxford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 'Pint of Science' public talk at St Aldgate's Oxford |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/human-robots-or-robot-humans |
| Description | Python Robot Programming (Trial Visit) to Belvedere Academy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Trial visit with a Python based robotics programming activity to a local school |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | QST Workshop on Fusion remote maintenance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with quantum and radiological sciences and technology (QST) organisation on nuclear fusion remote maintenance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Quarterly meeting for Innovate UK project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | successful project review |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Quarterly meeting for Innovate UK project -20.11.20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | successful project review |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | RACE - Boston Dynamics Meeting - 24 November 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RACE - Boston Dynamics Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | RACE Hosted Interoperable Robotics Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RACE hosted workshop on UK Interoperable Robotics platforms, requirements, and strategy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | RACE facilitated ITER Synthetic Viewing Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RACE hosted a workshop on virtual reality technologies and applications for ITER hot cell synthetic viewing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | RAI Catch up with Sellafield and FIS360 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield's C-RAI team with RAIN and FIS360 to discuss RAICo and RAI activities in Cumbria. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAI Integrated Research Team @ REEL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Robotics and deployment scenario engagement with Sellafield Ltd, discussion to review key stakeholder engagement and robotic project progress. Following discussion, design improvements and preparations made for future deployments, further feedback delivered |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAI Meeting - 9 November 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAI Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | RAICo Engagement - 05/11/21-12/11/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAICo engagement including discussions between SL, UoM and FIS360 regarding future projects, RAI CoE and demonstrations at RAICo. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAICo Engagement w/c 23/08/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement to discuss RAICo progress, plans, space, training requirements and projects within new joint building. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAICo Engagement w/c 24th May 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with SL, UKAEA and NNL re RAICo facility in Cumbria. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAICo Facility Engagement- w/c 19/04/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement regarding new RAICo facility in Cumbria. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAICo Incubator Facility Engagement - 120321 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement regarding new RAICo facility in Cumbria. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAICo Incubator Facility Engagement w/c 14/06/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield, UKAEA and NNL regarding new RAICo facility. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAICo Incubator Facility Engagement w/c 28/06/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement re RAICo incubator facility including SL, UKAEA and NNL- regarding operational activities, procurement, projects, collaboration agreement and research activities in new centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAICo NDA visit 25/08/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Tour of RAICo facilitiy, supporting Sellafield's C-RAI team on senior execs from NDA visit. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAICo Opening Event Engagement - 07/02/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement regarding opening event at RAICo including NNL UAKEA, FIS360 and Sellafield. Discussion on relevant projects and demonstrations to showcase. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | RAICo Programme Review with Sellafield C-RAI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Review of programme of delivery of RAICo refurbishments including related projects coming into site, and their related opportunities. Engagement with SL's C-RAI team, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAICo Statement of Need |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Submission of Statement of Need to UKRI re: Robotics and AI Collaboration Laboratory proposal on behalf of NDA, University of Manchester, Sellafield Ltd, National Nuclear Laboratory and UKAEA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAICo Steering Group - 9 December 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | RAICo Steering Group - 9 December 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAICo online event engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with UKAEA SL and NNL to discuss event on 13th May, agenda and publicity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAICo update meetings w/c 20/09/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with multiple SL stakeholders including procurement, PFDO, commercial, planning, health and safety as well as C-RAI project team. Meetings also included NNL and UKAEA regarding progress at RAICo facility, space allocation, projects etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAIN & ORCA Webinar (National Robotics Programmes and Infrastructure) (9th Sept) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | RAIN & ORCA hosted a webinar on National Robotics Programmes and Infrastructure. This webinar described two important robotics initiatives that are being established in the UK, National Robotarium and RAICo. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/IyrgGpsc7z0 |
| Description | RAIN - RH - NAMRC Sheffield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | RAIN Advisory Board meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | RAIN Big Meet Nov 21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The RAIN Big Meet was held in Birmingham bringing together all members of RAIN both in person and virtually as well as key industrial members. The two-day event provided good questions and discussions for researchers and their work. Key members from industry also attended including SL, FIS360 and the National Grid. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAIN Demonstration day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Open day to demonstrate a range of RAIN technology and have working group discussions for the Remote Handling and Remote Inspection groups. This was well attended and we got a lot of great feedback about the event creating a lot of interest and follow-on discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAIN Dinner with Shadow, Createc and Animal Dynamics - 14/8/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Dinner with Shadow, Createc and Animal Dynamics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAIN End of Project Demo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | End of project demonstration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | RAIN Hub meeting - March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | RAIN Industry engagement day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Significant and mixed engagement at this event in Manchester. Many industrial, academic, and government representatives present and actively engaged with. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAIN Magnox Workshop -FIS360 facilitated 23/08/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | FIS360/ RAIN facilitated workshop with MAGNOX, other members of RAIN also attended. Nuclear industry members included Phoebe Lynch, Richard Harris, Matthew Tilsley, John Norton. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAIN Management Board Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 15/11/18 - RAIN Management Board Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | RAIN Management Meeting - 21 July 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | RAIN Online Meet (Oct) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The online meet was hosted as an internal warm-up for the RAIN big meet. The virtual event hosted updates from all working group leads and researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAIN RH Working group meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 10-20 challenge owners and supply chain representatives as well as ~10 RAIN researchers attended workshop on remote handling for nuclear applications. Research plans were presented by individual researchers and feedback provided by industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAIN Radiation Inspection demo at Culham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Radiation Inspection demo at the Culham Radiation storage facility |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | RAIN Reddit Ask Me Anything |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A reddit AMA was hosted by members of RAIN Hub so the general public could ask them anything about robotics, nuclear and further. The activity offered insightful discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/o6ytc9/we_are_part_of_the_rain_hub_a_project_of_robotic/ |
| Description | RAIN Scoping Certifiable Autonomous Nuclear Robotics workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Scoping Certifiable Autonomous Nuclear Robotics workshop, organised by University of Liverpool |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://autonomy-and-verification-uol.github.io/events/fnrc/workshop2/ |
| Description | RAIN Theme Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Hub meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAIN Theme Meeting at Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Theme Meeting at Birmingham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAIN Theme Meetings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | submitted RAIN expansion proposal with Createc |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of RAIN Remote Insecption work and robot demo. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - 14/05/2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Presentations from Universities of Manchester, Bristol and Lancaster. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/8Absf0FnEyA |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - Aquatic Robots |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Aquatic robots session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9f2E9VtJAU&list=PLgGNXyAEP1Mmy7kWIX7w67FbrLkMVETve&index=26 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - DRisQ |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Industry and DRisQ session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZHnIyfUP1k&list=PLgGNXyAEP1Mmy7kWIX7w67FbrLkMVETve&index=5 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - Ethnography |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Ethnogaphy session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/9AZe5fdl7Gk |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - HRI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. HRI session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/CGThKOToEmQ |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - HRI June |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. 2nd HRI session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/I8gCF6NnspU |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - HRI November 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Follow up HRI session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn6qwnD2hX4&list=PLgGNXyAEP1Mmy7kWIX7w67FbrLkMVETve&index=6 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - In bore session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. In bore session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/PS0iFpbBK9k |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - Inspecting Awkward Spaces |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Inspecting awkward spaces session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv225WnfWGY&list=PLgGNXyAEP1Mmy7kWIX7w67FbrLkMVETve&index=1 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - Legged Locomotion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Legged locomotion session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/g2h5LMxWLbk |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - Legged Robots |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Legged robot session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBhZH_a8EIQ&list=PLgGNXyAEP1Mmy7kWIX7w67FbrLkMVETve&index=7 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - Legged Robots Part 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Legged robots second session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrJXJiPGLZc&list=PLgGNXyAEP1Mmy7kWIX7w67FbrLkMVETve&index=4 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - Mobile Mapping |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Mobile mapping session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j52OZlVJ7ME&list=PLgGNXyAEP1Mmy7kWIX7w67FbrLkMVETve&index=10 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - NNUF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. NNUF Session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC8fcGvEPPY&list=PLgGNXyAEP1Mmy7kWIX7w67FbrLkMVETve&index=8 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - ORCA Hub |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. ORCA Hub take over session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/I8gCF6NnspU |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - RACE / CorteX |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. RACE/CorteX session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/n10YOMl-ITU |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - Remote Inspection WG |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Remote inspection WG. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK6Ui41broA&list=PLgGNXyAEP1Mmy7kWIX7w67FbrLkMVETve&index=9 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - Rolls Royce |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Rolls Royce guest session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/5cQMPySCaEU |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - Sellafield Take Over Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Sellafield take over session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/ePBPgOzxJgM |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - Simulation before Deployment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Simulation before deployment session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJCduWcim8k&list=PLgGNXyAEP1Mmy7kWIX7w67FbrLkMVETve&index=3 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - UoLiverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. University of Liverpool session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/-2Z6s-fXHG8 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - UoManchester Projects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. Session from UoManchester Projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/-e15dcvJOJs |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - UoNottingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. UoNottingham session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/ag6xIyZ_nrA |
| Description | RAIN Webinar - UoSheffield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN Webinar series. RAIN adapted to COVID-19 lockdowns by starting a webinar series to enable continued engagement. Each session is a different theme with guest sessions and hosts from academia and industry. Webinars are collated and posted online for public engagement following each live session. University of Sheffield Session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/WtypHK0tCGc |
| Description | RAIN Webinar 10th June 2021: Prometheus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A webinar talk hosted by Jameel Marafie and Puneet Chhabra, Headlight AI on the Prometheus Project followed by discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/rMTFh4KH3ns |
| Description | RAIN Webinar 16th September 2021: Createc- Createc on MW-CT - Mobile Weld Computed tomography |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Webinar talk hosted by Createc and Nuclear AMRC followed by Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/Jg0DMN3GAfg |
| Description | RAIN Webinar 22nd April 2021: Pipebots |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A webinar talk hosted by Bruce Drinkwater, University of Bristol on 'Ultrasonic and acoustic sensing for buried pipe inspection with swarms of robots' followed by Q&A. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/ykJtPyjpjzo |
| Description | RAIN Webinar 22nd July 2021: The Effects of Radiation on Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Steve Walters (NNL) and Steve Watts (University of Manchester) hosted a webinar on 'The effects of radiation on robots' followed by Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/z2cBu4muKW4 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar 24th June 2021: Collision Avoidance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A webinar hosted by UoM and RACE on 'Utilising Inverse Kinematics for Avoiding Collisions' and a second talk 'Asynchronous Parallel Learning with Guidance Laws for collision avoidance in Unknown Environment' followed by a discussion session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/aaDkbGMufLY |
| Description | RAIN Webinar : The Shadow's Teleoperation System (7th Oct) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Webinar hosted by Shadow Robots including a talk and overview of the company, live demonstrations and Q&A. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/K0N19_Yo6AU |
| Description | RAIN Webinar Series: Createc : Simulating all the senses: Using Haptic Robotics for Immersive Teleoperation (18th Nov) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Webinar hosted by Createc including live demonstrations, talks and Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/_Ai3aKRfw58 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar Series: New Technologies of Communication and Control for the Nuclear Industry (15th July) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Webinar talk on ICON+ Enhanced wireless control and video for remote applications followed by Q&A's and Digital twin-based Bilateral Teleautonomous System for Nuclear Remote Operation followed by Q&A. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/yvIuSOUIP-8 |
| Description | RAIN Webinar Series: SPARC - Project 1051- "Self-Powered Sensor System for Condition Monitoring of Nuclear Waste Packages" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This talk provided an overview of the SPARC-Project 1051 funded by UKIERI and the Indian Government. This is a joint project of the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India, and the Universities of Manchester & Bristol. This project has been consisting of three parts: Research, Undergraduate Teaching and Dissemination through mutual visits and workshops in India and in the UK. The project also included partner institutions such as the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is India's premier nuclear research facility and the Thiyagaraja College of Engineering, Maduraiin, which allowed for maximum research and targeted dissemination. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/WMlTYB_V4lo |
| Description | RAIN Webinar: Robot Vision (21st Oct) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Webinar hosted by Luis Plana (University of Manchester) and Radhika Nath (RACE UKAEA) on "Deep learning models for robotic grasping". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/r33FsC3BEY8 |
| Description | RAIN all hands meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on RAIN research and demonstrators including participation from Sellafield, NCNR |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAIN and ORCA TikTok |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A TikTok account called 'robot_myths' was created between RAIN_hub and Orca_hub. The TikTok account was developed to reach a wide audience showing videos of our technology and a chance for the general public to ask questions and get involved. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | RAIN and Sellafield Game Changers event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN and Sellafield Game Changers event at Energus in Cumbria. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAIN industrial demonstration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Demonstration of research results on a mobile robot to industry as part of the RAIN industry event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAIN industrial demonstration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Demonstration of research results on a mobile robot to industry as part of the RAIN industry event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAIN remote Inspection Working Group User Engagement event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN remote Inspection Working Group User Engagement event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | RAIN webinar 15th April 2021: Security and LongOps |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Webinar talk from Adebayo Bamitale, University of Warwick on 'Resilient Machine Learning in Nuclear Applications: Research Challenges and Opportunities' followed by a second talk by Pete Gillham, Rob Ellis, Ipek Caliskanelli, Rob Sharratt, Justin Thomas and Sam Wainwright, RACE UKAEA on 'LongOps - Long Term Operations Using Long Reach Manipulators' followed by Q&A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/BP4FgGnzCRU |
| Description | RAIN webinar series: SPARC - Project 1051 - Talk from SPARC-co-investigator |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This talk was provided by one of the partners of the SPARC-Project 1051 funded by UKIERI and the Indian Government and experts from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India's premier nuclear research facility. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/TyYs9xSKAqc |
| Description | RAIN-check update meeting, 06/12/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | RAIN-check update meeting, 06/12/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | RAIN/AWE - Remote Handling - 20/5/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN/AWE - Remote Handling |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAIN/FIS360 Engagement 07/05/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with FIS360 to discuss engagement plans to work with Sellafield including RAICo (PDRA/PhD future plans). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAIN/JFN meeting with Fay Benson - 6/8/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN/JFN meeting with Fay Benson |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RAIN/NCNR hub mtg |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | RAS Meeting, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | UK RAS, London - 27 June 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | REEL/Sellafield C-RAI Team update 26/03/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield's central robotics and AI team, catch up on technology, project updates and future engagement activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RELEASING ROBOTS INTO THE WILD |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This workshop aimed to bring together the field robotics community to share experiences, challenges and solutions when it comes to taking robots out of the lab and into the real world. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7SwmcHrbosYtlBf-BBaPaoX9gotXrEaI |
| Description | RNE Steering |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Programme Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | RR Workshop Presentations Review - 03 June 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Rad-hard ICs and Gloveboxes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss the applicability of MAGICS's technology to decommissioning Gloveboxes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Reasoning Machines talk for the University of the Third Age |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk covering the implementation of reasoning in machines and philosophical issues associated with computers and thought. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Recent advances for prediction of human actions in HRI; its use for automotive systems and teleoperation / 31 May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This was an invited talk held by me at the the Shanghai Jiao Tong University within the School of Medical Robotics on 31 May 2019, where part of my presentation was to disseminate some of the results of the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear (RAIN) Hub research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://imr.sjtu.edu.cn/report/2965.html |
| Description | Remote Handling Industry Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | One day event organised by RAIN at the Nuclear AMRC in Rotherham with the aim of identifying the key challenges in the nuclear industry related to remote handling. Approximately 30 people attended from the UK nuclear industry (Sellafield, AWE, EDF, James Fisher Nuclear, etc). The outcomes of this workshop included influencing future research within RAIN, the establishment of joint industry / RAIN working groups to explore this topic further and identification of specific challenges where RAIN technology can be deployed in the short term. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Remote Handling Working Group Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Follow on meeting for the remote handing user group to discuss gloveboxes and the potential use of robotics. Getting insight and feedback from user groups and industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Remote Inspection Industry Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | One day event organised by RAIN at the Culham Science Centre with the aim of identifying the key challenges in the nuclear industry related to remote inspection. Approximately 40 people attended from the UK nuclear industry (Sellafield, AWE, EDF, James Fisher Nuclear, etc). The outcomes of this workshop included influencing future research within RAIN, the establishment of joint industry / RAIN working groups to explore this topic further and identification of specific challenges where RAIN technology can be deployed in the short term. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Research meeting at UKAEA (RACE) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting at Culham to look at practical aspects of safety/verifiability |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Research visit to Createc to discuss radiation sensing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaborations and Partnerships |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Robot Lab Live, UK Festival of Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of the UK Festival of Robotics, The University of Manchester RAIN team took part in the Robot Lab Live event showcasing 'Human Robot Interaction - VR and Digital Twin Based Teleoperation of Robotic Arm'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/YNG-aDeSTzc |
| Description | Robot Programming at the Liverpool IntoUniversity Homework Club |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ran two robot programming activities (one based on Lego Robots and one based on Python programming for Raspberry Pi robots) at the IntoUniversity Homework Club. IntoUniversity is an organisation based in Anfield which works on raising aspirations of pupils in disadvantaged schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Robot pilot that can grab the flight controls gets its plane licence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interviewed by the New Scientist in relation to a news story from the US. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.newscientist.com/article/2214731-robot-pilot-that-can-grab-the-flight-controls-gets-its-... |
| Description | Robotic demonstration for the AWE Unknown Room project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Providing a demonstration in Physics for radiation mapping and 3D scanning plus additional contamination pickup tests. Joint project with Manchester to develop a robot surveying system for mapping radiological hazard (gamma and neutron dose) inside an unknown room (a very old legacy facility where human entry hasn't been permitted for years). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Robotics & Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at the Robotics & Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - 25 October 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Robotics Centre - discussion Rob Buckingham and Kirsty Hewitson |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Meeting between Rob Buckingham and Kirsty Hewitson |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Robotics Investor Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Private Investment in Robotics Start-up |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Robotics Meeting - Kirsty Hewitson - 6 March 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Robotics Meeting - Kirsty Hewitson - 6 March 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Robotics Proramme Workshop - 13 February 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Robotics Proramme Workshop - 13 February 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Robotics R&D Engagement Sellafield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios, May 2018. Following up engagement following industry demonstration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Robotics R&D Sellafield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios, May 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Robotics Research Seminar- Cumbria |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Robotics research seminar, organised for researchers working within robotics with key industry members in attendance, including members from Sellafield and The National Nuclear Laboratory. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Robotics Showcase at Sellafield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | On site technology showcase, robots were showcased including MallARD, CARMA, El-MallARD, AVEXIS. Engagement with plant operators and range of stakeholders. Exhibition as well as formal presentation and small demonstration of ground robot. Members of legacy ponds team requested future visit and meetings re MallARD platform. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Robotics Technology Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Demonstration of mature robotics technologies including CARMA 2 (most recent version), CARMA EDD and MALLARD in addition to discussions about other platforms in build or development. Stakeholders from Sellafield Ltd, different plants on site interested in active demonstrations for robotics technologies. Further discussions and deployment plans organised as an outcome. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Robotics Update - 26 March 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Robotics Update - 26 March 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Robotics and Control in Nuclear / Workshop on Nuclear Control and Instrumentation / 27 Jan 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I was one of the key speakers for the Workshop on Nuclear Control and Instrumentation providing a presentation on "Robotics and Control in Nuclear". This talk was part of a visit jointly funded by the UKIERI and the Indian Government through a SPARC (https://sparc.iitkgp.ac.in/apProposal_list.php). Besides a joint research project on waste drum inspection and observation, It involved to understand education and research in India. This provided the opportunity to talk about the highly related RAIN project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.nitt.edu/home/ICE-Nuclear-Control-2020.pdf |
| Description | Robotics in Cumbria: Workshop BECBC Shadow Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Robotics in Cumbria: Workshop BECBC Shadow Board |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Robotics technology demonstration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Demonstration of robotics technologies including CARMA and MALLARD robots at REE laboratory in west Cumbria to RACE stakeholders. Understanding of technical capabilities at site including test facilities and researcher capabilities, Oct 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Rolls Royce workshop on Haptics hosted at RACE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with RR on potential collaborations related to haptics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Rolls-Royce visitor (Iain Wright) on robotics research at UTC of UoN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Robotics group at RR UTC of UoN present all the projects funded by Innovate UK, EPSRC, RR plc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | RollsRoyce NNB visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Rolls Royce to discuss the use of robotics and sensor systems for the Small Modular Reactor concept they are developing. 2 visitors from Rolls Royce |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Roundtable on 'Roundtable discussion on 'Engaging with the public with Artificial Intelligence: What can we do?' as part of the Oxford Public Engagement with Research event - 5/7/18 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Roundtable on 'Roundtable discussion on 'Engaging with the public with Artificial Intelligence: What can we do?' as part of the Oxford Public Engagement with Research event - 5/7/18 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Royal Academy of `Engineering workshop on - Safety and ethics of autonomous systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Royal Academy of `Engineering, National Engineering Policy Centre workshop "Safety and ethics of autonomous systems" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | SL RAI Advisory Board Workshop on Charter and Terms of Reference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to form the new Sellafield C-RAI Advisory Board. This session brainstormed both the charter and the terms of reference for this Advisory Board included members of nuclear industry, supply chain, NDA and wider SLCs.. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | SL RAI IRT Steering Group - 18/06/20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Sellafield's Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Integrated Research Team Steering Group- research and update share across academia, industry, other SLCs, NDA, NNL, Game Changers, AWE, MAGNOX. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | SL RAI IRT Steering Group - 29/09/20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Sellafield's Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Integrated Research Team Steering Group- research and update share across academia, industry, other SLCs, NDA, NNL, Game Changers, AWE, MAGNOX. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | SL UAV BVLOS Update - 19 May 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at the SL UAV BVLOS Update - 19 May 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | SL and NDA tour of RAICo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield COO and NDA, first visit to RAICo before refurbishments works commence. Rebecca Weston, Melanie Brownridge, Steve Shackleford. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | SODC Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | SODC visit, 17 June 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | SOFE - Plenary talk (Florida) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SOFE, plenary talk, Florida - 5 June 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | SOFT conference - Sicily |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | SPRINT Conference USA - Visit to NASA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | SPRINT Robotics Demonstration Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | In this event, University of Nottingham took two continuum robots to Rotterdam. The audiences from Oil, chemistry and energy industry presented hugh interest to the robots which we are further developing in the Rain hub, making the hub more widely known. Few potential links for further collaboration could be formed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.sprintrobotics.org/sprint-robotics-demonstration-event-at-rotterdam-rdm-campus/ |
| Description | SPRINT Robotics- MallARD and CARMA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentations at SPRINT robotics conference in Netherlands on both MallARD and CARMA projects. Well attended by industry, lots of engagement and follow up contact on CARMA project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | STEMRollers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This was using the sport of roller derby to stimulate teenage children to be interested in STEM subjects. A short roller derby game was organised, in which everyone playing or officiating was a female / non-binary person working in STEM. Teenage girls were invited to watch with their parents. After the game, children got into groups of 3 and networked with the STEM professionals. This was "speed networking" whereby each group would chat for 8 minutes before moving onto someone else. Topics for discussion were suggested at each rotation. This was repeated for approximately 1 hour. A huge array of STEM careers were represented and the girls were highly engaged and interested in the conversations. Following the event, national and international organisations have shown interest in repeating this activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Safe AI Adoption in Sellafield: Roundtable Session 2A - 20 May 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at the Safe AI Adoption in Sellafield: Roundtable Session 2A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | School Visit (The Premier Academy) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A talk on a self-balanced robot and a haptic glove was delivered for 32 school children (18 girls, 14 boys) at The Premier Academy, Saffron Street, Bletchley, MK2 3AH |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | School visit to the lab |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | School children visited the robotics lab as part of a tour of engineering departments coordinated by the UoM social responsibility team. There were questions and discussions by the students, about robotics and engineering at university. The school reported the visit was worthwhile. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Science X: Science Festival Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The staff and students of FSE at UoM organised and ran a science and engineering festival for the public. The event was held at Manchester central library, offering in-person activities and digital content to help to inform our local population about climate change, the environment and how they can make a difference. We hosted a nuclear for net-zero stand which involved activities to teach about nuclear energy, nuclear waste and robotics for the future of nuclear. The event sparked lots of questions and discussions including finding out opinions of the general public on nuclear energy. Feedback from the audience showed interest in the area, and for follow up resources to learn further. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/special-features/explore-fun-science-engineering-sciencex-21... |
| Description | Sellafield "Gamechangers" Event, Workington |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sellafield "Gamechangers" Event, Workington, September 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | Sellafield & NNL Visit to RACE - 8/5/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Sellafield & NNL Visit to RACE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sellafield - CE marking CARMA Calder |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion re CE marking of CARMA project ahead of deployment at Calder site on Sellafield. Discussion on safety requirements of technology, technical files, engagement with key members of ESH&Q, RAI IRT and site safety teams. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI CoE Forum - 13/05/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAIN presentation at SL C-RAI CoE Forum. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI Programme - RAI COE Forum Meeting #1 - 13 May 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at the Sellafield C-RAI Programme - RAI COE Forum Meeting #1 - 13 May 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI Programme - RAI CoE Forum Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended virtually |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI Programme - RAI CoE Forum Meeting #2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended virtually |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI Roadmapping Scoping Session - 15/12/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Scoping session for roadmapping C-RAI at Sellafield |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI Roadmapping Workshop - Retrievals - 03/03/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Roadmapping workshop for Retrievals value stream at Sellafield, understanding key programme decisions to be made over the next 20 years and opportunities for RAI technologies across TRL scale. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI Roadmapping Workshop - SFM - 01/03/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Roadmapping workshop for SFM value stream at Sellafield, understanding key programme decisions to be made over the next 20 years and opportunities for RAI technologies across TRL scale. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI Roadmapping Workshop - SNM - 02/03/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Roadmapping workshop for SNM value stream at Sellafield, understanding key programme decisions to be made over the next 20 years and opportunities for RAI technologies across TRL scale. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI Roadmapping scoping session with value stream - Retrievals - 26/01/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Scoping session with retrievals value stream ahead of RAI Roadmapping workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI Roadmapping scoping session with value stream - SFM- 27/01/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Scoping session with value stream SFM ahead of RAI roadmapping workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI Roadmapping scoping session with value stream - SNM- 01/02/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Scoping session with SNM value stream at Sellafield ahead of RAI roadmapping workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI Roadmapping strategy workshop - 04/11/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | First strategy workshop for roadmapping of RAI technology requirements across the Sellafield estate, to produce 20 year roadmap. Facilitated by IfM Cambridge. Project until end of March 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI Roadmapping weekly catch ups - Dec 21 to March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Weekly roadmapping catch up between SL, IfM and UoM for roadmapping strategy plans with value streams. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI Roadmapping workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Roadmapping workshop with Sellafield on requirement for RAI technologies for next 20 years. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI and RAICo Engagement w/c 04/10/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield's C-RAI team regarding current robotics projects, updates meetings and future engagement with RAICo. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI programme board meeting 06/05/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Programme board meeting to discuss upcoming C-RAI forum meeting including agenda, support for C-RAI CoE forum going forward and role of RAIN in academic engagement with programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield C-RAI, FIS360 and Forth Eng - 18/08/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Robotics and related project update meeting with Sellafield C-RAI, FIS360 and Forth Engineering. To discuss potential collaboration opportunities and plans for future aquatic robotic platforms demonstration for industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield Engagement- Rad Hardened ROV |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | First engagement with stakeholders for remote inspection of high radiation environment. Members of SL's RAI IRT, plant technical leads and NNL management in attendance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Sellafield Engagement- Roadmapping Robotics/Remote Engineering linking with local education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Roadmapping session with education/innovation areas on plant to discuss pipeline and flow of apprentices/graduates and outreach to schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Sellafield Future Projects Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of short research proposals for future projects drawing on REE Laboratory capability and opportunities for collaboration, Nov 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Graduate Placement - CE marking engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on CE marking, discussion on integrating industry practices into robotics solutions developed within Universities, including expert legal input. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Sellafield Graduate Placement Discussion - 02/06/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Alex Collins to discuss future secondment within SL graduate scheme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield Graduate Placement Review - Current and Future |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentations and review of graduate placement researchers at REEL. Engagement with advisors of scheme to discuss progress and future placement (numbers/timings). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Sellafield Graduate Placement discussion - 17/09/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sarah Graham from SL graduate scheme to discuss placement with RAICo. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield Graduate Placements- catch up - 19/08/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield C-RAI team to discuss future secondments into UoM of Sellafield graduate placements. Including robotics and AI and project management support roles. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield Graduate placement discussion - 31/01/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with Sellafield graduate Steven Halfhead regarding placement/secondment at REEL/RAICo |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sellafield Graduates meeting - 10/05/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with SL C-RAI team RAI IRT lead to discuss graduate placements talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield Innovation Centre Projects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield team working with rapid innovation solutions, request to REEL/RAIN for support on robotics projects going forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sellafield MSc engagement with REEL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussions with Sellafield to host SL staff member completing MSc, as knowledge exchange partnership at REEL. Further discussions following meeting, resulting in number of requests for other similar visits for members of SL to visit and work at REEL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios, May 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios. Discussion on future research project (IAA) and clearance for site access for robotic deployments, Sept 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios. Discussion on progress of security paperwork for researchers deploying technologies on site and aims for 2019 for active deployments. Jan 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Formalised discussion of deployment dates for next 6 months for MIRRAX and CARMA platforms, and discussion of other technology possibilities and deployment scenarios to aim for in future. Jan 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios. Progress of IAA application and security update for researchers visiting site, Sept 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development and future deployment scenarios, End April 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development and future deployment scenarios, April 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios, June 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios. Outlined issues with IAA project and made progress to counteract these and progress contract management. Nov 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development and future deployment scenarios, March 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement & Demo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios, May 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement - MALLARD |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios including MALLARD robot and demonstration of capability at REE Laboratory in Cumbria, June 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of timeline for next 6 months relating to CARMA and MIRRAX deployments and required developments to platforms. Jan 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement Update |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios, Sept 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement and Demo Prep |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and demonstration of CARMA robot to industry audience in non-active environment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement and Deployment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Robotics and deployment scenario engagement with Sellafield Ltd, discussion to prepare realistic mock-up scenario for demonstration of robotic capability to stakeholders. Following discussion, design and preparation of scenario completed, further feedback delivered. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement and Deployment Scenarios |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios, Oct 2018. Discussion on IAA and clearance paperwork. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement and Deployment Scenarios |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios. Showcase day of robotics technology in collaboration with Sellafield Ltd to engage with Postgraduate students and future researchers, Dec 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement and Deployment Scenarios |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Outdoor deployment scenario for CARMA robot deployment discussed including location and logistics. Discussion on time line for on site deployment, update on IAA and site access requirements, Oct 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement and Future Projects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios. Discussion on future projects and IAA research proposal, Aug 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement, Future projects CARMA 3 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing future projects and deployment scenarios, April 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement, Security and Site Access |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios. Discussion on site clearance and security procedures required for deployment of robotic technologies on site, August 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement- CZT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on successful integrtion of Ritec CZT sensor into MIRRAX platform. Sellafield Ltd representative was made aware of the technologies we have at REE Laboratory and given tour and demonstration of available technologies. Jan 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement- sensors for deployment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios. Handover and discussion of sensor integration onto CARMA robotic platform, specific radiometric sensors require for site survey as directed by Sellafield Ltd. Discussion of MIRRAX development with sensor loan, and site clearance paperwork, Nov 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots Engagement-MIRRAX CZT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing research development, progress to date and future deployment scenarios. Loan of CZT radiometric sensor for MIRRAX development and deployment, discussion of integration of sensor into robot and technical site details. Dec 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield Mobile Robots, Deployment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Mobile ground robotics research project engagement, discussing specific deployment scenario and intended technology deployment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sellafield RAI IRT MallARD demo meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Sellafield's RAI IRT team to discuss demonstration of MallARD platform on Sellafield site, plan for engagement with key stakeholders including requirements/logistics and paperwork for demonstration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Sellafield RAI IRT Steering Committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Steering committee for Sellafield's RAI IRT discussions on engagement with Sellafield, current projects update and key challenges from stakeholders on site discussed. Physical meeting in west Cumbria with dial in from other other site licenced companies, members present including Sellafield, NNL, NDA, EDF and Magnox. Future requests for involvement on panel and engagement with wider stakeholders on site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sellafield RAI Roadmapping - Remediation Value Stream - 13/01/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | RAI Roadmapping activity with Sellafield value stream- remediation team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sellafield RAI Roadmapping Webinar for Value Streams - 21/01/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Webinar (including talk re RAICo) for programme leads and heads of value streams at Sellafield- information regarding roadmapping workshops to be held in March 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sellafield RAI Roadmapping session 14/06/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | First discussion on roadmapping requirement of RAI capability across Sellafield Estate, engagement with SL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield Robotics Demonstration event planning - 10/12/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield and FIS360 regarding future robotics demonstration follow up to RAIN event in Sept 2019 (in collaboration with Sellafield and FIS360). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield Robotics Demonstration/Event Discussion - 03/02/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield and FIS360 regarding robotics demo event later in year in follow up to RAIN/SL/GC event in 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sellafield Secondments @ REEL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield nuclear graduates and scheme managers, two graduates to be seconded to REEL/RAIN for 6 month design placements to support the design development and deployment of MIRRAX and other robotics technologies ready for site deployment. Two way information share for REEL/SL helping to facilitate improved industry-related working practices for REEL/UoM and facilitate successfully integrating robotics onto site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Sellafield Security and Access |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with security and clearance team within Sellafield Ltd to discuss access requirements for researchers involved with robotics deployments. Discussion and presentation regarding the robotics platforms and demonstrations of technologies to new group of stakeholders. Generated new discussions around the technologies and wider understanding within new areas of the nuclear industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sellafield and MoD meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Formal engagement with MoD to discuss areas of complementary research and development- RAIN and RNE invited to present work alongside of Sellafield. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield at RRS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Robotics research seminar to showcase recent robotics research, attended by Sellafield's RAI Integrated Resarch Team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Sellafield deployment site visit- engagement with plant |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Robotics and deployment scenario engagement with Sellafield Ltd, visit and engagement to understand requirements from plant operations team ahead of deployment of robotics technology. Following discussions, logistics and safety paperwork were completed allowing deployment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sellafield engagement at REEL- Demo for SIXEP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield's RAI IRT and SIXEP challenge holders, technology being developed for remote inspection. Presentation of work so far and practical demonstration of technology in REEL's demo area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sellafield graduate placement discussion - 07/10/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with Sellafield's Alex Collins on potential graduate placement with UoM in Cumbria at REEL or RAICo. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafield- New end user challenge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement of UoM robotics, UoM ChemEng, SL's RAI IRT and end users with new challenge re remote inspection and swabbing challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sellafields Robotics and AI Integrated Research Team - Steering Group Meeting - 18 June 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workishop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Seminar at University of Oxford in Computer Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Oxford CS Seminar 20/4/18 - http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/seminars/1984.html |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/seminars/1984.html |
| Description | Seminar for the EPSRC CDT AIMS "Quadrupedal Locomotion - Key Concepts and Implementation Examples," |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Seminar for the EPSRC CDT AIMS "Quadrupedal Locomotion - Key Concepts and Implementation Examples," |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Serving as advisor/judge to VEX Robotics design competition, Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The VEX Robotics competition is a national competition in which students build robots from a kit of dedicated parts to accomplish a specific task. The activity was supported by staff and researchers on RAIN and TORONE to assist and also to judge the students' entries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://moodle.queenelizabeth.cumbria.sch.uk/course/view.php?id=5250 |
| Description | Shadow-RACE Synthetic Viewing - 26/6/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Shadow-RACE Synthetic Viewing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Showcase of the tactile sensor at the International Robotics Showcase 2019, London, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The International Robotics Showcase was organised by the EPSRC UK-RAS Network and took place at the Royal Geographical Society on Thursday 27th June 2019, 9.00am - 4.30pm. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ukras.org/robotics-week/showcase-event/ |
| Description | SiP Meeting, Sellafield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SiP Meeting, Sellafield - 20 June 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Singapore AIBotics Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presenation on research to international audience to kick of collaboration discussions between Oxford and Singapore. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Site tour and engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Sellafield site induction and tour, in addition to introductions and discussions with non-technical site staff about our research programme and innovative robotic technologies, designed for the nuclear industry. Furthermore, following the meetings, an invitation to showcase the research programme on site to business leaders was received. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Sonomatic: Robotics Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Sonomatic technical and business areas to discuss robotics advancements and developments and to discuss use of facilities, collaboration opportunities and deployment scenarios Sept 2018. Specific introductions made to both RNE and RAIN research programmes . |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Space:Late at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A stand demonstrating lego Mars Rovers featuring as part of an evening "Space:Late" event at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Many enthusiastic and interested discussions with members of the public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.msimanchester.org.uk/what-was-on/space-late |
| Description | Spoke about AI and Robotics at Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Spoke about AI and Robotics to members of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment in Birmingham, at Deutche Bank |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Spoke at Janus Henderson Event - Disruption and the Modern Economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Spoke at Janus Henderson Event - Disruption and the Modern Economy - 24/5/18 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Spoke at the Oxford Royale Summer School on AI/Robotics in the Future Economy - 25/7/18 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Spoke at the Oxford Royale Summer School on AI/Robotics in the Future Economy - 25/7/18 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Stakeholder Consultation - Lloyd's Register |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Stargazing at the World Museum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A stand demonstrating lego Mars Rovers featuring as part of an evening "stargazing" event at the World Museum in Liverpool. Many enthusiastic and interested discussions with members of the public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Stargazing at the World Museum (Autumn 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Stand involving Lego Robots supporting an evening event at Liverpool's World Museum. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://legorovers.csc.liv.ac.uk |
| Description | Stargazing at the World Museum (Winter 2020) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Stand involving Lego Robots supporting an evening event at Liverpool's World Museum |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Strategic Advisory Board meeting for the H2020 MEMMO project in Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Strategic Advisory Board meeting for the H2020 MEMMO project in Edinburgh - Presented to the board and consortium |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | TALK - ICRA, conference - 23 May 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | TALK - Robotics for a Safer World event, Bristol |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | TE Inc Meeting, Ontario |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | TE Inc Meeting, Ontario |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | TEPCO Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit from 22 members of TEPCO, Japan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | TEPCO Workshop - 26 November 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | TEPCO Workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | TRANSCEND industrial roadshow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Providing an overview of how activities could link across to the TRANSCEND grant |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk - Beihang Uni - 2 August 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk - DSTL talk - 12 September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk - DigiCrop Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk - Invited Talk - MIT - 2 June 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk - Keynote, Canadian Robotics Conference - 31 May 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk - Talk at Carnegie Melon University - 2 December 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk at Deutche Bank |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 29/11/18 - Spoke about AI and Robotics to members of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment in Birmingham, at Deutche Bank |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk at IEEE RAS Event - Feb 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk at IMechE seminart |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk given |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk at Magazino |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk at Magazino |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.magazino.eu/?lang=en |
| Description | Talk at Royal Society Scientific Meeting, London, 19-20 Feb 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk at Royal Society Scientific meeting, 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk at the University of Leeds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 7/11/18 - Gave invited talk at the University of Leeds - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://robotics.leeds.ac.uk/events/seminar-long-term-autonomy-in-everyday-environments-a-challenge-... |
| Description | Talk at the University of Lincoln: SoCS Seminar Series: Task Planning for Long-Term Autonomy in Mobile Service Robots - 13/7/18 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk at the University of Lincoln: SoCS Seminar Series: Task Planning for Long-Term Autonomy in Mobile Service Robots - 13/7/18 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://socs.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/socs-seminar-series-task-planning-for-long-term-autonomy-in-mobile-s... |
| Description | Talk on robotics to further maths students as part of Further Maths What's Next at the University of Oxford - 20/6/18 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk on robotics to further maths students as part of Further Maths What's Next at the University of Oxford - 20/6/18 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk to ICRA workshop on legged robots |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to international conference (remote) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Talk to Uni. Of Zaragoza - March 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | presentation given |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talked to British Solar Renewables |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talked to British Solar Renewables about a possible long term inspection and monitoring application at solar farms. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talks on robotics and AI as part of University of Oxford Open Days 27 & 28/6/18 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talks on robotics and AI as part of University of Oxford Open Days 27 & 28/6/18 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Teentech |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A large scale regional event for Year 9 students from 30 schools across Greater Manchester and the North West. We had an outreach stand at this event and had great engagement and participation. We took our graffiti pillar, which was full of comments and ideas by the end of the day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.teentech.com/teentech-events/regions/manchester/ |
| Description | Telecon with Dr James Kell (BR) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Telecon with Dr James Kell (BR) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Teleconference with Kuka Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Teleconference between UKAEA and Kuka Systems to discuss ongoing collaborations and future opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Teleconference with RACE/UKAEA Partners |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Participated in teleconference with RACE/UKAEA partners about access to robot testing facilities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Teleconference with University of York |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with York on future PhDs, CDTs, collaborations, Assuring Autonomy International programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Teleoperated glovebox demonstrator meeting - 1/5/19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Teleoperated glovebox demonstrator meeting with Paul Bane |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Telephone Meeting with I3D Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion and teleconference on RH for glove box decommissioning and POCO, including demonstration of detection of sharps in gloveboxes project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Telephone call with Ivan Baldwin, NNL on 16 July 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Telephone call with Ivan Baldwin, NNL on 16 July 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Telephone call with Lyndsay Taylor and Stephen Almond, BEIS on 15 July 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Telephone call with Lyndsay Taylor and Stephen Almond, BEIS on 15 July 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Telephone conference with Keith Franklin, FCO |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Telephone conference with Keith Franklin, FCO on 2 July 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Tepco Discussion - 5 November 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Tepco discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The 4th Annual IEEE UK and Ireland RAS Chapter Conference (RAS2020) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Around 100 researchers attended the 4th Annual IEEE UK and Ireland RAS Chapter Conference (RAS2020) in Manchester on 22nd January 2020. There were a few talks from different fields of robotics and posters from postgraduate students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-4th-annual-ieee-uk-and-ireland-ras-chapter-conference-ras2020-ticke... |
| Description | The effects of radiation on autonomous systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Robotic systems could radically improve safety and efficiency in the nuclear industry, however, robots are not immune to damage from radiation. A thorough understand of what causes this damage, and how to counter it, can drastically improve how we design robots to work in this hazardous environment. This day provided a thorough overview of our current knowledge of the effects of radiation on robotic systems and how to apply this practically. The workshop was run by UoM and NNL experts. It was a fantastic day that was registered to capacity, with many requests for a second event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/effect-of-radiation-on-robotic-systems-tickets-81723409919# |
| Description | Theme 1 meeting @ Manchester, 14/11/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Theme 1 meeting @ Manchester, 14/11/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Theme 1 meeting @ Nottingham, 17/09/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Theme 1 meeting @ Nottingham, 17/09/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | To demonstrate robotics technology and discuss potential for future collaborative projects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Demonstration of robotics technology and discussion regarding potential for future collaborative projects with Qiniteq |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | To discuss future nuclear safety case workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with ONR to discuss future nuclear safety case workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | To discuss future projects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with JAEA and NMRI in Japan to disucss future projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | To discuss potential research/innovation projects. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with RovTech regarding potential research/innovation projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Tomorrow's World Live: Me and My Robot |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr. Dennis participated in a panel interview on the future of robotics run by the BBC at Manchester Science Festival in front of a live audience. It was live-streamed on various social media channels and subsequently made available on iPlayer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05lph23 |
| Description | Touch Labs, FIS360 and Sellafield C-RAI team Engagement - 09/02/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Linking RAIN and C-RAI with TouchLabs and FIS360, collaboration discussed and future projects including DCF and facilities in Cumbria, and working with RAICo. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Trial days at FSC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 27-29/10/18 - Trial days at FSC preparing risk-aware/radiation-aware mission planning demo on Jackal robot. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Trials at RACE, Culham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Testing ANYmal at the mobility benchamarks of RACE in Culham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Trials at the Fire Service College |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Field trials for ORCA and RAIN |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Tuv Sud |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to members of Tuv Sud on REE Laboratory and the overview of the robotics projects in REEG including RNE and RAIN, demonstration of robotics technology including videos and live demo of CARMA robot. Discussion on future placements of researchers and PhD students, as well as access requirements to testing and mock-up scenarios. Jan 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Twitter Chat - School Robot Competition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A twitter conversation between RAIN, NCNR, Fair Space, UKRobotics and Twinkl resources was conducted to promote robotics through a competition to develop a Mars rover type robot using an AR app. The aim was to raise awareness and allow conversation between interested parties and encourage uptake in robotics at a school level. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UK Government's Nuclear Innovation Research Advisory Board, NIRAB. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I am a serving member of the UK Government's Nuclear Innovation Research Advisory Board, NIRAB. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.nirab.org.uk/about-us/about-nirab/ |
| Description | UK IOSM Workshop : Exploring the Future for In Orbit Service and Manufacturing - 23 September 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at the UK IOSM Workshop : Exploring the Future for In Orbit Service and Manufacturing - 23 September 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | UK RAS committee meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Organising UK RAS group for legged robots |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://ori.ox.ac.uk/projects/uk-ras-legged-robotics/ |
| Description | UK Robotics Proving Ground - Friday 29 October 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | UK Robotics Proving Ground meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | UK-RAS online event for general public |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_hoOM7rB_k&t=193s |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | UKAEA Board Dinner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | UKAEA CFO and STEP Siting Group RAICo visit -26/01/21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Tour of RAICo with Sellafield C-RAI team for UKAEA CFO and STEP Siting group. Discussions on activity in Cumbria, current and future projects and opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | UKAEA and RACE Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Intitial dicussions with business engagement teams at UKAEA and RACE (Rotherham and Culham) to discuss new areas to engage and future projects/funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | UKAEA and RACE Engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Engagement to discuss potential Smart Grant application for RAIN and spin out. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | UKRI People Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Joined the ISCF RAI in Extreme Environments programme team to talk about the RAIN hub to up to 3000 UKRI staff. Presented one of our robotic platforms and discussed the Hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | UKRI project meeting - 31 March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Uni of Oxford Open day - Betty Demo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | University of Oxford and Pembroke College Open Day - Betty demo at Pembroke, plus two talks on AI/Robotics to Prospective Students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | UoM/American Nuclear Society meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meetings to plan the workshop 'ANS RRSD - RAIN HUB Joint Workshop on Robotic Digital Twin for Nuclear Applications'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | VPS and SL Site tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to VPS and Sellafield site to engage specifically with stakeholder groups on site, with deployment opportunities in mind for the CARMA robot. Following visit, 3 different site areas are engage with deployment opportunities. Aug 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | VR headsets development for outreach |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion about developing a VR experience of what it's like to be a robotics engineer for the general public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | VR-enabled teleoperation of robotic arm between University of Manchester and University of Edinburgh. An initial approach |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Open webinar for researchers and general public about digital tissue technologies. Attended by 60 people. Discussion on required training of the operator, VR tools for teleoperating a remote manipulator, and commercial available solutions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://orcahub.org/engagement/iscf-robots-for-a-safer-world/iscf-cross-hub-webinars |
| Description | VaVas workshop and demo - accepted for presentation in July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | VaVas demo paper and workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Venturefest Oxford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Investor Event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Verification and Regulatory Issues for Remote Robotic Inspection |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk on inspection of nuclear assets by robots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Virtual Seminar- Knowledge Management Talk RAI Collaboration between Industry and Academia: Solving our Decommissioning Challenges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Sellafield's Knowledge Management Talk series- episodes on Robotics and AI within Sellafield. Collaboration with Sellafield and NNL, recorded and distributed on public networks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.cballard.co.uk/SellafieldPortal/RAIKM.MP4 |
| Description | Visit Bristol Theme 1 partner and meeting about radiation sensor integration with ANYmal robot 16/11/2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit Bristol Theme 1 partner and meeting about radiation sensor integration with ANYmal robot 16/11/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit From NDF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for International Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit KUKA Robotics UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | On 11 JUL 2018, the robotic research team led by Dr. Guido Herrmann visited KUKA Robotics UK. The visit aimed to clarify the current KUKA-robot applications in the UK nuclear industry and explore the possibility to deploy KUKA light weight robots in nuclear decommissioning projects. KUKA Robotics introduced two different approaches to control different KUKA robots for nuclear decommissioning. Then, Bristol's research team had a discussion with the KUKA robotics engineers about the possible approaches to control KUKA light weight robots (LBR). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by AWE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by BBC Radio Merseyside to take video footage and do interview in robotics lab Liverpool University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBC Radio came to Liverpool University to discuss AI and robotics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by F4E |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for International Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by Jeremy Pocklington |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Jeremy Pocklington, Director General, Housing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit by NAMRC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by Strategy Director, NDA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NDA Visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit by peers from the National Maritime Research Institute, Japan |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Three senior researchers from the National Maritime Research Institute in Japan visited the UK to discuss Fukushima-related developments with Lancaster, Manchester and the Dalton Cumbria Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit from AMTC Exec Team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Abnormal Load Engineering (ALE) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Alex Tesini European Commission |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with Key Partner re fusion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit from Assistant Secretary, US DOE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from CEO Animal Dynamics Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparations for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from CEO NAMRC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit from CEO OION |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for Investor Event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit from CEO, Veolia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for International Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Chairman UKRI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Chairman of UKRI - Sir John Kingman |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from David Willetts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Resolution Foundation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Director of ARPA-E US DOE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Dynium Robot |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from EDF Energy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from EDF Energy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from F4E |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from F4E |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from FCO,Houston, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Visit from FCO, Houston, USA on 26 June 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit from Generics Robotics Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from High Court Judge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion re AI |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from IRID |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Japanese collaborators from NMRI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaborators from the National Maritime Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan, visited for an update and conversation about work surrounding the AVEXIS project. The collaboration also includes representatives from JAEA and Nagaoka University. This led to many areas of future collaboration with further visits to the Naraha Test Facility in Fukushima, Japan voiced with demonstrations of the AVEXIS integrated with sonar and radiological sensing devices. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit from KUKA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Magics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Manufacturing Technology Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit from Minister - VNS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Ministerial Visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from NASA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NASA Visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from NDA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from NNL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit from NNL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Navy Engineering Support Division - SO2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit from the Navy Engineering Support Division, SO2 on 28 June 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit from Prof Kings College |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit from Prof Surrey University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | University Visit. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Prof UCL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Prof University of Tokyo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Prof University of York |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Prof, York University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Academia - Preparation for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Prof, Queen Mary university |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for international collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Profs, Brunel University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for national collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from RACE / Sellafield Opportunities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Rolls-Royce |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | To outline the vision for growing the Mechatronics centre at the Rolls-Royce University Technology Center at the University of Nottingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2019 |
| Description | Visit from Rolls-Royce group led by CTO Paul Stain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A group of Rolls-Royce visitors led by RR CTO Paul Stain visit our UTC and a series of robots developed for On-Wing Technology were presented and demonstrated. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Sellafield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Severn Trent |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Southwest Research Institute |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Spectris |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industry Visit. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from Spectris |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from TEPCO |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from VNS(UK) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit from VS, METI, IRID |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit of RACE, Culham, with Final 4th Year MEng Group and 3rd Year Project Students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Visit of RACE (Alessandro Altobelli, Ozan Tokatli) in London, 4 March 2019: A final, fourth year student group of five and a third year project student visited with me RACE at Culham to gain further knowledge about the KUKA-based teleoperation system of RACE, their robotic hand research and their nuclear robotics work. This was an excellent opportunity for the final, fourth year student group as it is working on a teleoperation system in their final year project. The third year student is developing a tendon driven robotic hand. The knowledge exchange with Shadow Robotics can lead to further discussions in the area of teleoperation and hand control. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit of Shadow-Robotics London with Final 4th Year MEng Group and 3rd Year Project Students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit of Shadow-Robotics (Richard Walker, Managerial Director) in London, 4 March 2019: A final, fourth year student group of five, a third year project student and a PhD-student at the University of Bristol, visited with me Shadow Robotics to gain further knowledge about the haptics enabled teleoperation system of Shadow-Robotics, their robotic hand and their involvement in nuclear robotics. This was an excellent opportunity for the final, fourth year student group as it is working on a teleoperation system in their final year project. The third year student is developing a tendon driven robotic hand. The knowledge exchange with Shadow Robotics can lead to further discussions in the area of teleoperation and hand control. (Reported for EPSRC's NCNR and RAIN) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit to BEIS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | National Robotics Strategy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to Cavendish Nuclear |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Demonstrating of Decommissioning system |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to Culham Science Centre by members of EDF - 2 September 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Culham Science Centre by members of EDF on 2 September 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Visit to JAEA, Naraha |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to NASA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to NASA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to Nuclear Robotics Team in KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) in S.Korea |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Disseminated the overview of RAIN activities and virtual-reality-based human-robot interaction research work to Nuclear Robotics Team of KAERI in South Korea. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit to Ocado |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to Ocado |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for national collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to PaR Systems facility |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to Qinetiq |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Preparation for National Collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to RACE by Mark Emerton, Innovate UK on 18 July 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Visit to RACE by Mark Emerton, Innovate UK on 18 July 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit to RACE by members of Nuvia - 5 October 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to RACE by members of Nuvia - 5 October 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Visit to RACE from members of Heritot Watt University, Edinburgh - 12 October 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to RACE by members of Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh - 12 October 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Visit to RACE to develop secondment activities for 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meetings held to develop future RAIN research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to Rolls Royce |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Rolls Royce to discuss challenges and potential areas to collaborate. This lead to collaborative projects and inspection visits. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit to Sellafield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to the Sellafield power plan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit to Sonomatic for discussions on possible collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A visit to Sonomatic Ltd., Warrington was undertaken to discuss future collaboration and the possibility of joint submission to a RAIN expansion scheme to aid in possible underwater tracking and photogrammetry projects. This would lead to demonstrations in the oil and gas sector, hopefully proving the technology to adapt for nuclear. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit to TEPCO, Tokyo, Japan - 9 to 12 July 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to TEPCO, Tokyo, Japan - 9 to 12 July 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit to Wandercraft (partner in MEMMO) in Paris. Nov 16 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Wandercraft (partner in MEMMO) in Paris. Nov 16 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to Wood plc to discuss further collaboration on nuclear robotics applications |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Michael Fisher, Shan Lou, Emily C Collins, and Matt Luckcuck visited the Wood plc site at Birchwood to discuss their nuclear robotics projects and future collaborations on HRI and Verification. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visit to Workington |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | National Collaboration - exploitation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visited British Solar Renewables |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visited British Solar Renewables site Westmill Solar Farm to explore uses of autonomous robots in inspection and monitoring |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visited Honda Research Institute |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visited Honda Research Institute Europe for European Graduate Network Symposium |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visited UKAEA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 23/11/18 - Visited UKAEA Materials Research Facility to discuss potential inspection and monitoring projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visited UKAEA Materials Research Facility |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visited UKAEA Materials Research Facility to discuss potential inspection and monitoring projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visited Wood Plc. Liverpool to discuss collaboration, 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visited Wood to have meetings about robotics R&D taking place, and how we can work together on future RAIN research, in particular in haptics and human factors areas |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visiting from Uniper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presented the continuum robots and walking robot developing in University of Nottingham, and identified several potential collaboration opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visitor from Rolls-Royce (Christ Nex) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A visitor from Rolls-Royce (Christ Nex) came to our UTC to talk about the technology developed at our centre for On-Wing Maintenance, Repair and Operation and further plan in the view of the coming 5-years. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visitors - U. of Tokyo visitors - 28 November 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visitors from senior industrialists |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | At the launch event of Advanced Manufacturing Building, we present our Rolls-Royce UTC to about 200 visitors of senior industrialists. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | WMSym - Phoenix |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 8 Papers Delivered |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Warwick Workshop: 'Resilient Machine Learning in Nuclear Applications' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Warwick researcher's hosted an online workshop sharing their current research, followed by a set of questions for RAIN colleagues that could help us shape Warwick's approach further. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | We were host to a visit by Professor Abdallah Lyoussi, Expert Internationale from the CEA and the University of Aix Marseille, Provence, France. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We were host to Professor Abdallah Lyoussi in the context of nuclear radiation measurement activities and the integration of a dedicated workshop session on this topic in the IEEE ANIMMA and IEEE NSS-MIC conferences this year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Week-long secondment to PURCS University, Brazil, to lecture on RAIN related HRI activities and reserach, 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lecturing secondment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Weekly RAICo Lab Update Meetings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Weekly RAICo Lab Update Meetings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Working group demonstration updates with key southern partners |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Event demonstrating working group updates and looking for key potential challenges to collaborate on. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Working in a Nuclear Glovebox: A Remote Handling System Demonstration Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | RAIN hosted a virtual live demonstration on YouTube as part of the Remote Handling Working Group. The demonstration featured technology including: •Collision avoidance •Robotic grasping •Digital twin •Condition Monitoring •Computer vision •And more The demonstration involved questions and discussions throughout. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/eAIQN0wCUzs |
| Description | Workshop at European Robotics Forum 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A workshop was run at the European Robotics Forum 2020 on the UKRI ISCF funding schemes. The session involved an overview of the funding by Innovate UK, several exemplar project presentations, then a panel session to discuss how the scheme has worked and what the next steps would be. The workshop was attended by around 50 people from both industry and academia from across Europe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Workshop at ICRA, Construction - 27 May 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Workshop given at RACE on Novel Methods in HRI, August 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk was part of longer secondment that laid groundwork for subsequent longer secondment and collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Workshop in China |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Workshop on AR for nuclear |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on AR for nuclear application with university of Bristol. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Workshop on AR for nuclear |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Tom Bale on AR for Nuclear |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Workshop on Verification and Regulatory Issues for Remote Robotic Inspection |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop bringing together acvademics, regulators, industry to look at barriers to, and opportunities for, remote robotic inspection. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://autonomy-and-verification.github.io/events/ri-regs |
| Description | Workshop organised at ICRA 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Ioannis organised a workshop in ICRA 2017, titled: "Robust perception, planning, and control for legged robot locomotion in challenging domains" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://icra2017wslocomotion.wordpress.com/program/ |
| Description | Workshop with Radioactive Waste Management |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted workshop with Radioactive Waste Management group at UKAEA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Workshop: Future of Nuclear Robotics Safety Cases |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This workshop introduced the current nuclear certification process, highlighted some of the challenges as we move towards more sophisticated Robotics and AI solutions, and discussed the way forward. We had presentations from representatives by the Universities of Liverpool and York, and the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). The workshop was well attended, with attendees from both academia and industry who had an interest in robotics, autonomy, AI, safety, assurance, and certification. Specifically we had attendees who are involved in the RAIN Hub, Assuring Autonomy programme, and the Office for Nuclear Regulation. In the afternoon, we had a lively discussion session about safety cases and robotics in the nuclear industry, trying to elicit the scenarios and requirements of such systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://autonomy-and-verification-uol.github.io/events/fnrc/workshop1/ |
| Description | Workshop: Scoping Certifiable Autonomous Nuclear Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This workshop explored the challenges of certifying nuclear robotic systems. Groups of attendees examined realistic nuclear robotic case studies, discussing how the introduction of autonomy, machine learning, or long-term use will impact the verification techniques and evidence required for certification. Representatives from the Office for Nuclear Regulation attended the workshop and provided feedback and discussion on the certification for robotics with higher levels of autonomy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://autonomy-and-verification-uol.github.io/events/fnrc/workshop2/ |
| Description | World Robot Summit 2018 - Tokyo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Attended (And competed in) the World Robot Summit Expo in Tokyo |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | approached by Heriot-Watt about possible EU bid on HRI. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | approached by Heriot-Watt about possible EU bid on HRI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | approached by Southampton about possible EPSRC proposal on long-term monitoring/inspection. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | approached by Southampton about possible EPSRC proposal on long-term monitoring/inspection. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | call with NDA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | co-organisers of IJCAI R2AW workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | co-organisers of IJCAI R2AW workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | delivered IET TAROS public lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | delivered IET TAROS public lecture |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | discussions with Brandwidth on possible autonomy project around autonomous sensing and decision making for first responders |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | discussions with Brandwidth on possible autonomy project around autonomous sensing and decision making for first responders |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | exploring trust/introspection with Capgemini Engineering |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | exploring trust/introspection with Capgemini Engineering |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | further discussion with Bots and Us on decision-making for multi-robot logistics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | further discussion with Bots and Us on decision-making for multi-robot logistics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | interview radio BBC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | interview radio BBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | invited seminar to AIMS CDT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | invited seminar to AIMS CDT |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | invited to advisory board of EU proposal. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | invited to advisory board of EU proposal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | involved in EPSRC/UKRI Roundtable on AI. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | involved in EPSRC/UKRI Roundtable on AI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | present as part of Goodwood Festival of Speed Futurelab. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | present as part of Goodwood Festival of Speed Futurelab. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | provided letter of support to BotsAndUs for an EU proposal. Hoping to build deployment opportunities from this. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | provided letter of support to BotsAndUs for an EU proposal. Hoping to build deployment opportunities from this. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | talk at Releasing Robots into the Wild Virtual Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | talk at Releasing Robots into the Wild Virtual Workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | talk to Atom Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | talk to Atom Society |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | talk to RSS 2021 Workshop on Declarative and Neurosymbolic Representations in Robot Learning and Control: Mission Planning with Uncertain Models. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | talk to RSS 2021 Workshop on Declarative and Neurosymbolic Representations in Robot Learning and Control: Mission Planning with Uncertain Models. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IdzxYmxPIo&t=9873s |
| Description | talk to TAS Node on Resilience: Mission Planning for Long-Term Autonomy in Mobile Service Robots. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | talk to TAS Node on Resilience: Mission Planning for Long-Term Autonomy in Mobile Service Robots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufmt1hvk7vQ |
| Description | visit to Blenheim to explore possible sites for deployments in agriculture, logistics, and inspection. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | visit to Blenheim to explore possible sites for deployments in agriculture, logistics, and inspection. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |