UK Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Hub for Offshore Energy Asset Integrity Management

Lead Research Organisation: Heriot-Watt University
Department Name: Sch of Engineering and Physical Science

Abstract

The international offshore energy industry currently faces the triple challenges of an oil price expected to remain less than $50 a barrel, significant expensive decommissioning commitments of old infrastructure (especially North Sea) and small margins on the traded commodity price per KWh of offshore renewable energy. Further, the offshore workforce is ageing as new generations of suitable graduates prefer not to work in hazardous places offshore. Operators therefore seek more cost effective, safe methods and business models for inspection, repair and maintenance of their topside and marine offshore infrastructure. Robotics and artificial intelligence are seen as key enablers in this regard as fewer staff offshore reduces cost, increases safety and workplace appeal.

The long-term industry vision is thus for a completely autonomous offshore energy field, operated, inspected and maintained from the shore. The time is now right to further develop, integrate and de-risk these into certifiable evaluation prototypes because there is a pressing need to keep UK offshore oil and renewable energy fields economic, and to develop more productive and agile products and services that UK startups, SMEs and the supply chain can export internationally. This will maintain a key economic sector currently worth £40 billion and 440,000 jobs to the UK economy, and a supply chain adding a further £6 billion in exports of goods and services.

The ORCA Hub is an ambitious initiative that brings together internationally leading experts from 5 UK universities with over 30 industry partners (>£17.5M investment). Led by the Edinburgh Centre of Robotics (HWU/UoE), in collaboration with Imperial College, Oxford and Liverpool Universities, this multi-disciplinary consortium brings its unique expertise in: Subsea (HWU), Ground (UoE, Oxf) and Aerial robotics (ICL); as well as human-machine interaction (HWU, UoE), innovative sensors for Non Destructive Evaluation and low-cost sensor networks (ICL, UoE); and asset management and certification (HWU, UoE, LIV).

The Hub will provide game-changing, remote solutions using robotics and AI that are readily integratable with existing and future assets and sensors, and that can operate and interact safely in autonomous or semi-autonomous modes in complex and cluttered environments. We will develop robotics solutions enabling accurate mapping of, navigation around and interaction with offshore assets that support the deployment of sensors networks for asset monitoring. Human-machine systems will be able to co-operate with remotely located human operators through an intelligent interface that manages the cognitive load of users in these complex, high-risk situations. Robots and sensors will be integrated into a broad asset integrity information and planning platform that supports self-certification of the assets and robots.

Planned Impact

Our project represents an unprecedented effort to use Robotics and AI to revolutionise Asset Integrity Management in the offshore energy sector to enable cheaper, safer and more efficient working practices and move towards a fully autonomous offshore energy field, operated, inspected and maintained from the shore. Up to £17.8M of cash support from the industry demonstrates the timeliness and strong industry interest for our research agenda. Beyond its academic impact detailed elsewhere, this project will bring about a step change in the feasibility of large scale monitoring for subsea assets such as cables, risers, seabed structures and marine energy devices. To maximise the impact of our research, we have built in mechanisms to maximise the translation of research into innovation, products and industry take-up.

1- Strong industry involvement: Our initial research focus is built around 6 developed Use Cases and 7 Capability Challenges for RAI applied to offshore energy asset integrity for marine, topside (i.e. on platform) and aerial domains developed in collaboration with industry (initial workshop July 2017, 40 people attending). Regular 6-monthly demonstrations of existing research will inform our partners of the evolving maturity of the research and trigger potential exploitation. Annual workshops to refine these and update the research roadmap will be organised by the Hub with the support and guidance of our Industrial Leadership and Opportunities Panel (ILOP). From these, Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) will form from Open Calls initiated by ILOP, the PI and the academic team. These projects will be funded from the £20M Partnership Resource Fund (PRF) (£2.6M EPSRC, £17.8M industry partners). JIPs will comprise SMEs, startups and others from the supply chain to make capabilities more robust, reliable and certifiable in increasingly realistic domains up to TRL7. These efforts will be supported by a full time impact manager.

2- Fostering wider collaborations: The hub will expand its research and innovation reach to other RAI Hubs initially through the bi-annual Hub PI meetings, where opportunities across hub boundaries will be identified. We will aim to align common science and innovation goals through the relevant Hub management structures to provide greater gearing whilst recognising the distinctness of the environments and markets. Regular Open Calls will seek research partners (funded by both EPSRC and Partners from the PRF) to close scientific gaps in the core WP programme based on advice by the International Scientific Advisory Panel (ISAP). This funding will be accessible by the best teams across the world, thus fostering collaborations at an international level. We will also seek to exploit synergies created from other hubs in other domains to have an impact on the anticipated ISCF RAI Challenge funding in 2019. Through this PI Forum, we will also reach out to the successful iUK projects (parallel ISCF RAI call) to seek synergies, overlap and opportunities for rapid innovation advancements.
Standardisation: A crucial output of the project will be working closely with regulators, especially project partner Lloyds Register, to develop standards and formal requirements for offshore RAI self-certification. We will also explore defining an ISO industry standard for dialogue act annotation for interaction with autonomous systems and AI (similar to e.g. DiAML) to encourage adoption of the developed techniques in a variety of domains.

3- Engaging the wider public in research: We have a wide experience of public engagement through our RAS-CDT (BBC News @10, Blue Peter, Sky News, Twitter, Facebook) and will continue to our engagement strategy supported by our full time Hub Manager.

Organisations

 
Description The project aimed at developing robotics solutions to support the delivery of the industry long term vision of offshore assets inspected, maintained and operated by teams of robots, remotely supervised from shore by a collaborating team of human operators. In order to fulfill this vision we have developed and demonstrated new inspection sensors, algorithms and robotic platforms which enable the autonomous inspection of offshore assets from the air, on the ground and underwater. Similarly, we have developed new planning and manipulation techniques enabling robot to safely interact with their environment to perform complex manipulation tasks autonomously or in close collaboration with human operators (shared autonomy) in complex dynamic environments and across data links of variable bandwidth and latency. We have paid specific attention to the development human robot interfaces enabling humans to stay situated when collaborating with multiple robots, each generating large amount of data and information through the ever increasing use of machine learning. We have developed methods enabling the decisions made by these algorithms to be explained to human operators, hence improving the necessary trust in smart machines and effective human machine teaming. Finally, we have integrated out robots, assets they operate on and the data and decision the algorithms generate into digital twins which can be used to monitor mission execution and assets in real time as well as being used as simulation tools for pre-mission validation and new technology insertion. This aspect of the work was greatly accelerated by Covid 19, more by constraints than design. Finally, all are work has been published in top robotics journal and conferences (and won multiple awards) as well as media outfits for public understanding of science and presented in schools, science festivals and online.
Taken together, the achievements of this project have brought a significant changes in robotics in the UK. The robotics academic community and network we have created (13 UK Universities) now understands the needs and challenges of using robotics in offshore environments and conversely the industry is now aware what is possible now and in the medium term using robotics. New technologies have been developed and demonstrated to industry and we now have a roadmap for technology insertion, backed up by industrial investment. Finally we have a network of industrial and academic partners who know and trust each other to co-develop the future solutions required to support the energy transition and net-zero targets of the UK.
Exploitation Route We have direct engagement with offshore energy companies with industrial funded projects, covering all aspects of our work. We have also 4 spin out companies either created (2) or in the process of being created (2) to commercialise the new technologies developed in this project.
Having engaged with Technology Leadership Board (TLB) to develop an initiative to support the development of robotics within the energy sector as it moves into renewables and a net zero future, we now have a large £4M project funded (OLTER) which will drive the development and adoption of robotics by industry. We are also leading a collaboration with our fellow ISCF hubs to develop new pathways for research using connected digital twins. We are working closely with the Offshore Renewable Catapult to develop a new user group for companies in the renewables sector interested in exploring the adoption and adaption of robotic technology.
As the project nears completion, we have worked on a number of proposals to exploit the technology in other sectors. This activity has led to another £7M of new research in construction, healthcare and agriculture.
Sectors Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Construction,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Other
URL https://orcahub.org/
 
Description Over £6M of cash or in-kind support had been received from industry through 78 individual research projects, PhD sponsorships, user engagements, and supply of equipment, hardware, software, data and asset samples. A further 8 projects are still in discussion or pending approval with an approximate value of over £1.5M. In addition to this, we have one spin-out operational as a company and three in different stages of development, alongside two patent applications enabling developments to be licensable to companies. This progress has been achieved as a result of over 700 industrial engagements with almost 130 different organisations and attending 37 conferences and industry exhibitions. Two white papers have been published, written in conjunction with our close industry partners ORE Catapult, Offshore Wind Innovation Hub and Xodus. Since the ORCA Hub started, the offshore robotics ecosystem has evolved significantly. The ORCA Hub has taken a lead role in driving new initiatives, supporting industrial programmes and roadmaps, and initiating new work streams, aligning with the offshore energy industry as it responds to the energy transition and the increased pace of activity in the renewables sector. We are one of the funding members of OLTER, a new industry and government supported initiative to accelerate the take up of robotics solutions in the offshore energy sector and especially the offshore renewable sector as we transition to net-zero. Finally, we have entered in a number of strategic partnerships with industrial partners to exploit the outcomes of the Hub. These are currently commercially confidential.
First Year Of Impact 2021
Sector Construction,Energy,Transport,Other
Impact Types Economic,Policy & public services
 
Description Aerial Robotics for Digital Infrastructure Systems
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact Next step for developing the UK drone sector advice.
 
Description Appointed to Chair the UK Robotics Growth Partnership by Minister for Universities, Science and Innovation
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
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Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
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Description Appointment to working group 'UK As A Platform for Innovation'
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Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Approached by the Scottish Government COVID-19 Advisory Group for advice on how robotics could help with the coronavirus epidemic in healthcare facilities.
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact Colleagues across the Centre convened, and a series of recommendations were made, particularly with regard to disinfecting healthcare spaces. The conclusions on our readiness also informed the Robotics Growth Partnership RAS2030 strategy approach to improving UK resilience.
 
Description As part of the Govt appointed AI Council, worked on development of the UK's AI Roadmap
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Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
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Description Aviation Minister Baroness Sugg visit the new Brahmal Vasudevan Multi-Terrain Aerial Robotics Arena at Imperial College London
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact Aviation Minister Baroness Sugg was the first Minister to visit the brand new Brahmal Vasudevan Multi-Terrain Aerial Robotics Arena at Imperial College London. Dr. Mirko Kovac presented the activities and the projects of the Aerial Robotics Lab. PhD students in the lab gave a demonstration of drones in action, showcasing the 16 high speed 3D aerial tracking cameras that record in real-time the dynamics of robots in the air. The visit, held on Friday 24 November, came in advance of a government announcement that police will be given new powers to prevent the unsafe or criminal use of drones under planned legislation. The measures are intended to allow drone users to continue flying safely and legally, helping to place the UK at the forefront of the fast-growing drone industry. This will also pave the way for the devices to be harnessed for a range of uses by businesses and public services. The government plan to publish the draft Drone Bill for consultation in spring 2018.
URL https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-powers-for-police-to-address-illegal-and-unsafe-use-of-drones
 
Description Aviation Minister Baroness Sugg visit the new Brahmal Vasudevan Multi-Terrain Aerial Robotics Arena at Imperial College London
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact Aviation Minister Baroness Sugg was the first Minister to visit the brand new Brahmal Vasudevan Multi-Terrain Aerial Robotics Arena at Imperial College London. Dr. Mirko Kovac presented the activities and the projects of the Aerial Robotics Lab. PhD students in the lab gave a demonstration of drones in action, showcasing the 16 high speed 3D aerial tracking cameras that record in real-time the dynamics of robots in the air. The visit, held on Friday 24 November, came in advance of a government announcement that police will be given new powers to prevent the unsafe or criminal use of drones under planned legislation. The measures are intended to allow drone users to continue flying safely and legally, helping to place the UK at the forefront of the fast-growing drone industry. This will also pave the way for the devices to be harnessed for a range of uses by businesses and public services. The government plan to publish the draft Drone Bill for consultation in spring 2018.
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Description Brains On Board Membership
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact The "Brains on Board (BoB)" Programme grant is tackling grand challenges by testing ideas about bee brains on real robots. It is the intersection between the state-of-the-art in these two fields which makes for both exciting research advances and engaging exhibitions for the public. The BoB team is proactive in involving students and the public in STEM research through outreach and public engagement events. Outreach activities created and hosted by the BoB team cover several educational objectives. We develop unique activities, as well as build on related outreach projects, in order to give students a hands-on opportunity to experience several STEM disciplines.
URL https://brainsonboard.co.uk/outreach/
 
Description Britis Standards Institution: AMT/10 Committee on Robot Safety and Robot Ethics
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Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
 
Description British Standards Institution: Artificial Intelligence standards committee [ART/1]
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Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
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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 David Lane appointed to UK governments AI Council
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/news/2019/academic-appointed-to-ai-council.htm
 
Description Deptartment for Transport Maritime 2050 National Strategy Expert Panel
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Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description IEEE standard on Transparency (P7001)
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
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Description Initiated development of the Scottish Science Advisory Council Paper "Robotics and Autonomous Systems - Shaping the Future of Scotland"
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://www.scottishscience.org.uk/sites/default/files/article-attachments/Robotics%20and%20Autonomo...
 
Description Inivitation to join BAe Systems Corporate Foresight Panel
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Description Invitation to join InnovateUK Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Robotics and AI Advisory group
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Invitation to join UK Atomic Energy Authority Programme Advisory Committee
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
 
Description Invited meeting with Secretary of State Kwasi Kwarteng on Cyber Physical Digital Fabric and Smart Machines as input to the UK Govt Innovation Strategy
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Invited participant to the BEIS Drones Industry Action Group
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Jiangmen Science City Foundation and Scientific Advisor Invitation
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Lead responses from the UK Govt AI Council and Robotics Growth Partnership to the National Security and Investment Bill technology definitions in the areas of AI and Robotics, Dec 2020- March 2021
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-security-and-investment-bill
 
Description Members of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee visit
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
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URL https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/191908/mps-visit-imperials-aerial-robotics-lab/
 
Description Members of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee visited the Brahmal Vasudevan Multi Terrain Aerial Robotics Arena
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact Committee Chair Norman Lamb was joined by fellow MPs Bill Grant, Stephen Metcalfe and former Universities and Science Minister Sam Gyimah, as well as Committee staff members. The visit was part of their inquiry into recreational and commercial drone use. MPs were welcomed by the Provost, Professor Ian Walmsley, who introduced them to Dr Mirko Kovac, Director of the Aerial Robotics Laboratory. He then presented on Imperial's work on drone technology and the challenges facing his team and the wider sector. Dr Kovac outlined his research on the usage of drones for digital infrastructure systems, including diagnostics and repairs, both in the air and underwater. In response to questions from Sam Gyimah and Stephen Metcalfe, Dr Kovac explained that the use of drones for these purposes is widely accepted in the scientific community.
URL https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/191908/mps-visit-imperials-aerial-robotics-lab/
 
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 Membership of a guideline committee - Membership of International Standards Committee (P7001 Standard for Transparency of Autonomous Systems) (2017)
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact Standard is still information so no impacts yet
URL https://standards.ieee.org/develop/project/7001.html
 
Description Met with Cabinet Secretary and a variety of Civil Servants to inform and demonstrate about potential for Robotics
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Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Ministerial Round Table to Found UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems Sector Council
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact Continuing strategy development from 2014 RAS2020 Strategy. This contributed to foundation of the industrial strategy challenge fund, £450m of Govt spend on RAS R&D, and over £1billion of industry investment including £250m of VC investment in 2016-2018.
 
Description Misuse of civilian drones - POSTNOTE Number 610
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact Drones are increasingly used for photography, agriculture, delivery and emergency response. However, travel disruption at UK airports due to drone sightings has renewed debate about their use. This note looks at civilian drones and their applications, focusing on potential misuse and possible responses.
URL http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/POST-PN-0610/POST-PN-0610.pdf
 
Description Participant in Workshop on Mobility and Smart Cities PM's Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform (TIGRR)
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Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Robotics Sector Deal planning meetings at 10 Downing Street on 14th February 2018
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Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
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Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Scottish Government AI Strategy
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
URL https://www.scotlandaistrategy.com/
 
Description Selection as AI Sector Council member
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
 
Description SoS Invited Lead RAS Sector Deal team. Updated RAS2020 strategy submitted for ministerial consideration August 2018
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Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
 
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Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Three Invited personal meetings with UK Govt Minister for Science, Research and Innovation Amanda Solloway on Cyber Physical Fabric and Smart Machine Strategy for the UK. Spring, Summer, Autumn 2020
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact Advised on Cyber Physical Fabric and Smart Machine Strategy for the UK to enhance prosperity, resilience, sustainability, and security and the important training experiences being created in the Centre with an emphasis on diversity.
 
Description Voted on scientific commitee of the european workshop for structural health monitoring
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Description Weekly technical advice to Government and NHSX through the AI Council.
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact This activity has supported recent signing of a bilateral UK-US AI accord to develop ethical AI guidelines and regulations.
URL https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/declaration-of-the-united-states-of-america-and-the-unite...
 
Description (DEEPFIELD) - DeepField- Deep Learning in Field Robotics: from conceptualization towards implementation
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Organisation European Commission 
Sector Public
Country European Union (EU)
Start 10/2019 
End 09/2022
 
Description (METRICS) - Metrological Evaluation and Testing of Robots in International CompetitionS
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Funding ID 871252 
Organisation European Commission 
Sector Public
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Start 01/2020 
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Description Applied Off-site and On-site Collective Multi-Robot Autonomous Building Manufacturing
Amount £1,201,253 (GBP)
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Description Augmented Reality-Aided Telepresence for Remote Inspection and Monitoring with Aerial Robots
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Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2020 
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Description Centre for Doctoral Training in Embedded Intelligence - Trusted Autonomy
Amount £40,000 (GBP)
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Start 10/2018 
End 11/2022
 
Description Centre for Doctoral Training in Embedded Intelligence - prognostics and health management
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Description Chair in Emerging Technologies
Amount £129,999 (GBP)
Funding ID CiET 1718/6 
Organisation Royal Academy of Engineering 
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Country United Kingdom
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Description EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Award
Amount £67,927 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
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Start 01/2018 
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Description EPSRC and NERC Centre for Doctoral Training in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE)
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Sector Public
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Description EUMarineRobots
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Description Energy Technology Partnership (ETP)
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Description FOCETA - Foundations for Continuous Engineering of Trustworthy Autonomy.
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Description HUman-machine teaming for Maritime Environments (HUME)
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Sector Public
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Description Heriot-Watt University Capital Award in Support of Early Career Researchers
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Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
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Description Ingenious Award: Robosense: Sensing Your Environment with Robots
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Organisation Royal Academy of Engineering 
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Country United Kingdom
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Description Mobile inspection units on and under the train
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Sector Private
Country United Kingdom
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Description ORCA Extension - Stream A
Amount £600,000 (GBP)
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Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2021 
End 03/2022
 
Description ORCA Extension Stream B Towards Resident Robots
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Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
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End 03/2022
 
Description Robotic Ecosystems for Future Infrastructures
Amount £150,000 (GBP)
Organisation The Royal Society 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2018 
End 08/2023
 
Description Robotics and AI: inspect, maintain and repair in extreme environments
Amount £0 (GBP)
Funding ID 104821 
Organisation Innovate UK 
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Start 09/2018 
End 09/2018
 
Description SOLITUDE: Safety Argument for Learning-enabled Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.
Amount £400,000 (GBP)
Funding ID SOLITUDE 
Organisation Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2020 
End 03/2022
 
Description Telling Tales of Engagement - Human Robot Interaction (HRI) for School Teachers Engage with Machines (STEM)
Amount £10,000 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2018 
End 09/2019
 
Description Turing Sponsored Project: Safety-Critical Artificial Intelligence
Amount £255,475 (GBP)
Organisation Alan Turing Institute 
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Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2018 
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Description UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Trust
Amount £3,056,751 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/V026682/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2020 
End 04/2024
 
Description Using AI-Enhanced Social Robots to Improve Children's Healthcare Experiences
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Funding ID ES/T012986/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2020 
End 01/2023
 
Title Brahmal Vasudevan Multi Terrain Flight Arena on TerriNet infrastructure with wide reach to European audience. 
Description A large enclosed 10x6.2x5.5m flight arena (Arena), equipped with 16 Vicon T40 tracking cameras, capable of tracking multiple flying objects in 6 degrees of freedom, with millimetre accuracy. Tracking data can be used for closed-loop control of vehicles. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The Arena is the first of its kind in Europe, enabling engineers to test the next generation of aerial robotics for urban environments and extreme conditions. Researchers in the Arena are able to simulate different terrains in the air, the ocean and on land. The space also enables engineers to create extreme conditions such as fire, smoke and heat to simulate how the next generation of drones will perform in harsh environments. The research focus in Arena encompasses two main themes: (i) physical adaptation; (ii) cybernetics adaptation. The physical adaptation includes morphological changes in different environmental conditions for aerial and multi-terrain robots to land, perch, locomote or \"stay still\" in narrow and cluttered spaces. The cybernetical adaptation includes adjustments at the algorithmic level to maintain the stability, avoid the collisions and the track the safe and reliable trajectories. These activities are considered holistically with potential human interactions, neuroscience, and bio-inspiration. 
URL https://www.terrinet.eu/robotic_database_show_platform/?id=116
 
Title Development of a new multi-sensing robotic platform for monitoring offshore energy platforms 
Description the design and development of a low cost, low power, multi-sensing robotic platform for inspection and monitoring of offshore infrastructures. The robot, called Limpet, is equipped with several (9) exteroceptive sensing modalities, that can be used to monitor a wide range of environmental and physical parameters in on/offshore environments. The sensors incorporated on the Limpet are temperature, humidity, pressure, optical, distance, sound, magnetic, accelerometer and gyroscope. The Limpet uses Wi-Fi to communicate and send data to the PC. The Limpet has a diameter of 50 mm, and the total cost of electronic components used in its design is about £22. The Limpet is powered by a rechargeable 3.6V 160 mAh lithium-ion coin cell battery. The Limpet has a battery life @160 mAh of 0.87 to 1600 hours, depending on the activity level. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact The Limpet will be encapsulated in a protective housing, making it more robust and enduring in harsh environment. Robust agents will have a longer lifetime, need less maintenance and require lower repair costs. There will be little human interaction when the entire Deployment-Maintenance-Recovery (DMR) system is going to be set, therefore the system could be considered semi-autonomous. The Limpet is designed explicitly for manufacturability; it consists of a single PCB, hence mass manufacture is a simple case of placing a batch order with a PCB foundry. Limpet's PCB consists of SMD-only components and can be autonomously populated with pick-and-place machines at the point of manufacture. Therefore, it is easy to mass-produce the Limpet system and deploy them in huge collectives for inspecting on/offshore infrastructures. The first milestone will be to deploy a Limpet on an infrastructure onshore (topside) to collect and transmit high-quality data. The DMR aspect will rely on deploying the Limpets with drones. 
 
Title Empa Flight Arena 
Description The flight arena is one of the largest and most universal drone testbeds in the world: 7.8 m high, 10 x 10 m arena allows testing all scales of aerial robots. An integrated tunnel and bridge elements allow testing aerial robots in various environmental conditions 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Newly built and fully equipped and protected control room will allow remote operating and hosting multiple visitors (industrial partners, collaborators, guests) High and wide cargo doors allow bringing real-sized infrastructure parts inside for testing (wind turbine blades, solar cell arrays, etc) Large screen allows both creating environment visualization for drone flights and demonstrations 
 
Title Reliability Ontology and Two-Tiers concepts 
Description 1) Reliability paradigm based on semantic representation. 2) Two-tiers intelligence approach to combine the two streams in AI: logical formalism and connectionism 
Type Of Material Technology assay or reagent 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Successful demonstration for academic partners and industrial. 
 
Title submitted - European Marine Board Young Ambassador Programme 
Description advocating for European Marine Board and promoting the role and relevance of marine science and the ocean in general 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact As my scientific interests are unfolding at the interface of two branches of research, the European Marine Board Young Ambassador Programme would be a valuable source of networking within marine sciences. Proactive interaction with the marine scientific community and policy makers would outline the urgent use cases from a different perspective than robotics. The EMB Young Ambassador Programme would link the research conducted in the industrial framework of ORCA Hub, with marine research. 
URL http://www.marineboard.eu/emb-young-ambassador-programme
 
Title submitted: 2019 L'Oréal-UNESCO UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women In Science 
Description I applied for the prestigious 2019 L'Oréal-UNESCO UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women In Science to have extra funding to conduct my research, this funding are very flexible and can be employed in improving lab facilities or purchase lab material. The 2019 L'Oréal-UNESCO fellowship could give to the ORCA Hub research more visibility. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Merging the robotic and oceanographic scientific branches requires further investigation in underwater communication, e.g. acoustic protocols to create a marine internet of things, creation of innovative materials, new sampling strategies, fresh data protocols and cutting edge analysis techniques. The fusion of such different areas lays in a unique space where interdisciplinarity rules. 
URL https://www.forwomeninscience.com/en/fellowships
 
Title ER: the emergency response dataset 
Description Collection of crowd-sourced dialogues on the emergency domain on off-shore energy platforms. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This resource provides a new common testbed for the research community who does research on dialogue systems. 
 
Title Multi-Gait Path Planning 
Description Development of a multi-gait path planning approach to planning body trajectories over mixed terrain for legged robots. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact N/A 
 
Description A visiting fellowship at University of York, AAIP project 
Organisation University of York
Department York Environmental Sustainability Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Being surpported by David Flynn and Valentin Robu, I applied the one month visiting fellowship at the Assuring Autonomy International Programme, University of York. We proposed a sound reserach proposal which aligns the common research interests of AAIP and ORCA WP4.
Collaborator Contribution The team of Dr. Radu Calinescu at York AAIP is leading the research on probabilistic model checking which we believe is a good fit technical solution of robot self-certification.
Impact to be added.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Access to DOF Subsea Real-World Underwater Image Data 
Organisation DOF Subsea
Country Norway 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution We are using this data in our research.
Collaborator Contribution DOF Subsea provided ROV footage of a subsea pipeline inspection.
Impact The footage has been very beneficial to the progression of a number of different areas of ORCA research.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Access to ROVCO Real-World Underwater Image Data 
Organisation Rovco Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution This data is being used in our research.
Collaborator Contribution ROVCO provided ROV footage of subsea structures.
Impact This footage has been very useful for some of the research in Work Package 4 - Robot and Asset Self-Certification.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Chevron/NZTC, Field Trial, 14-17 March 2022 
Organisation Chevron Corporation
Department Chevron Energy Technology
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Field trial of the ANYmal quadruped developments by University of Oxford at a lubricant blending plant in Ghent, Belgium operated by Chevron. This was the first use of these developments in an operational facility relevant to the ORCA intended environments.
Collaborator Contribution Chevron provided the facilities for the field trial, the operational use cases and domain experts to ensure the trial was applicable to real-world applications. NZTC part funded the trial.
Impact The following objectives were achieved will be achieved from the trial and following the trial: - Validate general indoor and outdoor, safe, and reliable maneuverability around a live cluttered and hazardous facility, including over concrete, checkerboard, grated, gravel and grass surfaces. - Demonstrate safe, and reliable maneuverability up and down gentle gravel slopes (angle approx. 30 degrees). - Demonstrate safe maneuverability around a site with forklift and people traffic. - Demonstrate indoor and outdoor industrial stair climbing on an active site. - Demonstrate general visual reading of digital gauges at ~1.5m above ground. - Demonstrate general visual reading of analogue gauges at ~0.5m above ground. - Demonstrate general visual inspection of structures such as containment pools, tanks, walkways and handrails. - Validate new mapping technology and techniques developed by ORCA in an industrial facility. The 3D model produced will also be used by the wider ORCA research group as real data in robotic simulations and modelling that will aid future research in robotics for hazardous areas. - Provide a lessons learnt report evaluating the success of the above deliverables that all collaborators will use for assessment and further development of quadruped robots for use in live industrial settings. - Provide a presentation paper discussing the above lesson learnt report to ensure widespread dissemination of results to industry.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Collaboration with ABB 
Organisation ABB Group
Country Switzerland 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with BP 
Organisation BP (British Petroleum)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Collaborator Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Impact BP have provided professional industry input and attendance at ORCA Hub meetings and events.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Baker Hughes 
Organisation Baker Hughes
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Censis 
Organisation Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems CENSIS
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Chevron 
Organisation Chevron Corporation
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Collaborator Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Impact Chevron have provided professional industry input and attendance at ORCA Hub meetings and events.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Datalab 
Organisation The Datalab
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with EDF Energy 
Organisation EDF Energy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects. We have been tailoring some of our developments towards EDF's use cases with several planned field trials planned in 2021.
Collaborator Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects. EDF have provided operational data in the form of: - Wind turbine foundation ROV footage - Wind turbine digital models and drawings - Wind farm wave data - Their wind energy technology roadmap - Lessons learned from their defect detection trials using UAVs for blade inspections - Wind turbine blade inspection data (images) - Wind turbine asset inspection data - Wind farm survey reports - Access to EDF offshore wind farm sites - Use of EDF subject matter experts - Use of EDF field technicians - Use of vessels to transfer equipment and personnel to EDF offshore sites
Impact EDF Energy have provided professional industry input and attendance at ORCA Hub meetings. EDF have contributed a huge amount of operational data that has helped develop numerous areas of our research for the wind energy sector. The technology developed in this relationship may be commercialised through another offshore wind service provider.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Collaboration with Guided Ultrasonics Ltd 
Organisation Guided Ultrasonics Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Hydrason 
Organisation Hydrason Solutions Limited
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with KUKA Robotics UK 
Organisation KUKA Robotics
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with L3 ASV 
Organisation American Society of Virology
Country United States 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Lloyds Register Foundation 
Organisation Lloyd's Register Foundation
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Lloyds Register Group 
Organisation Lloyd's Register Foundation
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Collaborator Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Impact Lloyd's Register have provided professional industry input and attendance at ORCA Hub meetings and events.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with OGIC 
Organisation Oil & Gas Innovation Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact OGIC part-funded our exhibitor stand at Subsea Expo in 2019.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with OGTC 
Organisation Oil & Gas Innovation Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with ORE Offshore Catapult 
Organisation ORE Catapult
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Collaborator Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects. Discounted use of their testing facilities for ORCA capability demonstrations. An information presentation on the offshore wind industry to all of ORCA. Detailed list of robotics Use Case for offshore wind applications. ORE Catapult provided use of their Levenmouth test wind turbine and use of personnel to support testing at the site. The test allowed us to understand how our developments behaved in a representative environment.
Impact ORE Catapult have provided professional industry input and attendance at ORCA Hub meetings and events. The contributions to ORCA have been very beneficial in progressing almost all areas of research within the project. ORE Catapult provided use of their Levenmouth test wind turbine and use of personnel to support testing at the site. The test allowed us to understand how our developments behaved in a representative environment.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Permasense 
Organisation Permasense Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with ROVCO 
Organisation Rovco Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Time spent discussing collaborative project possibilities around the 3D Underwater Vision.
Collaborator Contribution Time spent discussing collaborative project possibilities around the 3D Underwater Vision. They have also provided real-world underwater image data for our research equating to approximately £10,000 in value. ROVCO have sponsored a PhD in the ECR CDT RAS.
Impact They have provided real-world underwater image data for our research equating to approximately £10,000 in value. Financial support for the educational training of an upcoming robotics expert.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Collaboration with ROVOP 
Organisation ROVOP
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Research in subsea robotics related areas and business improvement processes and systems.
Collaborator Contribution Access to ROV equipment, training simulator and industry experts.
Impact ROVOP have provided professional industry input and attendance at ORCA Hub meetings and events, and staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Collaboration with Royal IHC 
Organisation Royal IHC
Country Netherlands 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Collaborator Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Impact Royal IHC have provided professional industry input and attendance at ORCA Hub events.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Collaboration with Schlumberger 
Organisation Schumberger
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Time spent to attend ORCA industry capability demonstrations. Schlumberger sponsor a PhD in the ECR CDT RAS.
Impact Financial support for the educational training of an upcoming robotics expert.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Schunk 
Organisation SCHUNK GmbH & Co
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Scottish Enterprise 
Organisation Scottish Enterprise
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Seebyte 
Organisation SeeByte Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Seebyte have provided free access to their SeeTrack software and manpower to support testing and demonstrations. They have also sponsored two PhDs in the ECR CDT RAS.
Impact Seebyte's input has been very beneficial to the progression and development of our subsea related research. Financial support for the educational training of an upcoming robotics experts.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Sprint Robotics 
Organisation SPRINT Robotics Collaborative
Country Netherlands 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Subsea 7 
Organisation Subsea 7 S.A
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Collaborator Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Impact Subsea 7 have provided professional industry input and attendance at ORCA Hub meetings and events.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Subsea UK 
Organisation Subsea UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) 
Organisation Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Country Switzerland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Collaborator Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss end-user requirements for drones in infrastructure inspection and evaluation. Provide a testing site and materials for a demonstration of aerial inspection.
Impact nil
Start Year 2018
 
Description Collaboration with Technip FMC Cybernetix 
Organisation TechnipFMC plc
Department Technip Offshore UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Tenaris 
Organisation Tenaris SA
Country Luxembourg 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with TexoDrone 
Organisation Texo Drone Survey and Inspection
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Collaborator Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects.
Impact None at this time.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Collaboration with Tharsus 
Organisation Tharsus Groups
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with The Underwater Centre 
Organisation The Underwater Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Industrial Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Discounted use of their facilities for ORCA capability demonstrations.
Impact The Underwater Centre subsidised use of their facilities for the first ORCA Hub Capability Demonstrations in July 2018. This helped progress the research that was demonstrated there.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Total 
Organisation Total E & P
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects. Development of a prototype offshore robotic assistant for Total's offshore robots.
Collaborator Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects. Donation of the digital model of the hazardous environment used in Total's ARGOS robotics challenge. Financial contribution to develop ORCA research in offshore robotic assistants into a prototype that can be used for Total's offshore robots.
Impact Total have provided professional industry input and attendance at ORCA Hub meetings and events. Our research in using natural language communication in digital twin environments has progressed because of the digital twin donated by Total. An agreement has been signed to work together on a collaborative project developing a digital assistant for Total's offshore robotic platforms.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Tritech 
Organisation Tritech International
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Research in underwater object detection using sonar sensors.
Collaborator Contribution Financial support for a collaborative project looking at underwater object detection using sonar sensors.
Impact Development of object detection using sonar sensors capabilities.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Collaboration with USMART EPSRC project 
Organisation Newcastle University
Department School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution USMART is an EPSRC project funded under the Sensing in Extreme Environment call and is developing low cost large scale acoustic sensor networks. We are partners in USMART and have proposed to collaborate on ORCA for the development of complex sensing packages that will complement USMART research and make it applicable to ORCA and other applications of interest to USMART.
Collaborator Contribution The partner is providing USMART low cost acoustic modems in kind to help us integrate our technology.
Impact This is too early to report outputs but we expect joint publications in the next year or so.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with Wood 
Organisation Wood Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects. We used the sample to test our FMCW Radar to see if it could be used to find defects in the material. The sample was used in lab testing for the technology.
Collaborator Contribution Staff time for meetings to discuss possible and active ORCA Hub projects. Samples of a polymer material to test the FMCW Radar sensor being developed in ORCA. The sample had suffered a failure, which came from an offshore vessel situated in the West Cost of Africa. Operational procedures used in emergency response situations offshore. Use of office facilities in Aberdeen for a Think Tank engagement session. Dissemination of ORCA research and results around organisation - promotion and knowledge transfer.
Impact Wood have provided professional industry input and attendance at ORCA Hub meetings and events. Progression of the FMCW Radar for a specific Wood new use case and application. The sample helps understand the capabilities and performance of the FMCW Radar using this material. Further knowledge of the technologies capabilities on different material types helps understand it's potential commercial applications. Progression of ORCA research looking at using natural language for human-robot communication in emergency response scenarios.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Collaboration with the University of Swansea 
Organisation Swansea University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Working on a meta-analysis paper with Muneeb Ahmad.
Collaborator Contribution Collaboration in terms of analysis over 2000 papers
Impact Multi-disciplinary with Psychology and Computer Science
Start Year 2021
 
Description EDF, FMCW Field Trial, 06-09 December 2021 
Organisation EDF Energy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Heriot-Watt University demonstrated the use of the Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Radar on a decommissioned wind turbine blade owned by EDF.
Collaborator Contribution EDF provided access to the decommissioned wind turbine blade and subject domain expertise. The value of the in-kind contribution is estimated based on the number of planning and analysis meetings attended by EDF and the onsite support provided by them during the trial.
Impact Following successful experiments using the FMCW Radar scanning wind turbine blade sections that were loaned to Heriot-Watt from EDF and sent to our lab in 2020, EDF commissioned a trial of the technology scanning an old wind turbine blade that was grounded at their Teesside office. The trial successfully demonstrated the FMCW's ability to pickup internal features of the wind turbine blade by scanning the blade from the outside and without physical contact. This further demonstrates the potential of the FMCW as a non-contact based wind turbine blade inspection tool that could be deployed by UAVs in operational settings. The trial was another completed step in the process of proving the FMCW as a new inspection tool for this domain.
Start Year 2021
 
Description EDF, Limpet Field Trial, 17-28 September 2021 
Organisation EDF Energy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Carried out a field trial of the University of Edinburgh developed Limpet sensor on the inside of an offshore wind turbine foundation operated by EDF. Six Limpets were installed over a 12-day period. Sensors included on the device included pressure, temperature, humidity, hall-effect, accelerometers, and gyroscopes. Some of the Limpets were moved to new locations mid-trial to demonstrate the ease with which they be can moved to new locations
Collaborator Contribution EDF provided access to one of their Teesside offshore turbines to trial the Limpet sensor measuring the foundation plus subject domain expertise, technicians to install the Limpets and they paid for the vessel required to get the Limpets offshore. In-kind value based on EDF expertise to support, technician time, use of facilities and use of offshore vessel.
Impact The trial demonstrated the Limpet's ability to operate in the environment within which it would be used as a commercial sensor, showing its potential and value as an easy to install and operate monitoring device for harsh environments.
Start Year 2020
 
Description EDF, Subsea Field Trial, 08-15 September 2021 
Organisation EDF Energy
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Carried out a field trial of Heriot-Watt's ORCA subsea developments at EDF's Blyth offshore wind farm.
Collaborator Contribution EDF provided access to the offshore wind farm, paid for the vessel required to deploy the hybrid ROV/AUV, provided subject domain experts, and offshore technician support.
Impact The Heriot-Watt subsea research group carried out a semi-autonomous inspection of several offshore wind farm foundations. The field trial demonstrated the use of the Heriot-Watt subsea autonomy developments in a real-world environment showing it's ability to function in uncontrolled, dynamic situations like that found offshore. The inspection of the structures were carried out autonomously, with human control only employed to maneuver the hybrid ROV/AUV to and from the deployment vessel to the turbine foundation. The trial demonstrated the feasibility of one of the ORCA Hub's ultimate goals, namely the autonomous inspection of offshore assets, such as wind turbines.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Gemini Call - National Digital Twin Hub 
Organisation Digital Built Britain
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Presentation
Collaborator Contribution https://digitaltwinhub.co.uk/articles/articles/cdbb-publishes-the-gemini-papers-a-blueprint-for-the-future-r180/
Impact https://digitaltwinhub.co.uk/articles/articles/cdbb-publishes-the-gemini-papers-a-blueprint-for-the-future-r180/
Start Year 2021
 
Description Heriot-Watt University Collaboration with University of Girona (still active) 
Organisation University of Girona
Country Spain 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We have developed an admittance based controller enabling the control of the force applied to underwater structures during subsea manipulation. The system developed was tested in simulation and on real platforms using a 6DOF manipulator arm mounted on a cartesian robot to simulate the movement of a subsea vehicle. We are now planning to perform final tests on a real susbea vehicle with the University of Girona. This work was a collaboration with the University of Girona.
Collaborator Contribution The University of Girona is a long term partner and has provided expertise in Control and access to their facilities in Girona (Water tank+subsea vehicle).
Impact Several EU projects are in preparation.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Imperial College London 
Organisation Imperial College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Academic collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Academic Collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description Joint development of autonomous robot for NDT inspection 
Organisation Sonomatic Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution We are providing expertise to add autonomy to the company's NDT robot.
Collaborator Contribution The company is developing the NDT robot.
Impact The project is still ongoing but we have been integrating our work on autonomous robot control and mission planning to their robot. When the project is completed, the robot will be closer to being available as a commercial service through the company.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Joint field trial with ROVCO 
Organisation Rovco Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution We integrated our smart underwater vision technology and developments to ROVCO's ROV and joined them on a field trial at the ORE Catapult offshore met mast in Blyth to capture new data and compare our footage with the footage captured by ROVCO's camera.
Collaborator Contribution ROVCO setup the trial, allowed us to use their ROV and paid for the vessel to transport the equipment and people to site.
Impact Capturing more data allows us to improve our algorithms and therefore the system capabilities. Being able to compare our footage against ROVCO's allows us to understand how our developments compare to technology available commercially. A field trial lets us test our developments in the environment it is intended to be used in.
Start Year 2020
 
Description MarynSol AUV Trials at Levenmouth 
Organisation MarynSol Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution We provided use of an AUV and technical support for a joint trial with MarynSol.
Collaborator Contribution MarynSol tested their SeaSmart survey data acquisition technology.
Impact The joint project helped MarynSol progress the development of their technology.
Start Year 2019
 
Description OGIC Subsea Expo Stand Subsidy - 5th February to 7th February 2019, Aberdeen 
Organisation Oil & Gas Innovation Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution We promoted ORCA Hub as part of a joint OGIC/ORCA Hub stand at Subsea Expo conference in February 2019.
Collaborator Contribution OGIC subsidised the ORCA Hub stand at Subsea Expo conference in February 2019.
Impact A number of potential opportunities stemmed from the conference for ORCA.
Start Year 2019
 
Description ORE Catapult Collaboration Agreement 
Organisation ORE Catapult
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The ORCA Hub will share latest technology developments related to offshore wind, collaborate on joint projects, and work with ORE Catapult to shape the future direction of robotics for offshore wind.
Collaborator Contribution ORE Catapult will provide access (free or at cost) to subject matter experts, test facilities, and general offshore wind operational support to help direct our research.
Impact We have held a joint workshop to explore possible collaborative projects together, ORE Catapult have provided direct feedback to a number of ORCA spin-outs and technologies helping direct its future development strategy, we have written a report that quantified the benefit robotics could provide the offshore wind sector (alongside Xodus Group), ORE Catapult have given us free use of their Levenmouth test turbine, and we have written a white paper on V&V.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Offshore Low Touch Energy RAS (OLTER) 
Organisation Government of Scotland
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We will provide personnel to support this collaborative project between NZTC, ORE Catapult and ORCA Hub, funded by Scottish Government.
Collaborator Contribution Funding.
Impact The aim is to: • Consolidate RAS data and knowledge in the UK • Showcase how digitalised offshore energy assets use robotic systems to reduce human exposure and emissions • Offer options to increase productivity, resilience and improve next generation net zero design The Service will be based on two hubs: • A Data Hub will collate industry participant payload, environmental and vehicle data in a safe and secure way to enable multiple vendors, researchers and innovators to develop future services. • A RAS Competencies Hub develops the shared standards, certification, testing and skills necessary to enable RAS services at scale and speed.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Polymer samples for FMCW Radar testing 
Organisation Wood Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution We used the sample to test our FMCW Radar to see if it could be used to find defects in the material. The sample was used in lab testing for the technology.
Collaborator Contribution The company provided the sample that had suffered a failure, which came from an offshore vessel situated in the West Cost of Africa.
Impact The sample helps understand the capabilities and performance of the FMCW Radar using this material. Further knowledge of the technologies capabilities on different material types helps understand it's potential commercial applications.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Quantifying the impact of robotic on the offshore wind industry report 
Organisation Xodus Group Ltd.
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution We carried out interviews for the report and wrote the stakeholder engagement findings and roadmap sections of the report. We also supported additional report writing including the introduction, conclusion, methodology, images and diagrams, and formatting, etc.
Collaborator Contribution Xodus and the other partners carried the quantitative analysis (cost modelling) and wrote the foundations for the report's other sections (excluding stakeholder engagement findings and roadmap).
Impact When released, the report will be a thought leadership piece that may influence the future direction of robotics development for offshore wind.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 
Organisation Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research and training collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Research and training collaboration
Impact Nil.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Siemens Gamesa wind turbine blade sample donation 
Organisation Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
Country Spain 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution A blade section allows us to further develop our FMCW Radar sensor as a non-contact NDT inspection tool for wind turbine blades. Before companies will allow it to be used in the field, its capabilities and performance for this application needs to be tested in the lab.
Collaborator Contribution Siemens Gamesa sent a section of blade to our lab for testing.
Impact Testing using the blade section has enabled progression of the FMCW Radar technology, pushing it closer to becoming a commercial tool.
Start Year 2020
 
Description State Key Laboratory in Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, China 
Organisation Chinese Academy of Sciences
Country China 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Research and training collaboration.
Collaborator Contribution Research and training collaboration.
Impact A collaboration Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with the Institute in March 2018.
Start Year 2018
 
Description University of Edinburgh 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Department School of Informatics Edinburgh
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Academic collaborator
Collaborator Contribution Capital commitment of £5m to new space in the £40m Bayes Centre
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description University of Liverpool 
Organisation University of Liverpool
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Academic Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Academic collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description University of New South Wales, Sydney 
Organisation University of New South Wales
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research and training collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Research and training collaboration
Impact Nil.
Start Year 2017
 
Description University of Oxford 
Organisation University of Oxford
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Academic Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Academic collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia 
Organisation University of Western Australia
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research and training collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Research and training collaboration
Impact Nil
Start Year 2017
 
Description UoM - HW Collaboration Network 
Organisation University of Manchester
Department Robotics for Extreme Environments
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Talks, Projects, and Publications
Collaborator Contribution Projects and Publications
Impact Paper on progress, abstract accepted for Frontiers in AI
Start Year 2021
 
Description Use of ORE Catapult Levenmouth test facilities 
Organisation ORE Catapult
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We used our research equipment to test developments at a test site.
Collaborator Contribution ORE Catapult provided use of their Levenmouth test wind turbine and use of personnel to support testing at the site.
Impact The test allowed us to understand how our developments behaved in a representative environment.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Visiting student from EPFL - Celia Raposo 
Organisation Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Country Switzerland 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Supervision. Expertise in robot development, fluid mechanics, electronics and flight performance.
Collaborator Contribution Manufacturing, testing and design work.
Impact Journal and conference paper submitted. Disciplines involved: Electronics, navigation, fluid mechanics flight dynamics.
Start Year 2018
 
Title Middleware for Java to MATLAB communication via ROS 
Description Software for letting a rational agent connect to other parts of an autonomous system based in MATLAB. Uses the Robot Operating System (ROS). 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2019 
Impact The software allows MATLAB-based components such as planners, simulations and GUIs to communicate with a rational agent written in Gwendolen on the Java platform. 
 
Title Rational agent for ORCA unmanned aircraft 
Description Rational agent-based decision making system for an unmanned aircraft system. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2019 
Impact The software has been used as part of a virtual prototype autonomous system for simulated inspection of offshore assets. 
 
Title SLAM fusing DVL and Stereo Camera 
Description The software integrates Doppler Velocity Log (DVL) data and stereo camera images into a state-of-the-art algorithm for Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM). This work was done in collaboration with Raluca Scona, Research Associate (Sep. 2019 - Mar. 2020). 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2020 
Impact The integration of Doppler Velocity Log (DVL) data into Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) provides a more accurate localisation in scenarios in which the visual information is insufficient, such as turbulent water, drastic robot movements and poor visibility. In these cases, the use of DVL data is used to estimate the position of the robot, which produces more accurate mapping. The ultimate goal is to produce an accurate representation of the map, so that inspection could be performed. 
URL http://orcahub.dsmynas.com:30000/orcahub/wp1/orb-slam/tree/raluca_dvl_integration
 
Company Name SONOBOTICS LTD 
Description Sonobotics was founded to commercialise the research of the Imperial College NDE group as part of the ORCA hub and other projects. The company vision is to seamlessly integrated NDE technology onto robotic platforms. 
Year Established 2019 
Impact The company is very young. To date it has sold and rented several systems to development partners and is in the processing of demonstrating the technology application in the field.
Website https://www.sonobotics.com/
 
Description 1851 Trust Maritime Roadshow for Girls 
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 STEM ambassador at the 1851 Trust Maritime Roadshow for Girls.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.maritimeuk.org/events/careers/maritime-roadshow-girls-edinburgh2/
 
Description 19th Biennial Seminar on Water Resources and Environmental Management 
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 Talk presented at the 19th Biennial Seminar on Water Resources and Environmental Management about the employ of the LImpet in environmental monitoring
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.efdelegates.ed.ac.uk/Registration/EventNotOpen.aspx?e=D6FE87EBC02A287917B5726FF45F52CD
 
Description 42nd CIESM Congress 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Talk + Poster at 42nd CIESM Congress
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://ciesm.org/marine/congresses/sessions_cascais.php
 
Description A R Consulting Technical/Operational Support - 16th October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 A R Consulting presented on the Asset Management Process to ORCA academics and researchers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description A talk of probabilistic model checking or robots deployed in extrem environments at AAAI2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Present the conference paper at AAAI2019 robotics session.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ABB Industry Conference Call - 26th November 2018, Edinburgh 
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 the ORCA Hub to a group of ABB R&D employees based globally to see if there were areas of our research they had a particular interest in.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ANYbotics Industry Conference Call - 22nd October 2018, Edinburgh 
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 conference call to give an overview of the ORCA Hub and assess the value of ANYbotics becoming a partner.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Accenture Industry Conference Call, 11 December 2019, Edinburgh 
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 about how our organisations could work together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Accepted Workshop: Aquatic Soft Robots 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact The extraordinary and vastly unexplored capabilities of soft robots are attracting researchers from deeply heterogeneous branches. Marine soft robots place themselves in a niche hot topic with huge potential and vast applications. The workshop will focus on two fundamental yet not codified aspects of marine soft robotics: fabrication and application. On the fabrication side, sub-sea robots face the common challenges of terrestrial soft robots, e.g. minimising the number of controls for infinite degrees of freedom, unconventional manufacturing, and nontraditional materials. Marine robots also have to face the unfamiliar underwater environment. More over in salt water the materials currently used in the fabrication of soft robots degrade at a different rate when compared to the terrestrial environment. Sub-sea robots also experience fast bio-fouling, which does not constitute a problem on land, given the same time scale. Useful applications in the underwater sphere have the potential to revolutionise ocean sciences and marine engineering. The discussion will swing between current fabrication techniques and applications. The workshop aims to provide a definition of a common ground between marine and robotic sciences, define shared challenges and open a dialogue to define future direction of the fascinating marine soft robots research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://www.aquaticsoftrobots.com
 
Description Adapting to the Digital Future: the Subsea Industry in 20 Years conference - 1st November 2018, Aberdeen 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Attendance and invited speaker slot at this oil and gas industry conference on the future of the subsea industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Aerial Robotics Arena at Imperial College - Press conference 
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 Visit of journalists and interviews in the days before the opening of the Aerial Robotics Arena at Imperial College London. Media include the times and Bloomberg
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014,2017
URL http://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/182375/uk-world-leader-drone-tech-says/
 
Description All Energy Conference - 15th May 2019 to 16th May 2019, Glasgow 
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 clean energy conference.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description All hands meeting 
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 All hands meeting for the ORCA Hub project. I participated also contributing with a poster. On the same day I took part to an interview conducted by Hi-Ho.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description All-hands meeting in Edinburgh, 04/12/2018 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact All-hands meeting in Edinburgh, 04/12/2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description An invited presentation at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers 'Making Offshore Infrastructure Smart with Limpets' at Robotics and Autonomous Systems in Off-Shore Wind 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact A gathering and set of presentations on the state of the art in RAS applied to the Off-Shore Wind industry. The event involved talks from both academics and industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Anomalous Industry Conference Call, 16 October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 about each other's organisations and how they may work together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Appointed by EPSRC to advise and oversee Governance of an important public investment. 
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 In 2020 EPSRC has commenced a major programme of work in Trustworthy Autonomous Systems. Working through a Hub and multiple Nodes, teams across the UK will research fundamental topics in the Governance & Regulation, Responsibility, Security, Trust, Functionality, Resilience, Verifiability of Autonomous Systems. The Strategic Advisory Board supports the EPSRC leadership team and Hub/Node Directors. Commence Spring 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Aquatic Soft Robots Workshop 
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 I ran a workshop in South Korea, Seoul, as part of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics.
Abstract of the workshop:
The extraordinary and vastly unexplored capabilities of soft robots are attracting researchers from deeply heterogeneous branches. Marine soft robots place themselves in a niche hot topic with huge potential and vast applications. The workshop will focus on two fundamental yet not codified aspects of marine soft robotics: fabrication and application. On the fabrication side, sub-sea robots face the common challenges of terrestrial soft robots, e.g. minimising the number of controls for infinite degrees of freedom, unconventional manufacturing, and nontraditional materials. Marine robots also have to face the unfamiliar underwater environment. More over in salt water the materials currently used in the fabrication of soft robots degrade at a different rate when compared to the terrestrial environment. Sub-sea robots also experience fast bio-fouling, which does not constitute a problem on land, given the same time scale. Useful applications in the underwater sphere have the potential to revolutionise ocean sciences and marine engineering. The discussion will swing between current fabrication techniques and applications. The workshop aims to provide a definition of a common ground between marine and robotic sciences, define shared challenges and open a dialogue to define future direction of the fascinating marine soft robots research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.aquaticsoftrobots.com/
 
Description Aramco Industry Conference Call, 10 December 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Showcase of ORCA's capabilities to a potential new collaborator.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Article published in The Conversation by Mauro Dragone 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Mauro Dragone had an article published in The Conversation - an online independent source of news and views from the academic and research communities - on 12th December 2018. The article is entitled 'The next great leap forward? Combining robots with the Internet of Things' and looks at the use of robots in the home and in the offshore industry via the ORCA Hub project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://theconversation.com/the-next-great-leap-forward-combining-robots-with-the-internet-of-things...
 
Description Arup Industry Conference Call, 02 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 Conference call to onboard Arup as a supporter for ORCA extension.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Arup Industry Conference Call, 03 December 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 Conference call to present ORCA spin-out Sonobotics technology and get industry feedback.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Arup Industry Conference Call, 05 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 Conference call to explore possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Arup Industry Conference Call, 12 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Arup Industry Conference Call, 14 December 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 Conference call to explore future methods of engagement together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Arup Industry Conference Call, 18 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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Atkins/Subsea7/ABB Industry Conference Call, 13 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 Conference call to discuss joint white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Attendance at Prime Minister's reception at Downing Street as part of London Tech Week attended by tech founders, entrepreneurs and investors 
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 Attendance at Prime Minister's reception at Downing Street as part of London Tech Week attended by tech founders, entrepreneurs and investors
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Attendance at an IMechE event on Non Invasive Inspection Technologies 
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 event brought together industry and academy to present the recent advances and current state of the art in Non-Invasice Inspection Technologies. There were approximately 15 presentations from a mix of presenters and in-situ demos of the technology.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Attended CoRL - International Conference on Robot Learning 2021 in London 
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 CoRL - International Conference on Robot Learning 2021 in London
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Attended Docker Workshop 
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 Attended a workshop on a beginner level use of Docker which will be very useful for reproducibility of scientific results.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Attended Oxford Space Industry Day 
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 Attended Oxford Space Industry Day
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Attended RSS 
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 Robotics: Science ans Systems Conference
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Attended the commercial uav show 
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 the commercial uav show and talked to various companies.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description BAE Systerms Industry Conference Call - 3rd June 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description BBC Click Feature 
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 Kovac conducted an interview with the BBC for their 'Click' technology feature, with Rob Siddall providing background assistance. The topic of the segment was pollution monitoring, and the interview also featured footage of robot prototypes from the project being tested.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08hz447/click-air-quality
 
Description BBC Click event with demo of SpiderDrone 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact The Aerial Robotics lab was invited to perform a talk and demo of SpiderDrone at BBC Click event on November 28, 2017, with online streaming and general public attendance.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description BBC Radio Oxford Interview 
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 A BBC radio Oxford interview on the new Robotics and AI research hub, Offshore Robotics for Certification of Assets (ORCA). Increased enquiries to learning more about and engaging with ORCA post interview.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description BBC Scotland Radio Interview- Helen Hastie 
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 BBC radio interview where the goal of the Node project was discussed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description BBC World News 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview of Mirko Kovac for BBC World News as Robotics expert with audience of ca. 400 million people.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38505626
 
Description BBC World Service - Special edition BBC Click on Drones 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Special edition of BBC click with interview to Dr Mirko Kovac
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p030vxy4
 
Description BMVA Symposium on Reinforcement Learning in Computer Vision 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Keynote talk at BMVA Symposium, attended by researchers from throughout UK (academia and industry)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bmva-symposium-on-reinforcement-learning-in-computer-vision-registrat...
 
Description BMVA Symposium on Reinforcement Learning in Computer Vision 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Keynote talk at BMVA Symposium, demonstrating our results in this area and attracting academic and industrial interests in our work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bmva-symposium-on-reinforcement-learning-in-computer-vision-registrat...
 
Description BP Industry Conference Call - 13th May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description BP Industry Conference Call - 15th March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description BP Industry Conference Call - 6th June 2019, Glasgow 
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 Conference call to discuss details of a Request for Information BP released about land-based offshore robotics.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description BP Industry Meeting - 23rd August 2018, Aberdeen 
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 to provide an update on ORCA activities and discuss methods of future regular engagement together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Babcock Festival of Engineering 2019 
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 Babcock Rosyth held a Festival of Engineering where ORCA lead demonstrations of autonomous robotic systems such as the Husky and lead hands-on demos with the Cozmo robots over the course of a two-day event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Babcock Festival of Engineering 2019, Robots in the Danger Zone Exhibit 
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 David Robb was part of a team of ORCA Hub researchers. We engaged with groups of primary school pupils and their teachers offering hands-on interaction with remote controllable and autonomous "Cosmo" robots, "Limpet" sensors and a "Husky" robot equipped with manipulator arms and Lidar. The aim of the event was to promote STEM career to the attendees. The event spanned two days. David Robb led the ORCA Hub team on the second day. Other team members on that day were Paola Ardón Ramírez, Joshua Roe, Marwa Salayma, of Heriot-Watt University and Vincent Page of University of Liverpool.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.babcockinternational.com/news/schoolchildren-get-into-the-engineering-spirit-at-babcock-...
 
Description Babcock Industry Conference Call, 13 August 2020 
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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Babcock Industry Meeting, 11th July 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Exploration of each other's organisations to explore opportunities together. A number of actions for follow-up were agreed and have since been actioned.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Babcock ORCA Exhibition, Rosyth 
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 Attended the exhibition and worked on the stand talking about ORCA activities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Baker Hughes Industry Conference Call, 05 February 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 Conference call to explore workscope for possible joint research-industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Baker Hughes Industry Conference Call, 11 January 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Beijing Round Table with Major Chinese Companies 
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 Round table developing Chinese links with major corporations to promote British prosperity and technology in RAS, the National ROBOTARIUM and seek sponsorship an inward investment
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Bentley Systems Industry Meeting, 3rd July 2019, Edinburgh 
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 of ORCA Hub research and activities to assess engagement opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description BladeBUG Industry Conference Call, 17 October 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 Conference call to discuss the current and future state of robotics for offshore wind for content for a white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Blog Post on the website stokesresearchgroup.com 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Blog post http://stokesresearchgroup.com/2018/03/12/orca-wp4-workshop/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://stokesresearchgroup.com/2018/03/12/orca-wp4-workshop/
 
Description Blog post in the website stokesresearchgroup.com 
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 Blog post http://stokesresearchgroup.com/2018/05/10/limpet-travelling/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://stokesresearchgroup.com/2018/05/10/limpet-travelling/
 
Description Blog post on the Stokes research Group Website 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Blog post about the Aquatic Soft Robots Workshop to be hels, as part as RoboSoft 2019, in Seoul, Korea
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://stokesresearchgroup.com/2019/02/19/aquatic-soft-robots/
 
Description Blog post on the website stokesresearchgroup.com 
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 Blog post http://stokesresearchgroup.com/2018/09/12/managing-water-resources/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://stokesresearchgroup.com/2018/09/12/managing-water-resources/
 
Description Blog post on the website stokesresearchgroup.com 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Blog post http://stokesresearchgroup.com/2018/04/13/all-hands/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://stokesresearchgroup.com/2018/04/13/all-hands/
 
Description Blue Growth & Future Tech Event - 11th October 2018, Edinburgh 
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 a Blue Growth & Future Tech event about the future of technology in the Blue Economy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Blueprint Lab Industry Conference Call, 28 August 2019, Edinburgh 
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 about Blueprint Lab's new manipulator arm and it's possible use for ORCA research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description CAA Discussion 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Discussion with CAA representative over verification methods for UAVs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description CENSIS Industry Meeting - 6th February 2019, Aberdeen 
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 options to progress the development of the Limpet sensor being worked on in Work Package 1.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
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 CNR Industry Technical/Operational Support - 13th May 2019, Edinburgh 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact CNR participated in a Q&A about what working offshore is like.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call - 19th March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call, 03 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call, 06 April 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call, 06 October 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call, 08 February 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call, 09 December 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call, 10th July 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Provide an update on ORCA related activities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call, 13 May 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call, 13 October 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call, 15 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call, 23 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call, 27 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call, 29 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Chevron Industry Conference Call, 29 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Chevron Industry Meeting - 22nd August 2018, Aberdeen 
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 to provide an update on ORCA activities and talk about future opportunities to engage with each other more regularly.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Chevron Industry Meeting, 04 September 2019, Aberdeen 
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 Chevron from Houston to discuss methods of working more closely together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Chevron Industry Meeting, 22 October 2019, Rotterdam 
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 about what research topics ORCA are working on that are of interest to Chevron.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Chevron/Total Industry Conference Call, 21 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 Conference call to discuss workscope for possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Children Christmas Lecture at Imperial College 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Mirko Kovac was invited to be the speaker at the annual Children's Christmas Lecture at Imperial College. The event is one of the College's annual prestigious lectures, the aim of which is to demonstrate to children that science can be fun as well as interesting and hopefully they will go on to consider studying science at GCSE, A Level and beyond. The age range of the audience is 11-16, involving schools in London and children of Imperial staff and alumnus who attend as well as members of the general public.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/eventssummary/event_9-11-2016-10-57-45
 
Description Children Christmas Lecture at Surrey 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Mirko Kovac was invited speaker to the IET and University of Surrey 2017 Children's Christmas Lecture. The event is organised for schools, with target audience of children between 13 - 18 year olds who are interested in Science, Engineering and Technology.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iet-christmas-lecture-2017-surrey-tickets-39319167689#
 
Description Co-organised and participated in a series of 3 on-line ThinkIns lead by Tortoise Media on the related subjects of Smart Machines and Digital Twins for researchers, policymakers and the general public. 
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 Participants heard first-hand from members of the Robotics Growth Partnership and leading thinkers from across the sector and had the opportunity to help shape the UK's ambitions and the plans to bring them to life.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.tortoisemedia.com/thinkin/harnessing-smart-machines-how-can-the-uk-lead-in-a-cyber-physi...
 
Description Common Software Standards Group 
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 14 members of academia attended the first meeting of the Common Software Standards group.
A list of points raised before the meeting was created and then discuss throughout the meeting. The meeting began with clarifying the aims of the group, how each work package can contribute, how each University group can contribute and what other actions the group could take to progress the work done in ORCA and any public engagement activities that could be undertaken.
Multiple workshops are planned to be run as part of this groups actions.
This will be a quarterly meeting with an expanding group of academics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Conference attendance and paper presentation at TAROS'18 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Martim Brandao (PDRA, OXF) attended the TAROS'18 conference in Bristol (25-27/07/2018) where he presented a paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.brl.ac.uk/taros2018.aspx
 
Description Converge Semifinalist 
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 Semifinalist in the converge challenge which involved pitching a ORCA spin-out idea to an audience of 100+
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.convergechallenge.com/
 
Description Createc Industry Conference Call, 10 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 Conference call to catch-up on recent developments and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Createc Industry Conference Call, 28 January 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Createc Industry Meeting, 11 March 2020, Edinburgh 
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 present ORCA research, for Createc to present their technology and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Creation of Industry use cases 
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 I n the last month thank to the hard work of David Wavell we have been engaging with several members of industry to draw a clearer picture of use cases that we can use to shape the future version of the Limpet.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
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 Cyberhawk Industry Meeting - 1st March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 see if Cyberhawk were interested in working with us to develop MIRIAM under Work Package 3.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description D-RisQ Industry Meeting, 19 November 2019, Liverpool 
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 about how D-RISQ could be involved in our research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description DNV GL Industry Meeting - 24th April 2018, Aberdeen 
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 DNV GL are keen to get involved in the ORCA Hub. They are progressing their digital strategy and would like to do it alongside ORCA Hub where possible.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description DNV GL Industry Meeting - 28th January 2019, Edinburgh 
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 DNV GL's areas of interest in ORCA research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description DOF Subsea Industry Conference Call - 11th June 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description DOF Subsea Industry Conference Call - 17th April 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description DOF Subsea Industry Conference Call - 21st February 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Following Subsea Expo, we had a conference call to discuss a specific Use Case DOF Subsea have for inspecting subsea pipelines.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description DOF Subsea Industry Conference Call - 4th April 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description DOF Subsea Industry Conference Call 9th May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description DOF Subsea Industry Meeting, 5th July 2019, Aberdeen 
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 develop industry project workscope and costs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description DOF Subsea and Scottish Enterprise Industry Conference Call - 22nd May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description DRISQ Industry Conference Call - 25th April 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description DX3 Industry Meeting - 14th May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description David Robb - Invited talk at Redouble 2021 (a workshop at RO-MAN2021) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact David Robb gave an invited talk at Redouble 2021 (a workshop at RO-MAN2021) https://sites.google.com/view/redouble2021 Talk Title: "Trust and Transparency in AI: One Perspective from HRI Studies "https://sites.google.com/view/redouble2021/schedule?authuser=0". Present were 10 to 100 Academic and Industry HRI scientists and practitioners
Impact: dissemination of research group's work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://sites.google.com/view/redouble2021/schedule?authuser=0
 
Description Day of Robotics Design and Fabrication (Edinburgh Academy) 
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 A day-long event where a group of school pupils attend the University of Edinburgh had a guided tour of the robotic systems at the university before learning about robotic design and then having a hands-on building and coding session on a small robot. The group got to take the robot away with them afterwards to further develop.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Day of Robotics at Heriot-watt University (Bathgate Academy) 
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 A visit to Heriot-Watt University Robotarium where 20 pupils from the school would be able to do the following: 1) Tour the campus 2) Learn about the project's work 3) Practise coding on a Cozmo Robot 4) Practise coding on a Sphero Robot 5) Visit the Ocean System Lab, the Living Lab and the Field Robotics lab 6) Experience navigating and working with the Husky Robotics Platform The school requested further collaboration and the event sparked a huge number of questions from the pupils.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Day of Robotics at Heriot-watt University (Castlebrae Community High 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 A visit to Heriot-Watt University Robotarium where 20 pupils from the school would be able to do the following: 1) Tour the campus 2) Learn about the project's work 3) Practise coding on a Cozmo Robot 4) Practise coding on a Sphero Robot 5) Visit the Ocean System Lab, the Living Lab and the Field Robotics lab 6) Experience navigating and working with the Husky Robotics Platform The school requested further collaboration and the event sparked a huge number of questions from the pupils.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Day of Robotics at Heriot-watt University (Edinburgh Academy) 
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 A visit to Heriot-Watt University Robotarium where 20 pupils from the school would be able to do the following:

1) Tour the campus
2) Learn about the project's work
3) Practise coding on a Cozmo Robot
4) Practise coding on a Sphero Robot
5) Visit the Ocean System Lab, the Living Lab and the Field Robotics lab
6) Experience navigating and working with the Husky Robotics Platform

The school requested further collaboration and the event sparked a huge number of questions from the pupils.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Day of Robotics at Heriot-watt University (George Watsons) 
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 A visit to Heriot-Watt University Robotarium where 20 pupils from the school would be able to do the following:
1) Tour the campus
2) Learn about the project's work
3) Practise coding on a Cozmo Robot
4) Practise coding on a Sphero Robot
5) Visit the Ocean System Lab, the Living Lab and the Field Robotics lab
6) Experience navigating and working with the Husky Robotics Platform

The school requested further collaboration and the event sparked a huge number of questions from the pupils.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Day of Robotics at Heriot-watt University (Leith Academy) 
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 A visit to Heriot-Watt University Robotarium where 20 pupils from the school would be able to do the following: 1) Tour the campus 2) Learn about the project's work 3) Practise coding on a Cozmo Robot 4) Practise coding on a Sphero Robot 5) Visit the Ocean System Lab, the Living Lab and the Field Robotics lab 6) Experience navigating and working with the Husky Robotics Platform The school requested further collaboration and the event sparked a huge number of questions from the pupils.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Day of Robotics at Heriot-watt University (Liberton Academy) 
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 A visit to Heriot-Watt University Robotarium where 20 pupils from the school would be able to do the following: 1) Tour the campus 2) Learn about the project's work 3) Practise coding on a Cozmo Robot 4) Practise coding on a Sphero Robot 5) Visit the Ocean System Lab, the Living Lab and the Field Robotics lab 6) Experience navigating and working with the Husky Robotics Platform The school requested further collaboration and the event sparked a huge number of questions from the pupils.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Day of Robotics at Heriot-watt University (Preston Street Primary 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 A visit to Heriot-Watt University Robotarium where 20 pupils from the school would be able to do the following: 1) Tour the campus 2) Learn about the project's work 3) Practise coding on a Cozmo Robot 4) Practise coding on a Sphero Robot 5) Visit the Ocean System Lab, the Living Lab and the Field Robotics lab 6) Experience navigating and working with the Husky Robotics Platform The school requested further collaboration and the event sparked a huge number of questions from the pupils.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Day of Robotics at Heriot-watt University (Roslin Primary 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 A visit to Heriot-Watt University Robotarium where 20 pupils from the school would be able to do the following: 1) Tour the campus 2) Learn about the project's work 3) Practise coding on a Cozmo Robot 4) Practise coding on a Sphero Robot 5) Visit the Ocean System Lab, the Living Lab and the Field Robotics lab 6) Experience navigating and working with the Husky Robotics Platform The school requested further collaboration and the event sparked a huge number of questions from the pupils.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description December All Hands Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact The All hands meeting brings together all the researchers involved in the project and gives to each group the chance to share the state of the art of their research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description DeepWind Industry Conference Call, 24 November 2020 
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 Conference call to present ORCA Hub and discuss ways DeepWind members can get involved.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description DeepWind Industry Speaker, 21 January 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presented ORCA Hub to approx. 80 DeepWind industry members.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Delivering Change Using Robotics at Sellafield Event, 19 September 2019, Workington 
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 Exhibitor stand at RAIN's event in conjunction with Sellafield.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Demo at HWU for the Ministerial visit 
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 I along with our group presented the live demo of using the Limpet sensor and the visualisation tool to Mr Ivan Paul McKee. The demo was successful and we were able to make the impact of the usefulness of the Limpet sensor.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Demo of autonomous exploration and inspection to over 50 industrial representatives of Oil and Gas companies in Blyth (near Newcastle) 
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 of autonomous exploration and inspection to over 50 industrial representatives of Oil and Gas companies in Blyth (near Newcastle)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Demonstration of ANYmal quadruped robot at Goodwood Festival of Speed 
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 We performed live demonstrations of the ANYmal robot at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, a 4 day public event with an estimate of 50,000 attendees. We showed the legged robot navigating an obstacle course with steps, ramps, and rough terrain. This sparked many questions and discussions with the public, including the media, children, and industry representatives, and increased general interest in our research and possibilities for future engagements.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.goodwood.com/flagship-events/festival-of-speed/
 
Description Department for International Trade (DIT) Meeting - 3rd August 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Met with Andrew Cockburn, Department for International Trade (DIT), to discuss the ORCA Hub and future activities in robotics.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Developing collaboration with TOTAL 
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 Developing collaboration with TOTAL on V&V and planning joint activities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Discussion Forum: Marine Science, Engineering, Aquaculture & Ocean Policy 
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 The University of Edinburgh has a long and proud tradition of leadership in ocean research extending back to the pioneering HMS Challenger expedition (1872-76) led by Sir Charles Wyville Thomson during his time as Regius Chair of Natural History. Today, research targeting healthy and productive oceans in Edinburgh crosses disciplines from marine science and engineering to law and policy, aquaculture genetics and health, food security, and sustainability.

Despite the excellent ocean-related research being done by individuals and small groups, the University has little cross-institutional awareness and limited external visibility in this arena. We aim to change this as we approach the 150th anniversary of the Challenger expedition in 2022, Scotland's Year of Coasts and Waters in 2020 and the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). To build an ocean research community at the University of Edinburgh, we invite researchers from across the University to join in a one day forum to discuss marine science, engineering and aquaculture research, and how we can move forward to increase our impact, maximise our involvement in these initiatives, and address United Nations sustainable development goals and other policy drivers.

The forum will be organised around the six societal goals of the UN Decade of Ocean Science:

A clean ocean where sources of pollution are identified and removed
A healthy and resilient ocean where marine ecosystems are mapped and protected
A predictable ocean where society has the capacity to understand current and future ocean conditions
A safe ocean where people are protected from ocean hazards
A sustainably harvested and productive ocean ensuring the provision of food supply
A transparent ocean with open access to data, information and technologies
The forum will lay the groundwork for a high-level position paper outlining how the University of Edinburgh will respond to the societal goals of the UN Decade of Ocean Science. It will collate information on the University's expertise, infrastructure and relevant research and teaching/capacity building activities.

Organisers: Murray Roberts (Geosciences), Sinead Collins (Biology), Ross Houston (The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies))

Agenda

0845 Registration and coffee

0915 Introduction and scene setting (Dave Robertson, Murray Roberts, Sinead Collins, Ross Houston)

0930 Scene setting talks

GeoSciences
The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Biology
SRUC
Engineering
Law
1030 Coffee

1100 Speed dating

1200 Lunch

1300 Breakout discussion on each of the six Societal Goals

1530 Coffee

1615 Report back from each Societal Goal group

1700 Meeting ends
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discussion-forum-marine-science-engineering-aquaculture-ocean-policy-...
 
Description Docker Workshop 2: Advanced Uses of Docker 
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 This was the second of four workshops to be run as part of the Common Software Standards group.
Docker 2 was a workshop designed to build upon the first workshop and show both partners in ORCA and other interested parties how a variety of advanced uses of Docker. It was designed to be accessible via Skype and the files created can be reused. The was enthusiasm to have further hands-on workshops like this one.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Docker Workshop: An Introduction to Docker and Practical Applications 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact This was the first of four workshops to be run as part of the Common Software Standards group
Docker 1 was a workshop designed to show both partners in ORCA and other interested parties how Docker can be used and how it can be embedded in their work and future projects.
It was designed to be accessible via Skype and the files created can be reused.
The was a keen interest to have further hands-on workshops like this one.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Drone Major Group Industry Conference Call, 10 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 Conference call to discuss the current and future state of robotics for offshore wind for content for a white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Drones, data science and student design: Department for Education tours Imperial with Provost Ian Walmsley and Anne Milton 11/10/2018 
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 Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Director Dr Mirko Kovac gave a presentation on the work of the Aerial Robotics Lab at Imperial's Department of Aeronautics. PhD students then put talk into action, giving a demonstration of how the drones might be used to repair pipes in extreme environments, such as on oil rigs. Dr Kovac spoke of how students and researchers learned from each other and told the guests how undergraduate students had contributed towards cutting-edge new drone designs.

Participants: Dr Mirko Kovac, Chang Liu
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/188576/drones-data-science-student-design-department/
 
Description Dstl Autonomy S and T Collaboration Event 
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 Over 100 people from industry and academia attended the MoD Dstl Autonomy S&T Collaboration Event in Basingstoke in November 2017. Prof. Hastie gave a talk and a demonstration system of an initial ORCA prototype. .
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description EC-OG Industry Conference Call, 15 October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Call to discuss to project T&Cs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description EC-OG Industry Conference Call, 30 October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 about terms of a potential joint project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description EDF Energy Industry Conference Call, 03 December 2019, Edinburgh 
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 methods for how to progress a trial of ORCA's subsea capabilities at EDF's Blyth demonstrator site.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description EDF Energy Industry Meeting - 21st May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 joint research/industry project opportunities and share renewable technical information.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description EDF Energy, ORE Catapult & Texo DSI Industry Meeting - 22nd May 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Group meeting to discuss opportunities to work together. A number of areas will be explored.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call - 5th December 2018, 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 A conference call to discuss collaboratively developing WP1's autonomous pipeline repair but for wind turbine blades.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call - 8th March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss the future relationship between ORCA and EDF and what Use Cases EDF would like to see worked on.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 03 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 04 December 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 04 February 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 05 June 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 06 August 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 06 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 07 November 2019, Edinburgh 
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 on how best to progress the various EDF/ORCA projects in the pipeline.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 08 February 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 09 July 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 11 June 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 12 May 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 14 February 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 14th August 2019, Edinburgh 
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 to check progress on outstanding actions from a previous meeting.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 15 December 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 15 February 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 15 January 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 15 October 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 15th August 2019, Edinburgh 
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 to investigate a possible Use Case EDF had for our research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 16 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 16 October 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 16 September 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 17 December 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 Conference call to provide update of lab results from joint research project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 20 May 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 22 June 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 24 March 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 Conference call to present ORCA research on FMCW radar and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 24 March 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 Conference call to present ORCA research on subsea developments and Limpet sensor and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 25 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 27 November 2019, Edinburgh 
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 about gaining access to EDF wind turbine blade samples for further testing of the FMCW for this material type.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 27 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 27 September 2019, Edinburgh 
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 on trialing the Limpet sensor on an EDF wind turbine.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 28 January 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description EDF Industry Conference Call, 29 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 Conference call to discuss the current and future state of robotics for offshore wind for content for a white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EDF Industry Meeting - 22nd February 2019, 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 Meeting to discuss a potential Use Case for wind turbine blade repair using autonomous UAVs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description EDF Industry Meeting, 28 October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 about ORCA subsea capabilities and which could be of interest to EDF for potential trials at their demonstrator site.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ELWAVE Industry Conference Call, 15 June 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description ENGenious Oil & Gas Robotics Conference - 4th September to 6th September, Aberdeen 
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 the ENGenious Oil & Gas Robotics Conference and participating on the Scottish Enterprise stand representing ORCA Hub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.engeniousglobal.com/
 
Description Energise Your Future at Subsea Expo 2019 - Schools engagement activity by David Robb and David Wavell 
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 "Energise Your Future" was a 1-day event as part of the larger SubSea 2019. It was aimed at promoting STEM careers to school students. To introduce groups of school students to the work of the ORCA Hub project David Robb and David Wavell engaged the students in programming and controlling mobile Sphero robots before describing the work of the ORCA Hub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Energy Innovation Emporium 2019 Conference - 6th June 2019, Glasgow 
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 Conference stand at an Energy Emporium.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Equinor Industry Conference Call, 02 October 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 Conference call to discuss the current and future state of robotics for offshore wind for content for a white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Equinor Industry Conference Call, 31 October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Showcase of ORCA's capabilities to a potential new collaborator.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Equinor Innovation Day Event - 31st January 2019, Blyth 
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 Equinor held an innovation day to let those working in the offshore renewable industry know about their current challenges, and to find what solutions are available or coming to market.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description EurOCEAN2019 
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 High-level science-policy conference co-organised by European Marine Board,
the European Commission and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.
Our poster was selected among the 10 best submissions. As a consequence the participation to the conference was for free and I was invited to the conference.
During the conference I gave a 1 minute pitch presentation to encourage people to come and visit our poster.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://www.euroceanconferences.eu/eurocean-2019
 
Description Eurekalert: Skills development in Physical AI could give birth to lifelike intelligent robots 
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 The research suggests that teaching materials science, mechanical engineering, computer science, biology and chemistry as a combined discipline could help students develop the skills they need to create lifelike artificially intelligent (AI) robots as researchers.

Known as Physical AI, these robots would be designed to look and behave like humans or other animals while possessing intellectual capabilities normally associated with biological organisms. These robots could in future help humans at work and in daily living, performing tasks that are dangerous for humans, and assisting in medicine, caregiving, security, building and industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/icl-sdi110920.php
 
Description European Metal Recycling (EMR) Group Industry Conference Call, 28 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description European Robotics Forum Conference, 03-05 March 2020, Malaga, Spain 
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 Had a joint exhibition stand with 2 of the other ISCF RAS hubs at a large European robotics conference.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description European Robotics Forum: talk at Workshop on Aerial Robotics Inspection: from prototypes to Industrial Applications 
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 the project activities during the Workshop on Aerial Robotics Inspection: from prototypes to Industrial Applications at the 2017 European Robotics Forum. Discussion and networking followed the presentation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.erf2017.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ERF2017-Schedule-v1.1.pdf
 
Description Exhibition at Science Museum - London 
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 AquaMAV has been featured for a Topic Zone at London Science Museum from February 2017. Topic Zones are single-object displays that highlight a new technology and are displayed for four months, reaching an audience of about 100,000. Technology displayed must be both interesting and ground-breaking. Content is presented via digital interactive displays and visitors are invited to comment on the objects - with internal moderation. The aim is to encourage visitors to discuss cutting-edge science and technology.
Two prototypes of AquaMAV are currently exposed in the Science Museum, one prototype is attached to the roof showing the flying modality and the other is in a tank showing the underwater modality. The robots will be exposed for 4 months during the event on Robots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://antenna.sciencemuseum.org.uk/topiczone/articles/can-flying-diving-robots-help-keep-our-ocean...
 
Description Exhibition in DemoFest 2019 Scotland 
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 demonstrated the practical aspects of Limpet senors to a wider public.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Expro Industry Meeting - 6th June 2018, Aberdeen 
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 Met with Expro to discuss their involvement in the ORCA Hub. Follow up meeting planned to explore a possible collaborative opportunity.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Extend Robotics Industry Conference Call, 05 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Extend Robotics Industry Conference Call, 11 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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description External stakeholder meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A meeting to engage with key external stakeholders, namely Shell and the National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI), with the research of ORCA. Collaboration in terms of direct technical involvement and broader engagement of the industrial community was discussed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description F Giorgio-Serchi invited talk at Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Francesco was invited to give a talk in Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates where he presented his work on station-keeping of underwater vehicles in rough weather.The title of the presentation was "Enabling Underwater Vehicles to operate in extreme weather conditions: control approach vs design approach" and it took place in Abu Dhabi on 13th November 2018.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description FaceBook Live Interview 
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 Ioannis did a FaceBook live interview whilst at the ORCA Demo at Fire Service College - 12k views
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.facebook.com/the.university.of.oxford/videos/720853174916414/
 
Description Field trial at Fire Service College 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Field trial at Fire Service College
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Flicq Industry Conference Call - 15th March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description FlowCopter Industry Conference Call, 26 October 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Forbes: Researchers Propose 'Physical AI' As Key To Lifelike Robots 
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 Researchers at Imperial College London have proposed "physical artificial intelligence" as a new multidisciplinary area of research that could be vital to producing lifelike intelligent robots in the future.

Writing in the Nature Machine Intelligence journal, the team argue that teaching materials science, mechanical engineering, computer science, biology and chemistry as a combined discipline would help students and researchers develop lifelike artificially intelligent robots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonchandler/2020/11/11/researchers-propose-physical-ai-as-key-to-life...
 
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 Fort William Trials: MIRIAM was demonstrated at Fort William Underwater Centre 
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 MIRIAM was demonstrated with real vehicles operating from shore and was demonstrated to key ORCA industry stakeholders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Franco-Scottish Seminar on Robotics 
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 Prof. Hastie Franco-Scottish Seminar on Robotics at the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) where she talked about 'Techniques and interfaces for trustworthy robotics'. This sparked interesting discussion and requests for further information and collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.rse.org.uk/event/franco-scottish-seminar-robotics/
 
Description Fugro Industry Conference Call, 05 October 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Fugro Industry Conference Call, 08 December 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Fugro Industry Conference Call, 08 February 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Fugro Industry Conference Call, 16 December 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 Conference call to define workscope for project together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Fugro Industry Conference Call, 22 January 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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Fugro Industry Conference Call, 26 October 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 Conference call to discuss the current and future state of robotics for offshore wind for content for a white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Furhat Conference Invited Speaker PI Helen Hastie 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Prof. Helen Hastie presented the Node, ORCA and work with the Furhat.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-3t5gXz3g&t=2s
 
Description GDi Industry Conference Call - 16th April 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description GDi Industry Technical/Operational Support - 22nd March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 GDi provided technical and operational information about how asset integrity tasks are carried out offshore.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description GE Industry Conference Call, 02 October 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 Conference call to discuss the current and future state of robotics for offshore wind for content for a white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description GE Renewables Industry Virtual Presentation - 20th March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description GE and ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call - 26th April 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description GE, Rope Robotics & ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call - 9th May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description GE, Rope Robotics, ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call - 1st May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description GMV Industry Conference Call, 11 August 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss workscope of a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description GMV Industry Conference Call, 24 August 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 Conference call to discuss bid submission for joint funding grant.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Govenlock Europa Industry Meeting - 10th April 2019, Southampton 
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 a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Guest lecture in the Multi-Agent Systems class for Master students at the University of Genova 
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 HRI Workshop presentation on Explainable Robotics 
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 Presented to talks at Workshop on Explainable Robotic Systems. HRI Conference, Chicago, USA on ORCA and methods for explainable robotics.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://explainableroboticsystems.wordpress.com
 
Description HWU Research Festival talk, November 17th 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact HWU Research Festival talk, November 17th
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.hw.ac.uk/services/research-futures/heriot-watt-festival-of-research-2019.htm
 
Description Hosted Embassy of the United Arab Emirates Sharjah Students delegation visit 
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 Undergraduate students
Results and Impact the Sharjah for Capability Development institute with regards to their 'Knowledge Bridges ???????????' programme whereby a group of 15 of the brightest university student delegates will be visiting the United Kingdom from 13-15 August 2018 under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qassimi.

The 'Knowledge Bridges' programme focuses on providing brilliant students a platform to excel in innovation and youth development with the aim of creating future leaders in the United Arab Emirates. One of the other key objectives of this program is to build an understanding of other enterprises and institutions globally.

Participants: Chang Liu
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
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 Seminar with Prof Dominic Belter 
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 Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Hosted seminar "New Localization, Mapping and 3D reconstruction methods with RGB-D Sensing for Mobile Manipulating Robots" and meeting with Prof. Dominic Belter from Uni. Poznan
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Hosted Simon Reeve (VP of Lloyds Register Foundation) in his capacity of oversight of ORCA 
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 Hosted Simon Reeve (VP of Lloyds Register Foundation) in his capacity of oversight of ORCA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Hosted Stefan Leuteneggar from Imperial. 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact hosted Stefan Leuteneggar from Imperial.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Hosted The Construction Industry Council (CIC) of Hong Kong, UK Study Tour - 02/11/2018 
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 The Construction Industry Council (CIC) of Hong Kong http://www.cic.hk/eng/index.html established the CITAC in Nov 2017 to explore and identify innovative technologies and ideas for implementation in the construction industry with the aim to improve its productivity and safety performance. CITAC is governed by a Management Board, which composes industry stakeholders including Executive Director of CIC, HKSAR government official, senior management from construction company and engineering consulting company. From time to time, CITAC arrangesoversea duty visits to understand international industry trends, policies, latest advances and successful case studies.

They are arranging a duty visit to UK from 29 Oct to 2 Nov 2018 in order to leverage on synergies, expertise and possible collaboration with UK organizations and companies. They have requested an opportunity to visit Imperial College Data Science Innovation Lab and Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation, and exchange ideas with experts.

Participants: Dr Mirko Kovac, Dr Chang Liu
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.cic.hk/eng/index.html
 
Description Hosted seminar - Prof. Dominic Belter from Uni. Poznan 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact ORCA Hosted seminar "New Localization, Mapping and 3D reconstruction methods with RGB-D Sensing for Mobile Manipulating Robots" and meeting with Prof. Dominic Belter from Uni. Poznan 19/11/2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Hosted visit from Austrian Trade Commission alongside UK industrial representatives - 15/10/2018 
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 Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact There was also a request from some of the UK representatives who will be taking part in the morning event at the Austrian Embassy to attend.
Participants: Mirko Kovac, Chang Liu
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Hosted visit from Cabinet Secretary for the Economy 
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 Hosted visit from Cabinet Secretary for the Economy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Hosted visit of Minister for Higher Education at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Education to Edinburgh Centre for 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 Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Minister for Higher Education at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Education, Sam Gyimah, visited the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics in August 2018 where he met with Scottish Deputy First Minister, John Swinney MSP to discuss the economic opportunities for the UK and Scotland in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He was hosted by David Lane and Sethu Vijayakumar and given a tour of the facilities and shown various robotics demonstrations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://orcahub.org/index.php/2018/08/10/science-minister-visits-edinburgh-centre-for-robotics/
 
Description Hosted visit of the Scottish First Minister and Prime Minister for signing of the Edinburgh City Deal 
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 David Lane and Sethu Vijayakumar were involved in the visit by the Prime Minister and Scottish First Minister to the University of Edinburgh to sign the Edinburgh Regional City Deal which committed £28 million towards the development of the National Robotarium.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-confirms-edinburgh-and-south-east-scotland-city-deal
 
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 ORCA Hosted Dr. Mathieu Geisert from the Gepetto team of LAAS-CNRS for invited talk: "Loco3D: building a full pipeline to automatically generate multicontact locomotion." 01/06/2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description How safe are self-driving cars? 
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 I was interviewed during the preparation of the news article
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2566001/how-safe-are-self-driving-cars/
 
Description Hydromea Industry Conference Call - 19th February 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to inform each other about our respective organisations and see if there is potential to work together. Possible opportunities under Work Package 1 and 2.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description I'm an Engineer, Get me out of here! Live web-chat with schools around the country. 
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 I'm an Engineer, Get me out of here! the event is a two-week long event where I answer questions both in a live web chat and questions left separately on what it's like being an engineer, how did I get here and what is the job I do.
Each chat normally has about 30 pupils asking questions and there is normally one to two chats per day for 30min to an hour each.
There are other engineers in the chat (normally another 1 or 2) and this has already lead to further discussions offline about potential collaborations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://milligramm19.imanengineer.org.uk/
 
Description ICAS 19 Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presented a paper to an international audience. Received best paper award.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ICRA 2018 workshop attended: Workshop: Third Machine Learning in Planning and Control of Robot Motion 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 ORCA ICRA 2018 workshop attended: "Workshop: Third Machine Learning in Planning and Control of Robot Motion Workshop" 25/05/2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ICRA Workshop attended - Workshop: Dynamic Legged Locomotion in Realistic Terrains: Algorithmic and Physical Performance Advancements and Challenges 
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 ORCA ICRA 2018 workshop attended: "Workshop: Dynamic Legged Locomotion in Realistic Terrains: Algorithmic and Physical Performance Advancements and Challenges" 25/05/2018 - Brisbane - International Conference Robotics and Automation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description IEEE RAS Conference on Soft Robotics - RoboSoft 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact ORCA Hub featured during the RoboSoft2018 full day workshop on "Soft-bodied structures in nature and robotics: towards new trends and opportunities"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.robosoft2018.org
 
Description IEEE Spectrum featuring SpiderMAV robot 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact IEEE Spectrum featured SpiderMAV robot following the presented paper at IROS 2017.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/spidermav-drone-shoots-webs-for-perching-and-sta...
 
Description ISCF Robotics & AI (RAI) Cohort Event 2019 
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 The ISCF Robotics & AI (RAI) Cohort Event 2019 event purpose was to showcase some of the work conducted as part of the RAI in Extreme Environments cohort funding for the ORCA project.
There was considerable interest in the Limpet work and ORCA work as a whole from this event and the second half of the event for setting idea for future funding and issues that need solved really created a buzz in the room and further collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ISCF Robotics and AI (RAI) Networking Event 
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 Following £70.4M investment through the ISCF RAI Programme, this invite only event united all programme grant recipients to showcase their funded projects, to gain an understanding of current and future plans and to network with the ISCF RAI community to encourage collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iscf-robotics-ai-rai-networking-event-registration-41012929777?utm_so...
 
Description IWSDS Keynote: Prof. Helen Hastie 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Prof. Helen Hastie have a keynote talk where she discussed work on the Node and ORCA hub
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.colips.org/conferences/iwsds2021/wp/
 
Description Imperial Festival 2018 
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 ORCA Hub featured during the Imperial Festival (http://www.imperial.ac.uk/festival/) at the Aerial Robotics Lab stand and during the tours in the Aerial Robotics Arena
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.imperial.ac.uk/festival/
 
Description Independent Steering Committee (ISC) Meeting - 3rd October, Edinburgh 
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 First ORCA Independent Steering Committee (ISC) meeting.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Industrial Meetings 
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 Approximately 210 industrial meetings held between March 2021 and March 2022 with over 100 companies to discuss and/or plan research projects, or share knowledge and expertise.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021,2022
 
Description Industrial Strategy all staff event - Rising to the Grand Challenge 
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 Exhibitor stand of the ORCA Hub at the Industrial Strategy all staff event - Rising to the Grand Challenge, held at the Conference Centre in Westminster. As a part of the event, we participated in the organised marketplace with different exhibitions created by partner organisations and the business industry. The stand has been visited by ministers, senior members, and BEIS staff keen on discussing the Industrial Strategy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Industrial demo at the Fire Service college, 27-29/10/2018 
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 Industrial demo at the Fire Service college, 27-29/10/2018
Oxford Robotics Institute is part of two Research Hubs which focus on robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) that can be deployed in extreme environments. The hubs, both funded by UK Research and Innovation as part of the UK's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, are ORCA, targeting applications for the offshore oil and gas industry, and RAIN, targeting applications in the nuclear industry.

Central to these hubs is the translation of research results into industry-led use cases, and, more generally, the transfer of advanced robotics and AI knowledge into UK industry. As part of this agenda, on 29th October 2018 ORI helped lead a demonstration day for the ORCA Hub at the Fire Service College in Gloucestershire. The site hosts a number of test sites, usually used to train fire fighters, but for this event it was taken over by robots to see if our technology was able to perform a range of tasks far away from controlled lab conditions. As appropriate for research targeting offshore oil and gas, our demonstrations took place on an oil rig mockup, complete with fire damaged living compartments, a variety of storage vessels, and treacherous surfaces. The event was attended by representatives from the oil and gas industries and EPSRC.

The ORI demonstrations focused on showcasing our ORCA- and RAIN-funded research around autonomous systems for industrial inspection and monitoring. For this we are developing technology to provide robust autonomous navigation and localisation across a variety of extreme environments, and also perceptual capabilities for long-term structural monitoring and change detection.

In the first demonstration Ioannis Havoutis showcased DRS's research on legged mobility for inspection. This was done using the ANYmal quadruped robot and DRS's home-developed remote operation software stack, that allows the operator to supervise the progress of the mission and plan the robot's next actions. The robot started at a distance to the oil rig and demonstrated its ability to localise its position relative to a prior 3D model of the environment using LIDAR. After this, ANYmal was asked to reach a target area within the oil rig. First, it navigated through the main corridor and over patches of uneven tarmac. Then, the robot needed to overcome a 25cm separating barrier. We took advantage of ANYmal's very large range of motion to invert its leg configuration and to traverse the barrier. The quadruped then navigated to an industrial staircase, using a speedy trotting gait and climbed the steps up using a walking gait called FreeGait. Once it reached the landing it entered the facility and explored the connected rooms.

Following this Nick Hawes presented results from across the ORI on long-term inspection from ground vehicles. The first inspection demonstration showcased teach-and-repeat navigation and 3D reconstruction from a Clearpath Husky platform. The robot was first "taught" a path through the environment (in this case the first floor of the oil rig) and was then shown to be able to accurately "repeat" this path autonomously. On each repetition the robot stopped by a collection of objects to perform a lidar and RGB scan. Between scans these objects were altered, and change detection was used to automatically highlight the differences in appearance.

The second inspection demonstration presented research specific to the RAIN Hub on radiation-aware mission planning. This demonstration had a Clearpath Jackal autonomously navigating around the ground floor of the oil rig, visiting a collection of user-defined inspection targets whilst trying to minimise exposure to a collection of (simulated) radioactive sources. We demonstrated how multi-objective probabilistic model checking could be used to bound the robot's radiation exposure whilst also maximising the number of inspection targets it visited.

The event also featured demonstrations of cutting edge robotics and AI from Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh, Imperial and Liverpool. Each group rose to the challenge of presenting their work in unfamiliar conditions, and early feedback from industrial partners has been extremely positive.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://ori.ox.ac.uk/orca-demo-october-2018/
 
Description Industry Day. Oct 10 
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 Industry Day. (Represented by Simona Nobili) Oct 10
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Industry Leadership Opportunities Panel (ILOP) Industry Meeting - 25th September 2018, 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 The first Industry Leadership Opportunities Panel (ILOP) meeting was held with our selected industry partners.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Industry Workshop, 21 January 2020 to 22 January 2020, Edinburgh 
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 Industry workshop to share current robotics activity within each organisation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Industry day - lead by Dr Simona Nobili - Researcher of Dr Fallon 
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 Industry day - lead by Dr Simona Nobili - Researcher of Dr Fallon
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Industry demonstration day at Blyth 
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 Presentation of HRI explainable interfaces for autonomous robots, including real-time demo, to industry representatives.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Industry workshop related to PhD funding in the ORCA-related fields 
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 Industry from Construction, Defence, Energy, Manufacturing got together to discuss future challenges with respect to ISCF to which PhD funding could be applied for through the CDT-RAS call.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Inivitation to talk at the Annual Vice-Chancellor Distinguished Lecture at the University of Dubai 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Professor David Lane was inivited to give an hour-long talk as part of the Annual Vice-Chancellor Distinguished Lecture at the University of Dubai. He discussed some of the exciting advances underway in research and innovation globally at the University, as well as recent successes in commercialisation and international challenge competitions. No known impacts.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/news/distinguished-lecture-welcomes-ai-and.htm
 
Description Institute of Asset Management Presentation - 5th June 2018, Aberdeen 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presented at the Institute of Asset Management in Aberdeen as a guest speaker for those in Aberdeen thinking about joining the Institute of Asset Managers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Interactive presentation of 'Engineering and Robots' at South Morning Primary School 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact An interactive presentation to the whole of the primary 3 year at South Morningside Primary School. The presentation talked about how you can become an engineer, what the ORCA project does and the pupils had the opportunity to engage with a couple of the robots that were brought.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description International Business Festival Exhibitor - 20th to 21st June 2018, Liverpool 
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 Exhibited at the International Business Festival in Liverpool alongside the other RAS Network hubs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.internationalbusinessfestival.com/
 
Description International Robotics Showcase, Liverpool 
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 Attended an exhibition and worked on the ORCA stand to engage with industry and the public.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description International Women in Engineering Day 2019: 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 Postgraduate students
Results and Impact International Women in Engineering Day 2019: Interview
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://eng.ed.ac.uk/about/news/20190702/international-women-engineering-day-2019-interview-dr-simon...
 
Description Interview for National Newspaper 
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 An interview with the Sunday Times to highlight the role of robotics in protecting subsea infrastructure: Artificial "dolphins" developed by Scottish scientists are to be trialled in UK waters to protect the country's communications and power supply from sabotage and stormy seas. This article raised the profile of the ORCA project and supported out-reach with industry and the general public reflected through enquires for more information and engagement.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/fit-for-porpoise-scots-boffins-trial-robot-dolphins-to-c...
 
Description Interview for the The Academical magazine 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact An interview for The Academical magazine based on the work being done in ORCA and the life of Dr McConnell up to that point.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Interviewed by The Digital Twin Fan Club Podcast on Smart Machines, Digital Twins, Cyberphysical Fabric. 
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 The interview provided enough material for 3 podcast editions Broadcast Dec 2020 -Feb 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Invited Demonstration at the Intelligent Connected Things (ICoT) 2020 conference 
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 A day-long demonstration of the Limpet sensing system to an audience particularly interested in the deployment of IoT systems for environmental monitoring and education.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Invited guest lecture on Privacy-Aware Machine Learning 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact A talk for undergraduate students where I discussed the importance of privacy in Machine Learning.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Invited lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Invited lecture on marine robotics, included the description of ORCA and some results.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Invited lecture (online) at the ICAPS 2020 Online Summer School on Automated Planning & Scheduling - Planning and Plan Execution for Human-Robot Interaction 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited lecture as part of the 2020 International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling Summer School. The event was held online due to COVID-19. The project and its work was mentioned during the talk.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://icaps20subpages.icaps-conference.org/students/summer-school/
 
Description Invited plenary at the Society for Underwater Technology online Conference on Underwater Robotics: "When Physical and Virtual Worlds Collide - Data, Digital Twins and Smart Machines in Offshore Energy" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited plenary at the Society for Underwater Technology online Conference on Underwater Robotics: "When Physical and Virtual Worlds Collide - Data, Digital Twins and Smart Machines in Offshore Energy"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Invited plenary presentation on 3 August 2020 at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering originally scheduled in Fort Lauderdale, Florida entitled "Offshore Robotics for Certification of Assets" 
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 Invited plenary presentation on 3 August 2020 at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering originally scheduled in Fort Lauderdale, Florida entitled "Offshore Robotics for Certification of Assets"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://event.asme.org/OMAE-2020
 
Description Invited presentation in PwC's royal society school of mines 14/07/2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Invited presentation in PwC's royal society school of mines.
Participants: Mirko Kovac, Chang Liu
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Invited speaker at IROS 2018 (Madrid) to a workshop entitled "Autonomous Underwater Intervention Missions: The Role of Robotic Perception & Manipulation" 
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 The workshop will gather the key players in subsea manipulation worldwide and present and discuss the current developments and future needs in this area. I expect industry to be present to discuss its needs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Invited talk at Behang University, Beijing 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Mirko Kovac has been invited to give a talk at Behang University, Beijing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
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 Edinburgh Napier University 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Prof. Hastie gave an invited lunch time seminar at Edinburgh Napier where she talked about 'Techniques and interfaces for trustworthy robotics'. This sparked interesting discussion and requests for further information and collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://twitter.com/hfhastie/status/966397707362369536
 
Description Invited talk at IMechE seminar on 'Robotics for Hazardous Environments'. Representing entire ORCA project. Nov 20 
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 at IMechE seminar on 'Robotics for Hazardous Environments'. Representing entire ORCA project. Nov 20
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Invited talk at Khalifa University (2017) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Mirko Kovac has been invited to give a talk at Khalifa University during the MBZIRC competition.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Invited talk at Kings College London (KCL) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Invited talk at Kings College London (KCL), title: "Motion Planning for Quadrupedal Robots"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Invited talk at SICSA AI Theme workshop: ReaLX'18: Reasoning, Learning & Explainability 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Round 50 academics attended the SICSA AI Theme workshop: ReaLX'18: Reasoning, Learning & Explainability. ORCA MIRIAM technology was discussed. This contributed to Helen being elected as SICSA theme lead for AI
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.sicsa.ac.uk/events/sicsa-ai-theme-workshop-realx18-reasoning-learning-explainability-in-a...
 
Description Invited talk at The student conference on The Future of Intelligent Sensing and Measurement 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact An invited talk where I discussed about our work on extreme environment using Limpet sensors. The event was held in Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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 the Future of the North Sea Digital Transformation Conference in Edinburgh on May 22nd 
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 Invited talk at the Future of the North Sea Digital Transformation Conference in Edinburgh on May 22nd
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Invited talk by Dr David Robb at ICSR 2020 Workshop on "Safe Human-Robot Interaction: Sensing, Modeling, and Learning" on 14th Nov 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Title of the invited talk: "The challenges in human-robot collaboration with remote robot teams in hazardous environments."

I talked about my work as a mixed methods HRI researcher with the ORCA Hub (https://orcahub.org/). That work has progressed from the Situation Awareness benefit of using a Conversational Agent (CA) with graphical map-based interface for control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV), through design principles for CAs for remote autonomy, to the Challenges in collaborating with remote robot teams in hazardous environments. Some of our recent work on real-time Cognitive Load monitoring and a CA embodied as Furhat social robot also featured.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://sites.google.com/view/icsr2020-shri
 
Description Involvement in 2 day workshop with The Royal Society of Edinburgh and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 
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 Involvement in 2 day workshop on Robotics and AI with The Royal Society of Edinburgh and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), hosting 10 top chinese roboticists in Edinburgh.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Involvement in UKRAS Network Robotics Week 
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 Participant in challenges, reviews and Liverpool outreach event as part of UKRAS Network Robotics Week.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Involvement in the hosting of the ISCF Wave 3 challenge workshops in London 
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 Involvement in the hosting of the ISCF Wave 3 challenge workshops in London
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description James Fisher Group Industry Conference Call - 1st March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to inform each other about our respective organisations and see if there is an opportunity work together. Follow up virtual presentation agreed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description James Fisher Group Industry Virtual Presentation - 8th March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Virtual presentation following the initial discussion about what areas the James Fisher Group could work with us on. Presented ORCA Hub and our areas of research. They are going to choose 3-5 opportunities to propose to us.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Janus 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 JANUS is a simple, robust signaling method for underwater communications. It has been developed at the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)(external link) with the collaboration of academia, industry and government with the intention that it should be freely distributed and available to all.
The workshop dealt with: JANUS applications and use cases, JANUS testing and performance evaluation, moving JANUS forward, the next revision of the standard
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.cmre.nato.int/janus-2018-workshop-topics-menu
 
Description Joint organiser - Workshop: Effective Deployment of Subjective Measures and Questionnaires in HRI Studies 
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 15 Sept 2021
Joint organisers: David Robb, Marta Romeo, Peter McKenna, Helen Hastie.
Workshop: Effective Deployment of Subjective Measures and Questionnaires in HRI Studies
https://vimeo.com/641460042
Present were 10 to 20 Academic and Industry HRI scientists and practitioners
Impact: dissemination of research group's work; potential collaboration opportunities created.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://vimeo.com/641460042
 
Description KTN Robotics and AI Industry Showcase 2021, Conference (exhibitor), 25 May 2021-27 May 2021 
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 were a virtual exhibitor at the KTN Robotics and AI Industry Showcase, presenting our work to attendees at the event and engaging with them during 1:1 meetings at their request.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Kawasaki Industry Meeting, 12th July 2019, Edinburgh 
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 provide an update on an existing project and provide update on ORCA related activities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Keynote Lecture at International Conference of Micro Aerial Vehicles 
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 Mirko Kovac has been invited to give a Keynote Lecture at the 2017 International Conference of Micro Aerial Vehicles (http://www.imav2017.org)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.imav2017.org
 
Description Keynote Presentation at the 2018 Prognostics and System Health Management Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A keynote presentation at an international conference on the : Self-Certification of Robotics - The Route to Persistent Autonomy. The intent of this is to support the increasing links the UK has in Robotics with the global academic and industrial base.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.phm2018.org/keynote_speakers.html
 
Description Keynote lecture in International Conference of Micro Aerial Vehicles 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact International Conference of Micro Aerial Vehicles, Toulouse, FR
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Keynotes lectures in CNRS Journées Nationales du GdR Robotique 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact 11.2018 CNRS Journées Nationales du GdR Robotique, Paris, FR
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description L3 ASV Industry Meeting - 6th February 2019, Aberdeen 
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 options for L3 ASV's involvement in the ORCA Hub. No immediate opportunities were found.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Lecture at Royal Aeronautic Society 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited keynote Lecture by Mirko Kovac at the Royal Aeronautical Society. Event "Realising Market Opportunities for Drones". Title of the talk: "A vision for drones". October 18, 2017
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Led sessions at the Virtual CogX 2020 Conference on Monday, 8th June on the Next Gen Infrastructure and Cloud Services stage 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Prof. Lane spoke with Paul Clarke, CTO, Ocado and Sabine Hauert, University of Bristol about "Digital Twins in a Crisis". They later met with Prof. Nefti-Meziani from Salford University and James Kell from Rolls-Royce to discuss how to go about "Unlocking the smart robotics revolution".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://cogx.live/virtual-cogx/
 
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 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 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 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 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. 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. 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: 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 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 Limpet Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact The Limpet workshop took place in Edinburgh and was open to all the academics participating in the ORCA hub project. The main aim of the workshop was to share our research and to encourage collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/limpet-workshop-tickets-50113587088
 
Description Limpet Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact The Stokes Research Group (Adam Stokes, Alistair McConnell, Mohammed El Sayed and Simona Aracri) ran a full day workshop on the Limpet Robot.
The workshop was structured to show the scientific outputs generated by the work on the Limpet, demonstrate is compatibility and utilisation of the LoRaWAN network and engage the audience with how the envisage using the Limpet in their research.
Also included in the workshop was a focus session on data management, how to ensure data coming from each of the groups can be stored, read and analysed. This allowed us to make the future versions of the Limpet compatible with the other groups both internally and externally and to ensure that experiments are repeatable.
The result of this workshop were requests for future demos, potential collaborations with external groups, a specification for an upcoming underwater demonstration, a template for future workshops within the project and a desire for an industry focused workshop.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Live interview on Aljazeera TV 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Live interview of Dr Mirko Kovac on Aljazeera TV as Aerial Robotics expert for the world news.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://twitter.com/aerialrobotics/status/787007134978437120
 
Description Lloyd's Register (at VEC) Industry Meeting, 07 October 2019, Warrington 
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 for University of Liverpool to showcase their work and use of the VEC facilities to aid project exploration with Lloyd's Register.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Lloyd's Register Industry Conference Call, 06 November 2019, Edinburgh 
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 with Lloyd's Register in Singapore about what research we have that could help with removing people from confined space tank inspection.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Lloyd's Register Industry Conference Call, 15 October 2020 
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 Conference call to discuss Lloyd's Register Technology Qualification process.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Lloyd's Register Industry Meeting - 10th October 2018, 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 Meeting to discuss Lloyd's Register's current take on certification for autonomous systems. This is related to ORCA Hub WP4.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Lloyd's Register Industry Meeting - 13th February 2019, Edinburgh 
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 to discuss Lloyd's Register's use of the Limpet sensor under Work Package 1. This particular discussion ended up focusing on interest outside of ORCA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Lloyd's Register Industry Presentation - 24th August 2018, Aberdeen 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presented the ORCA Hub to the greater Lloyd's Register team around the UK and abroad to ensure they are aware of what we are doing and how for their future involvement.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Local talk in London (Laura Margcheri) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Laura also talked about her experience at Imperial during a local event on March 8, showing the AcquaMAV.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.facebook.com/events/2602419949830206/
 
Description Maersk Training Industry Meeting - 21st August 2018, Aberdeen 
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 Meeting to discuss engaging with Maersk's training sessions to monitor cognitive load and decision making capabilities during stressful training simulations for Work Package 3. Mike Chantler also presented Topic Mapping and Well Sorted.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Meeting for Royal Society Summer of Science 2019 Exhibition in London 
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 Royal Society Summer of Science 2019 Exhibition in London
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2018/summer-science-exhibition/
 
Description Meeting of the Flag-Era RoboCom++ project in view of the EU Robotics Flagship 
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 Meeting with the partners of the Flag-Era RoboCom++ (http://robocomplusplus.eu). Imperial College London, with the Aerial Robotics Lab, is in-kind partner of the project and involved in the preparation of the future global interdisciplinary research programme on science-based transformative robotics, to be launched by the end of the H2020 Programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://robocomplusplus.eu
 
Description Meeting with ANYbotics, AG, Switzerland 
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 BASF about polyurethane materials for repair tasks 
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 meetings and discussions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Meeting with European Space Agency (ESA) 
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 ESA about potential project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Meeting with Liverpool City Region Transport Policy unit 
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 Liverpool City Region Transport Policy unit 9th November 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Meeting with Liverpool City Region Transport Policy unit 
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 Liverpool City Region Transport Policy unit
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Meeting with Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Galsgow 
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 Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Galsgow
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Meeting with SETS 
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 Team of 3 from ORCA hub had a meeting with Projects Director of SETS on finding out use-cases for Limpet in Oil & Gas industries. This meeting resulted in a couple of good applications where the Limpet sensing platform can be used.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Meeting with TDSI at Hartree Centre, Daresbury 
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 TDSI discussing future collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Meeting with TDSI to discuss simulation requirements 
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 meeting was held between representatives of the University of Liverpool (UoL) ORCA team, Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC) and Texo Drone Survey and Inspection Ltd. (TDSI). The aims of the meeting were:
• To provide TDSI with an overview of the UoL VEC capabilities in terms of virtual engineering technology integration including hardware-in the-loop simulations;
• To understand the current issues faced by offshore asset inspection operators when seeking regulatory approvals and where the limits for these currently lie and
• To inform ORCA WP4 demonstrations; how could these be usefully/practically used to illustrate how virtual engineering/simulation technologies might be deployed to extend current operational capability?
TDSI were very impressed with the facilities and follow-up meetings indicate that the are interested in taking mission rehearsal and training best practice from the aerospace industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Meeting with UK CAA 
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 Briefing to UK CAA UAS Lead on the project and discussion about how the project outcomes could assist CAA and UK Plc
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Meeting with Wandercraft (partner in MEMMO). Oct 5 
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 Wandercraft (partner in MEMMO). Oct 5
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Meetings with UK Trade and Investment in San Diego and Houston, USA, on US teaming opportunities 
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 with UK Trade and Investment in San Diego and Houston, USA, on US teaming opportunities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Merkle Aquila Industry Meeting, 25 September 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Exploratory meeting to discuss areas of mutual interest outside our the existing project ORCA is involved in with them.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Microsoft Industry Conference Call, 07 November 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Showcase of ORCA's capabilities to a potential new collaborator.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Microsoft Industry Conference Call, 17 January 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Ministerial Visit 
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 We presented the Limpet to the Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation Ivan McKee. The minister visited Heriot-Watt University where we presented the new Limpet dashboard and the husky interacting with the Limpet for the first time.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Ministerial visit, Joanna Cherry Oct 25th 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Ministerial visit, Joanna Cherry Oct 25th 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.hw.ac.uk/news/articles/2019/edinburgh-mp-views-next-gen-offshore.htm
 
Description Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Industry Conference Call, 09 March 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description MoD Conference Call, 17 February 2021 
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 Follow up conference call to close-out knowledge share supporting MoD's robotics strategy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description MoD Conference Call, 28 April 2020 
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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description MoD Conference Call, 30 November 2020 
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 Conference call to provide update to ORCA research and explore methods to knowledge share.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description MoD Demonstration Event 
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 Over 100 people from industry and academia attended the MoD Stakeholder Demonstration Event with the theme of "Revolutionise the human information relationship for Defence", 22nd November, London, 2017. Prof. Hastie gave a talk and a demonstration system of an initial ORCA prototype.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description MoD Workshop, 02 February 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 Workshop to share ORCA research related to MoD defence interests. Provide support developing the Army robotic strategy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Mocean Energy Industry Conference Call - 8th May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Mocean Energy Industry Conference Call, 09 June 2020 
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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Modus Industry Conference Call - 26th March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Modus Industry Conference Call, 21 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 Conference call to discuss the current and future state of robotics for offshore wind for content for a white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Monadelphous Industry Conference Call - 20th September 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Skype conference call with Monadelphous in Australia to present the ORCA Hub and assess whether it is a project they would like to join.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description NSRI Industry Meeting, 04 September 2019, Aberdeen 
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 Meeting with the National Subsea Research Institute to discuss areas of mutual interest.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description National Decommissioning Centre Conference Call, 30 June 2020 
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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description National Decommissioning Centre Opening Event - 11th January 2019, Aberdeen 
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 Attended the opening of the National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) in Aberdeen. We had a small stand to demonstrate some of the work within ORCA to other attendees.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
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 OCRA industrial trails and Summer school Underwater Marine Environment Perception 
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 trail was performed at Underwater Center in Fort William. We successfully deployed Underwater Acoustic Sensor Network in which we performed sensor node localization and collecting different parameters, such as temperature, pressure, etc. The trail also involved training 20 students from STRONG MAR summer school.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description OGTC (now NZTC) RAS Deep Dive Session Workshop, 02 June 2021 
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 attended OGTC's roadmap development workshops to help them understand the future direction robotics development should go to meet industry needs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description OGTC Industry Conference Call, 01 October 2020 
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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description OGTC Industry Conference Call, 02 December 2020 
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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description OGTC Industry Conference Call, 10 December 2020 
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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description OGTC Industry Conference Call, 11 January 2021 
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 Conference call for OGTC to present their new energy transition strategy and discuss future routes for collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description OGTC Industry Conference Call, 27 January 2021 
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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description OGTC Industry Meeting - 28th March 2019, Aberdeen 
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 Met with ILOP Chair to gather industry feedback on Use Cases we should be using to guide our research direction.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description OGTC Industry Meeting - 6th September 2018, Aberdeen 
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 Meeting to discuss the agenda for the upcoming ILOP meeting.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description OGTC Industry Virtual Workshop, 14 January 2021 
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 Workshop to support development revision of OGTC's technology roadmaps.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description OGTC Robotics Week 
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 OGTC Robotics Week
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://theogtc.com/RoboticsWeek
 
Description OGTC UAV Industry Engagement Session, 4th July 2019, Aberdeen 
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 workshop held by the OGTC about the future of UAVs and what the industry would like to see.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description OGV Panel Speaker, Virtual Conference Speaker, 25 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 Spoke an industry event about the work ORCA is involved in and its impact on the offshore industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description ORCA Audience & Public Engagement 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 The 'Audience Engagement training' consisted of multiple training activities that are aimed to let people experience different public engagement scenarios and how to deal with any problems that may arise.
We also discussed what the aims are for Royal Society Summer of Science Exhibition and why ORCA is participating and how we aim to express this to the public.
A member of the Heriot-Watt University Public Engagement team will give a presentation on how to engage with children and will be available throughout the event for questions.
If you have a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) or Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate, please bring a copy of the certificate with you.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORCA Board Meeting - 24 Oct 
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 ORCA Board Meeting - 24 Oct
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ORCA Demo Day, Blythe 
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 distributed UAV simulation with rational agents.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORCA Demo Day, Moreton-in-Marsh 
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 UAV simulator.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ORCA Demonstrations ORE Catapult 
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 ORCA Demonstrations ORE Catapult
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://orcahub.org/innovation/capability-demonstrations/2019-demonstrations-1
 
Description ORCA Field Trial Blyth 
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 representatives (primarily from the Oil/Gas Energy sector) attended live robotics demonstrations of capability at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, which sparked interest and discussion for technology transfer.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORCA Field Trials 
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 Live field demo of quadruped robot negotiating uneven and hazardous in an oil-rig mock up at the Fire Service College, Moreton-on-Marsh. This demonstration has led to further industry interest and engagement.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ORCA Hub - FAIR-SPACE, Webinar, 23 September 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Held a joint webinar with our sister ISCF Hub FAIR-SPACE on overlapping areas of development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description ORCA Hub - RAIN Webinar, 09 September 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Held a joint webinar with our sister ISCF Hub RAIN on overlapping areas of development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description ORCA Hub Industry Demonstrations in Blyth 
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 to industry representatives of autonomous inspection of facilities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://orcahub.org/articles/a-summary-of-the-blyth-capability-demonstrations,
 
Description ORCA Hub Industry Open Day 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presentation and live demo of the quadruped robot negotiating uneven terrain. This activity lead to further industrial interest, discussion and engagement.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ORCA Hub October 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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact ORCA Hub demo took place in Fire Service College (Gloucester), to demonstrate the state of development of the research and technology in a mock up oil rig site.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ORCA Hub collaboration meeting (skype) 
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 ORCA Hub collaboration meeting (skype)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORCA Industry Exhibition 
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 Exhibition of research to ORCA Industry partners.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ORCA Industry Think Tank meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Think Tank engagement session with representatives from the Oil&Gas sector
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORCA Industry 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 Meeting industry and policymakers from the energy sector and discussing current capabilities and research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description ORCA Management board Meeting 24 September. Skype 
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 Other audiences
Results and Impact ORCA Management board Meeting 24 September. Skype
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ORCA Management board Meeting 31 August. Skype 
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 ORCA Management board Meeting 31 August. Skype
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ORCA Stream B Launch Webinar, 17 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 We hosted a webinar to present our achievements in ORCA to date and what our development plans were for the additional Stream B funding.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description ORCA Technical webinar: Subsea Robotics, 01 July 2021 
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 hosted a technical webinar presenting our subsea developments to inform industry about our successes and lessons learned. The event was considered an excellent knowledge sharing event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description ORCA Trial at Fire College - 21 September 
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 ORCA Trial at Fire College - 21 September
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ORCA all-hands meeting 
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 ORCA all hands meeting at Heriot-Watt where an overview was given of the project and breakout sessions with end-users to define user requirements/priorities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://orcahub.org
 
Description ORCA extension project "SWIFT" starts with Imperial. Kick-off meetings and plans for collaboration 
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 ORCA extension project "SWIFT" starts with Imperial. Kick-off meetings and plans for collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORCA 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 Presentations of the ORCA research to the industry representatives.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ORCA visit to Virtual Engineering Centre (7 Oct 2019) 
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 University of Liverpool and the Virtual Engineering Centre hosted a day for discussion of research into autonomous systems, verification and simulation using state of the art facilities. Staff from Lloyds Register in attendance. Presentations given, directions from industry for future research received, and industry was informed about latest research at UoL.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORE Catapult Demonstration Opportunity Event - 18th September 2018, Glasgow 
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 Attended an event put on by the ORE Catapult to encourage innovators and researchers to make use of their offshore demonstration wind turbine to develop technology.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call - 28th February 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call, 03 February 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 Conference call to explore concept for a new offshore wind robotics development hub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call, 10 December 2020 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call, 15 October 2020 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call, 16 September 2020 
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 Conference call to discuss workscope for joint funding grant submission.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call, 18 June 2020 
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 Conference call to discuss joint white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call, 20 January 2020 
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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call, 24 October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Technical discussion on how the Limpet could be implemented on the ORE Catapult Levenmouth wind turbine.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call, 28 August 2020 
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 Conference call to discuss the current and future state of robotics for offshore wind for content for a white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Meeting & Site Visit - 7th May 2019, Blyth 
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 Site visit at ORE Catapult facility to assess its use for ORCA Hub Capability Demonstration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Meeting - 14th December 2018, Glasgow 
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 the ORE Catapult and ORCA WP4 team to discuss V&V aspects of autonomous systems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Meeting - 19th December 2019, Glasgow 
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 the best way to progress the opportunities to work with ORE Catapult.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Meeting - 23rd January 2019, Glasgow 
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 on meeting to the meeting held in December to discuss the progression of opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Meeting - 27th June 2019, Glasgow 
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 kick-off writing a joint White Paper between ORE Catapult and University of Liverpool.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORE Catapult Industry Meeting, 22 August 2019, Blyth 
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 meeting for ORCA demos.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORE Catapult Offshore Wind Presentation, 28 November 2019, Edinburgh 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact ORE Catapult presented the offshore wind sector and possibilities for robotics in the industry to ORCA team members.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORE Catapult Reconnaissance 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 ORE Catapult Reconnaissance Visit
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORE Catapult Workshop, 08 October 2020 
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 Workshop to explore areas that ORCA and ORE Catapult could build projects from.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description ORE Catapult and Texo Drone Industry Conference Call - 4th March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss resubmitting a joint Innovate UK proposal using MIRIAM in Work Package 3.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORE Catapult pre-trials 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact ORE Catapult pre-trials
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ORE Catapult, Atkins, Subsea 7, ABB Industry Conference Call, 03 February 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 Conference call to discuss joint white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description ORE Catapult, Industry Meeting, 08 October 2019, Glasgow 
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 follow up from the ORCA demo day to explore areas of research that could be explored further.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Ocean Business Conference 2019 - 9th April 2019 to 11th April 2019, Southampton 
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 a conference about Ocean Robotics.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Oceana Subsea Engineering Industry Conference Call, 19 May 2020 
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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Oceaneering Industry Meeting - 13th April 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Oceaneering UK Country Manager and R&D Manager (Houston based) visited Heriot-Watt to discuss the ORCA Hub project, tour the labs and discuss the company's continued involvement in the ORCA Hub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Oceaneering Industry Meeting - 2nd May 2018, Houston 
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 Met the Vice President of Asset Integrity at Oceaneering, at the Offshore Technology Conference. Interest to progress this industry relationship from a different perspective than previously discussed with the company.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Oceaneering Industry Meeting, 04 September 2019, Aberdeen 
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 Oceaneering's new AUV.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Oceanology International, Conference, 15 March 2022-17 March 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 Attendance at the Oceanology International conference in London on the UKRI stand.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Offshore Europe Conference, 03-06 September 2019, Aberdeen 
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 stand at the Offshore Europe conference in Aberdeen. Europe's biggest energy conference with over 38,000 visitors to the show, from 119 countries.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Offshore Survival Systems Industry Conference Call, 18 August 2020 
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 Conference call to discuss workscope for possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Offshore Survival Systems Industry Conference Call, 24 June 2020 
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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Offshore Survival Systems Industry Conference Call, 30 July 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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Offshore Technology Conference Attendance - 30th April to 3rd May 2018, Houston 
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 the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston to meet new and existing industry partners and provide more exposure to the ORCA Hub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Offshore Wind Robotic & AI Use Case Workshop, 22 June 2021 
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 hosted a workshop with ORE Catapult to better understand the use cases that are considered priority for offshore wind owner/operators. Approximately 30 people from around 20 different companies input into the workshop.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Offshore Wind Scotland Presents: Robotics Event, 20 February 2020, Glasgow 
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 Robotics for Offshore Wind event. Networking and hearing about latest industry developments in the area.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Opening of the Brahmal Vasudevan Multi-Terrain Aerial Robotics Arena 
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 On October 20, 2017, the Aerial Robotics Lab has organised on official ceremony for the opening of the new Multi-Terrain Aerial Robotics Arena at Imperial College London. The development of the Arena is thanks to a £1.25 million gift from Imperial College alumnus Mr Brahmal Vasudevan. The Arena is the first of its kind in Europe, enabling engineers to test the next generation of aerial robotics for urban environments and extreme conditions. The researchers in the Arena can simulate different terrains in the air, the ocean and on land. The space also enables the engineers to create extreme conditions such as fire, smoke, and heat to simulate how the next generation of drones will perform in harsh environments.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/182375/uk-world-leader-drone-tech-says/
 
Description Opening of the Brahmal Vasudevan Multi-Terrain Aerial Robotics Arena at Imperial College London 
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 On October 20, 2017, the Aerial Robotics Lab has organised on official ceremony for the opening of the new "Brahmal Vasudevan Multi-Terrain Aerial Robotics Arena" at Imperial College London. The development of the Arena is thanks to a £1.25 million gift from Imperial College alumnus Mr Brahmal Vasudevan. The Arena is the first of its kind in Europe, enabling engineers to test the next generation of aerial robotics for urban environments and extreme conditions. The researchers in the Arena can simulate different terrains in the air, the ocean and on land. The space also enables the engineers to create extreme conditions such as fire, smoke, and heat to simulate how the next generation of drones will perform in harsh environments.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/182375/uk-world-leader-drone-tech-says/
 
Description Organisation of AI-IoT-Robotics Workshop at the EU Robotic 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 IoT (Internet of Things) and Robotics communities have produced highly complementary approaches that have so far been driven by different objectives, one focused on enabling pervasive sensing and interoperability, the other on producing action and interaction. It is increasingly claimed that the integration of results from the two communities will bring a strong added value to both, and that AI and cognition are key enablers for this integration.

Before we engage into a serious integration effort, we need to be more precise both about the added value and about the needed enablers. This session have discussed these questions. In order to do so, we brought experts from the communities of AI, Robotics and of the IoT, as well as representatives from industry, finance, policy, research and end-users, in a highly interactive workshop. The outcome of this session will be the seeds for a roadmap for integrated IoT, Robotics and AI.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://iotrobotics.eps.hw.ac.uk/erf/index.html
 
Description Organisation of IoT-Robotics Workshop at IoT-Week 2017 
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 IoT and Robotics communities have produced highly complementary approaches that have so far been driven by different objectives, one focused on enabling pervasive sensing and interoperability, the other on producing intelligent behaviour and interaction. In order to investigate the opportunities and the challenges associated to integrated solutions, we will bring experts from the two communities, as well as representatives from industry, finance, policy, research and end-users, in a highly interactive workshop.
All participants will have access, two weeks before the workshop, to a web description of the goals of the workshop, questions to the panels aimed at soliciting industrial requirements. All participants will collectively fill a form during the parallel coffee-table discussions, and they will be asked to structure their summaries around those questions
The workshop will be linked with the IoT-Robotics-AI workshop programmed at next year euRobotics Forum (http://www.erf2017.eu/). The ERF is the main meeting point for researchers, engineers, managers, and a growing number of entrepreneurs and business people all over Europe. The event at the IoT Week will be advertised at the ERF-2017. More than six hundreds delegates are expected at the ERF-2017, between 22-24 March 2017.
The expected result from the proposed workshop is contributing to a core group with mixed IoT and Robotics background that will pursue this agenda. The intended outcomes are to (i) provide a review of lessons learned, trends and issues from current and past EU projects in the integration of IoT and Robotics, (ii) identify promising integration approaches, (iii) propose novel research directions, and (iv) ultimately set the stage for the generation of a common road-map on this theme, with particular emphasis on the Horizon2020. Target actions will include the promotion of research-industry collaborations, provision of strategic input to the EC, organization of next meetings, etc.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/iot/en/iot-week-2017/schedule/557/Combining+IoT+and+Intelligent+Rob...
 
Description Organised UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Trust 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 14 Dec 2020
Organiser: David Robb.
UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Trust Industry Workshop.
Attending were 30 Academics and Industry Partners/Practitioners
Attendees worked in breakout groups.
Impact: Research directions co-created; Workshop output was a list of Robotics Use cases desired by the parners for the Node to investigate (along with detailed discussion records).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Organising AISafety & SafeAI 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 This workshop series are holding twice per year, with the focus on the safety issues (long-term and short-term) of modern AI. It attracts ~50 persons for each workshop. This activity is now making into a working group under the IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (ISTO), with a publicised website: https://www.clais.org.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019,2020,2021
URL https://www.clais.org
 
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 Organising workshop series for verification and validation methods for artificial intelligence 
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 are organising a workshop series to showcase/demonstrate our tools for the verification and validation of deep learning. It will be attended by audience from the US, EU, and the UK. The workshop has a restricted number 50 of attendees, all from the industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Outreach/public engagement, FaceBook live interview for OxfordAI 
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 Outreach/public engagement, FaceBook live interview for OxfordAI
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.facebook.com/the.university.of.oxford/videos/720853174916414/?hc_ref=ARQ2nF8deibohjY0yt9...
 
Description Outreach/public engagement, New Scientist phone interview 07/12/2018 
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 Outreach/public engagement, New Scientist phone interview 07/12/2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description P7001 IEEE Standard in Transparency for Autonomous Systems 
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 The aim of this standard is to describe measurable, testable levels of transparency, so that autonomous systems can be objectively assessed and levels of compliance determined.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017,2018
URL https://standards.ieee.org/develop/project/7001.html
 
Description Paper presentation at IROS 2017 - Mirko Kovac 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Mirko Kovac presented "SpiderMAV: Perching and Stabilising Micro Aerial Vehicles with Bio-inspired Tensile Anchoring Systems" K. Zhang, P. Chermprayong, T.M. Alhinai, R Siddall and M Kovac presented at IROS 2017, Vancouver.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Paritipcation in 1:1 discissions at Offshore Technology Conference, Houston 
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 Paritipcation in multiple 1:1 discissions at Offshore Technology Conference, Houston
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Particated in The Supergen ORE Hub / ORCA Hub 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 David Robb participated in the group discussion around forming collaborations on various ORE topics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://supergen-ore.net/
 
Description Participant in the launch of the Scottish AI Strategy 
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 launch of the Scottish AI Strategy: The strategy will be developed with benefit to the people of Scotland as the core guiding principle and align to the Scottish Government's National Performance Framework purpose of improving the wellbeing of the people of Scotland and giving opportunities for all to flourish.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.scotlandaistrategy.com/
 
Description Participated in live robotic demonstration in EMPA (Dubendorf), for self-certification and inspection. 21/09/2018 
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 Tethered automatic scanning aerial robot.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Participation in 'CreatED 2018' - a 24-hour robot Hackathon 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Participation in 'CreatED 2018' - a 24-hour robot Hackathon
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.edinburgh-robotics.org/news/201804/created-2018-24-hour-hackathon
 
Description Participation in BEIS 'Rising to the Grand Challenge' event, Westminster 2nd July 2018 
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 Showcase ORCA activities to BEIS staff, politician and ministerial aids
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Participation in Industry-led Discovery 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 Industry briefing on their state-of-the-art and plans for autonomous systems and robotics implementations. A chance to link the ORCA research to the industry need.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Participation in ORCA Hub Trial and Industry Demo Days in Oxford 29/10/2018 
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 We demonstrated "Remote Operation of Robots and Autonomous Systems through Natural Language"
In this demonstration, we have demonstrated to audiences an interactive interface that uses natural language to interact with autonomous systems in a simulated environment using Gazebo. Given the highly dynamic nature of offshore inspection and maintenance, our interface affords flexibility in that it will allow the remote autonomous systems to work independently or through varying levels of shared autonomy depending on the situation at hand.

In particular, we have discussed with people from industry TOTAL oil company about future collaboration and funding.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Participation in ORCA Industrial Engagement Day 10/10/2018 - David Robb, Jose Lopes, Xingkun Liu, Pierre Le Bras, Helen Hastie 
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 David Robb gave several individual demonstrations of the MIRIAM natural language speech and text interface for interacting with teams of autonomous vehicles. Other demonstrators from the WP3 team included Jose Lopes, Xingkun Liu, Pierre Le Bras and Helen Hastie.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Participation in ORCA Industrial Open Day at Heriot-Watt University 10/10/2018 
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 We demonstrated "Remote Operation of Robots and Autonomous Systems through Natural Language"
In this demonstration, we have demonstrated to audiences an interactive interface that uses natural language to interact with autonomous systems in a simulated environment using Gazebo. Given the highly dynamic nature of offshore inspection and maintenance, our interface affords flexibility in that it will allow the remote autonomous systems to work independently or through varying levels of shared autonomy depending on the situation at hand.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Participation in Responsible Research & Innovation Workshop 
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 Responsible Research & Innovation Workshop was a training workshop focused on how research should be conducted, the flaws in previous work and how these should be identified and rectified before applications are made or issues occur.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Participation in S4 programme meeting with Limpet demo 
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 meeting took place 8th January 2019 in Macdonald Marine Hotel & Spa, Cromwell Rd, North Berwick EH39 4LZ

10:30 - Limpet sensors - Adam Stokes (Edinburgh)
10:50 - Limpet demonstration
11:10 - Possibilities for collaboration - Michael Fisher
11:30 - Open discussion/opportunities/planning
12:30 - Finish
twitter page of the S4 programme: https://twitter.com/S4programme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/research/S4/
 
Description Participation in SICSA DemoFest 2018 event "Bring Reseach to Life" at Edinburgh Dynamic Earth, 06/11/2018 
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 We demonstrated The MIRIAM multimodal interface for remote autonomous systems.

Remote autonomous systems, such as underwater vehicles, lack transparency resulting in low situation
awareness and trust. The multimodal interface, MIRIAM, gives the operator the ability to gather
information on the remote vehicle through a graphical interface or speech or both. Along with mission and
vehicle status, explanations help improve the operator's mental model of how the vehicle operates
autonomously.

We have also showed to audiences the Fort William Trial Days (took place on 2nd and 3rd July) video during the exhibition.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017,2018
URL http://www.sicsa.ac.uk/knowledge-exchange/industry-collaboration/demofest/
 
Description Participation in the machine vision fair "Vision 2018" in Stuttgart 
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 "Vision" is an international machine vision fair, one of the biggest in the industry. My visit was aimed at researching the newest machine vision-related technology and finding the most suitable hardware for the project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Participation to USMART industry 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 The workshop brought together members of industry, government agencies (DSTL) to look at the potential applications of USMART (Underwater sensor networks EPSRC funded project) where ORCA aims at providing novel sensor packages. The workshop highlighted the need for cheap deployment for the technology to be of real benefit and mentioned that engagement with ORCA would be a must. This will be facilitated by Yvan Petillot who is a CO-I in each grant and leads USMART in Heriot-Watt University.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Pearson Engineering Industry Conference Call, 17 February 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Perceptual Robotics Industry Meeting, 28 October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 on each other's organisations and how they may work together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Performed live demonstration of aerial self-certification and inspection 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Gave several individual demonstrations of the automatic scanning and aerial inspection with tethered drones
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Performed live demonstration of remote sensor deployment using aerial robots in fire service college trials in Oxford on 29/10/2018 
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 1. Hardware platform showoff: We are flying a medium size quadrotor, which
carries a Permasense off-the-shelf sensor using a mechanical release
mechanism attached to the drone. This drone will be controlled manually to
deliver the sensor to a 10mm thick target plate so that measurements can be
made using the Permasense sensor.
2. Software automation showoff: We are also flying a small size quadrotor,
which carries a small mockup sensor with magnet. It will be controlled
completely autonomously mainly by its onboard computer, to deliver the
mockup sensor to a target. The drone runs a complete visual-inerial odometry
pipeline with target detection (with the assist by an 2D tag). The drone will be
tethered to the ground with a weight that is much heavier than the max takeoff
weight of the drone.

Participants: Mirko Kovac, Frederic Cegla, Pouyan, Chang Liu
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Performed live demonstration of tethered aerial scanning system in the industrial openday in Heriot-Watt university on 10/10/2018 
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 In this demonstration, we present a novel small scale mobile system, which is formed of a ground station and an airborne platform constrained/connected by an electrical tether. The airborne platform is not only able to obtain indefinite power from ground station, but also able to perform automatic trajectory tracking regardless of the mechanical disturbance from the tether. Since the conventional tethered systems rely on the airborne platform pulling against the tension controlling tether management system in addition to the mass of the tether, the airborne platform has to have significant size to create the payload margin for this operation, and the trajectory tracking accuracy is significantly degraded due to the disturbance from the tether.

This is the first time an automatic tethered system is realised in such a small scale. Thanks to the tension controlling active wheel, which also fuse the trajectory velocity with the visual-inertial odometry from the airborne platform as the feedforward term for the tension controller. The airborne performs monocular visual inertial odometry, quad-tree monocular structure from motion (SFM), deep learning.

Participants: Chang Liu, Arnau Casanovas
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description PicSea Industry Conference Call, 21 August 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 Conference call to discuss the current and future state of robotics for offshore wind for content for a white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description PicSea Industry Meeting - 23rd November 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Industry meeting with PicSea to see if there were any opportunities to work together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Pint of Science Festival 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact I (Rob Siddall) spoke for 30 minutes and did a small live demonstration to an audience of around 50, about the Aquatic Micro Air Vehicles Research. The talk generated a great deal of interest, and I was invited to repeat it again later in the year by the organisers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/robotic-presents-and-bionic-futures
 
Description Planning and Motion Control, Webinar, 14 October 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Webinar to present our work on planning and motion control.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
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 Poster Presentation and demonstration at ICMI 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Demonstrated initial ORCA and gave a poster presentation on Trust for autonomous systems at the International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI) in Glasgow. Both were well received
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://icmi.acm.org/2017/
 
Description Poster Presentation and demonstration at ICMI 2018 - David Robb 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact David Robb demonstrated MIRIAM conversational agent for remote autonomous systems and gave a poster presentation at the International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI) in Boulder, Colorado. October 16-20th, 2018. Both were well received.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://icmi.acm.org/2018/
 
Description Poster presentation at ICRA 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 Poster presentation during the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA): "Bioinspired aquatic micro air vehicle for environmental monitoring and disaster relief"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and Demonstration of the Limpet at IoT: Intelligent Connected Things (ICoT) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact At ICoT2020 we will be showcasing a wide range of real working examples of IoT and ICoT including for education, the intelligent workplace and environmental monitoring.
ICoT2020 will provide hands-on experience of the latest developments in AI applied to IoT, helping you to understand the future of intelligent connected things and how they could impact your organisation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://icot.ed.ac.uk/
 
Description Presentation and collaboration discussion at Qualcomm, San Diego 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presentation and collaboration discussion at Qualcomm, San Diego
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and collaboration discussion at US Navy SPAWAR, San Diego 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Presentation and collaboration discussion at US Navy SPAWAR, San Diego
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and collaboration discussion at the Applied Physics Laboratory, University Washington, Seattle, USA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Presentation and collaboration discussion at the Applied Physics Laboratory, University Washington, Seattle, USA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and demo 
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 Gammon Construction Imperial visit
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and demo COEBIT 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact 09/18. Presentation at COEBIT (Centre of Excellence for Bio-Inspired Technology) meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and demo Delegations from the french embassy 
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 with Prof. Nozha Boujemaa, Director of DATAIA Institute
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and demo Imperial festival 
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 Public event with Imperial Festival
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and demo Italian AI experts and ministry representatives 
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 31/01/19. Lab visit from committee of Italian AI experts and ministry representatives
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and demo Microsoft 
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 Yearly tour for CEOs, Research Directors, and other leaders from their university partners
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and demo Oxford animal flight group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 08/10/18. Visit to Oxford animal flight group for small symposium
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and demo Paul Pounds 
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 University of Queensland, Australia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and demo Science museum 
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 22/10/18-26/10/2018. Science museum outreach: showcasing research, interacting with visitors, helping children design robots
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and demo Trenton Jerde 
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 editor for Nature Machine Intelligence
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and demo World of Drones Congress 
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 13/12/18. Lab visit from Australian "World of Drones Congress" organisers (largest industrial drones conference in Australasia)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation and demo Zaman Ahmad 
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 Cyber Training Firm, Malaysia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation at 2030: A Martian Odyssey 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presented some of recent work in a talk tittles "Aerial Robotics for Infrastructures"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation at AFPAC 2019 conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presented some of the work carried out in a talk titles "Simultaneous thickness measurement and crack detection with polarised shear waves"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Presentation at AUV 2018 - David Robb 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact David Robb gave a presentation about the MIRIAM conversational agent for remote autonomous systems and how, in combination with an IVER-3 AUV and relayed acoustic communications, MIRIAM was used in an on-shore control room rather than at the water's edge or in a boat.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://auv2018.lsts.pt/
 
Description Presentation at DIS2019, San Diego, CA, USA. - David Robb. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact David Robb gave a presentation about our qualitative study of twelve marine research scientists and engineers, interacting with a prototype Conversational Agent. Our results exposed insights into the appropriate content and style for the natural language interaction and, from this study, we derived nine design recommendations to inform future Conversational Agent design for remote autonomous systems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://dis2019.com/
 
Description Presentation at Hong Kong Science and Technology Park 
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 Round table and meetings with Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, developing collaborative links to National ROBOTARIUM and teaming discussions, learning from their business model and activities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Presentation of Making Offshore Infrastructure Smart with Limpets at the Automation, AI & Robotics Workshop at NASA Johnson Space Center Houston 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Present the Limpet technology to a wide variety of speakers, multiple from NASA and companies based around Houston and the USA in general. The purpose was to both demonstrate the state of the art and to discover opportunities for future collaboration with international partners.
This was organised by the Technology Collaboration Center and had approximately 30 different companies presenting projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Presentation of ORCA hub to the RCNDE IWG (Industrial working group) 
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 ORCA Hub activities presented to 15 international companies that are members of RCNDE, i.e. end users of NDE technology.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation of ORCA to UK RCNDE members 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Present Research work and ORCA hub activities to another EPSRC funded Research Centre
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Presentation of paper at HRI'20 Cambridge U.K. (on-line due to Covid): Title Robots in the danger zone: exploring public perception through engagement - David Robb 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact David Robb presented a paper at the IEEE/ACM Conference on Human Robott Interaction HRI'20 (on-line due to Covid): Title Robots in the danger zone: exploring public perception through engagement
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://humanrobotinteraction.org/2020/
 
Description Presentation to AberdeenStandard 
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 senior members of AberdeenStandard
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://strategicfutures.org/hexmaps/scotlandtopics/
 
Description Presentation to The Oil & Gas Authority 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentation of topic model of OGA public facing material
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://strategicfutures.org/demos/OGAExample/
 
Description Presentation to industrial representatives of 5 Oil and Gas companies in Aberdeen 
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 industrial representatives of 5 Oil and Gas companies in Aberdeen
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Presentation to the US Army 17/8/2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Presentation to the US Army 17/8/2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Presentation to the international oil and gas service company Expro 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation on the use of, and examples of Topic Modelling for diagnostics and summarisation of unstructured information.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://strategicfutures.org/demos/OGAExample/
 
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 'Limpet: A Multi-Sensing Platform for Industrial Internet of Things' at DemoFest 2019 
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 SICSA Demofest 2019 brought together top researchers in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Physical Systems, Cyber Security, Data Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Networking and Systems, Theory, Modelling and Computation to demonstrate their work to industry and policyholders.
We presented the Limpet and demonstrated its use as a structural monitoring tool on the building (Dynamic Earth) and the surrounding area to the audience.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.sicsa.ac.uk/knowledge-exchange/industry-collaboration/demofest/
 
Description Presented to CEO of Universities UK - 7th August 2018, Edinburgh 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presented the ORCA Hub and planned activities beyond to Alistair Jarvis, CEO of UUK.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presented to MSP - 15th August 2018, Edinburgh 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presented ORCA Hub and future activities in robotics to Derek Mackay, MSP for Finance, Economy and Fair Work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presented to representatives from BEIS - 19th September 2018, Edinburgh 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presented the ORCA and Edinburgh Centre of Robotics to representatives from BEIS who were visiting Heriot-Watt.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Press release article about EMPA collaboration 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Drones work alongside humans in new Imperial-led Centre (Mirko, Hann, Chang, Brett)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/189418/drones-work-alongside-humans-imperial-led-centre/
 
Description Press release in Telez 
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 annoucement of EMPA collaberation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.telez.ch/neues-drohnenlabor_14813/#
 
Description Process Vision Industry Conference Call, 17 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Process Vision Industry Conference Call, 26 October 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Product Xperts Industry Conference Call - 2nd May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Professor David Lane features in an 'Industrial Strategy' film created by the Scottish Government 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact The UK Government in Scotland has produced a film documenting Scotland's 'Industrial Strategy' as part of 'Delivering for Scotland' which features Professor David Lane speaking about the future of robotics in Scotland. These films will be released to the general public from 21st June 2018 so no impact as yet.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Propelling Offshore Wind: Blades Event - 2nd October 2018, Glasgow 
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 Attended a Propelling Offshore Wind: Blades event organised by the ORE Catapult. The event was aimed at the inspection, maintenance and repair of offshore wind turbine blades.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Proserv Industry Conference Call - 25th February 2019, Edinburgh 
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 inform each other about our respective organisations and discuss opportunities to work together. One opportunity was found, although this is potentially out with the scope of ORCA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Public Demonstration of ANYmal and ORI research at Royal Society 
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 ORCA Research Hub as part of the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. 15,000 people over the full week.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Public Lecture for Research Uses at Queensland University of Technology - 18th January 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Professor David Lane gave a public lecture at the Queensland University of Technology in January 2018 - no impacts known.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
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 R2S Industry Meeting, 10 March 2020, Edinburgh 
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 present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description RACE (UK Atomic Agency) Industry Conference Call, 12 March 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 Conference call to present specific ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description RACE Remote Applications in Challenging Environments 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 Present our ORCA Hub related work to RACE representatives in order to investigate areas of mutual interest for collaborative projects. RACE representatives showed their work on the Cortex platform.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description RAIN Webinar - ORCA Takeover Outreach, 25 June 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact ORCA takeover of the ISCF RAS RAIN Hub weekly webinar.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description ROVCO Industry Meeting - 10th October 2018, 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 Meeting to discuss WP1's 3D Underwater Vision to see where there are opportunities to collaborate together on.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ROVCO Industry Meeting - 4th April 2019, Edinburgh 
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 a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ROVOP Industry Conference Call - 19th June 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ROVOP Industry Conference Call - 27th March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ROVOP Industry Conference Call - 3rd May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ROVOP Industry Meeting - 29th January 2019, Edinburgh 
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 if there is a place for ROVOP to work with ORCA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ROVOP Industry Meeting, 5th July 2019, Aberdeen 
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 provide an update on ORCA activities and assess possible opportunities together.
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 Research Workshop: Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling (KEPS) at ICAPS 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 Research workshop organised as part of the 2019 International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), the top automated planning conference, held at UC Berkeley, in Berkeley, California, USA. Approximately 30 researchers (university academics, industrial experts, and postgraduate students) attended the workshop. The automated planning techniques used on the project were a central theme of this workshop. A workshop on a similar theme is planned for the future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://icaps19.icaps-conference.org/workshops/KEPS/
 
Description Research Workshop: Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling (KEPS) at ICAPS 2020 
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 workshop organised as part of the 2020 International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), the top automated planning conference, held online this year due to COVID-19. Approximately 65 researchers (university academics, industrial experts, and postgraduate students) attended the workshop. The automated planning techniques used on the project were a central theme of this workshop. A workshop on a similar theme has been accepted for the next ICAPS conference.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://icaps20subpages.icaps-conference.org/workshops/keps/
 
Description Research Workshop: Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling (KEPS) at ICAPS 2020 
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 workshop proposal accepted as part of the 2020 International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), the top automated planning conference, to be held in Nancy, France. Approximately 30 researchers (university academics, industrial experts, and postgraduate students) are expected to attend the workshop. The planning techniques used on the project are a central theme of this workshop. A workshop on a similar theme is planned for the future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://icaps20.icaps-conference.org/workshops/keps/
 
Description Research Workshop: UK Planning and Scheduling Special Interest Group (UK PlanSIG) 2020 
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 workshop organised as a regular meeting for the UK automated planning and scheduling research community and international partners, held online this year due to COVID-19. Approximately 30 researchers (university academics and postgraduate students) attended the workshop. The automated planning techniques used on the project were a central theme of this workshop. A workshop on a similar theme is planned for the future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://plansig2020.wordpress.com/
 
Description Research presentation with Accenture to discuss inspection with ANYmal 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Research presentation with Accenture to discuss inspection with ANYmal
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Resolute Industry Conference Call, 9th July 2019, Edinburgh 
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 about a possible project with ORCA, which turned out not to be suitable for the project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) aims to ensure the sustainability, acceptability and desirability of research processes and outputs. ORBIT, which held the workshop, provides training, consultancy and other RRI services.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.orbit-rri.org/
 
Description Robot and Asset Certification 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 75 members of academia, industry and research funding organisations attended a workshop to explore the opportunities and challenges in Robot and Asset Certification. After summary presentations of the state of the art in robotics and asset certification, representing the interests of service companies, oil and gas majors as well as the offshore renewable energy sector, two dedicated break-out sessions identified the key research questions, resources and industrial champions to support engagement with the academic research team.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://twitter.com/ORCA_Hub/status/971711707729899520
 
Description Robotics Breakfast Briefing (speaker) - 30th May 2019, Aberdeen 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presented ORCA Hub at a Robotics event in Aberdeen.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Robotics and AI Industry Showcase 2019 - 12th March 2019, 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 A conference to promote robotics and AI in industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Robotics and AI Industry Showcase, 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 Attended a exhibition and work on the ORCA stand to engage with industry over it's activities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) in Offshore Wind Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Services 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact "Robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) are redefining the offshore wind working environment with health and safety improvements during inspection and maintenance of wind turbines thanks to reduced human intervention in potentially dangerous environments. Robotic technology for applications, including aerial and underwater units, are not only improving safety but also boosting productivity and cost efficiency."
This was the brief for the event and it covers quite well the content of the event, I presented the Limpet technology to a group of experts both from industry, academics and policymakers of around 40 people. There was considerable interest in the presentation and a desire for future collaboration from multiple parties.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Robotics for Offshore Wind Presentation - 7th June 2018, Aberdeen 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presented the ORCA Hub at the Scottish Enterprise Robotics for Offshore Wind event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Ross Robotics Industry Meeting - 4th April 2019, Edinburgh 
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 possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
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 Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, London 
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 Attended the Royal society exhibition and discussed ORCA activities with a wide range of people.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Royal Society Training Day 
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 Training day for all those participating in the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SAAB Industry Conference Call - 5th June 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SCRITA Workshop Invited Speaker- PI Helen Hastie 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact IEEE Ro-man Workshop on Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL http://scrita.herts.ac.uk/2021/
 
Description SETS Industry Meeting - 18th February 2019, Aberdeen 
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 how SETS would use a sensor like Limpet for their business. They have since provided a technical description of their requirement.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SICSA AI Theme Lead 
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 Prof. Hastie was elected to be AI Theme lead for SICSA. SICSA is the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.sicsa.ac.uk
 
Description SICSA Workshop for AI and Industry 
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 SICSA industry workshop on March 18th in Edinburgh
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.sicsa.ac.uk/
 
Description SIRCHI 2019 Workshop Demo session - Poster presented by David Robb 
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 David Robb presented a poster at the CHI2019 Workshop, The Challenges of Working on Social Robots that Collaborate with People, SIRCHI 2019 Workshop paper, Challenges in Collaborative HRI for Remote Robot Teams. Engaged with international researchers in robotics while discussing our work on the ORCA Hub Human Robot INteraction and Explainable Artificial Intelligence work package.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://chi2019.acm.org/accepted-workshops/#W12
 
Description SMD Industry Conference Call - 8th May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SMD Industry Meeting - 10th April 2019, Southampton 
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 possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SPAWAR Seminar & Meeting - 19th March 2018, Edinburgh 
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 The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) from San Diego visited Heriot-Watt to give a seminar titled: 'A discussion of efforts at Systems Center Pacific to bring autonomous and adaptive decision making into command and control systems'. A smaller group of ORCA Hub academics discussed the work of the ORCA Hub and any synergies between the two organisations. A number of mutual research areas were discussed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description SPE Offshore Europe 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 Society of Petroleum Engineers Offshore Europe 2019 conference
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.offshore-europe.co.uk/About/
 
Description SPRINT Robotics Focus on Clean Energy Seminar, Webinar, 23 November 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Combined presentation with ORE Catapult to present robotics for offshore wind.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description SPRINT Robotics Industry Conference Call, 19 December 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Initial discussion to see how our organisations could work more closely together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SPRINT Robotics Industry Meeting, 03 February 2020, Hilversum, NL 
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 ORCA Hub research and discuss opportunities for collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description SPRINT Robotics Japan Seminar - Clean Energy Robotics I&M, Webinar, 10 December 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Combined talk with ORE Catapult to present robotic for offshore wind to a mainly Japanese audience.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description SPRINT Robotics World Conference, 22 and 23 October 2019, Rotterdam 
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 Attendance at SPRINT Robotics World Conference to network with industrial robotics companies.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SRPe Annual Conference, 13 November 2019, Glasgow 
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 Exhibited ORCA at the SRPe Annual Conference.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SRPe RAS in Extreme and Hazardous Environments 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 Presentation of our HRI explainable interface for autonomous robots to RAS in in Extreme and Hazardous Environments representatives, and group meeting to exchange ideas and seek collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SRPe Robotics & Autonomous Systems Thematic Leadership Group 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 Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering (SRPe) Robotics & Autonomous Systems Thematic Leadership Group Meeting meet on a regular basis to engage HEIs with the aim to strengthen impact of RAS in Scotland and influence policy makers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017,2018
URL http://www.researchscotland.ac.uk
 
Description SRPe Workshop - RAS in Extreme and Hazardous Environments - Talk given by David Robb 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact David Robb presented the work of ORCA Hub WP3 to the research community at the workshop on RAS in Extreme and Hazardous Environments. Later in the workshop groups examined possibilities of research proposals in the field of agri-robotics.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.srpe.ac.uk/robotics-autonomous-systems
 
Description SRPe/OGIC Brainstorming Event - 25th June 2018, Glasgow 
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 Collaborative meeting with industry and academia to discuss a possible project to overcome conductor damage in the splash zone on oil and gas platforms.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description SSE Industry Conference Call, 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 Conference call to get feedback on ORCA spin-out company (AIRmate) concept.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description SSE Industry Conference Call, 25 November 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Showcase of ORCA's capabilities to a potential new collaborator.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description STV News Interview, 14 October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview with STV following the ORCA demo day.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description STV 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 Public/other audiences
Results and Impact STV interview
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Schlumberger Industry Conference Call - 17th January 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to get Schlumberger feedback on the ORCA Demonstration Day they attended.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Schlumberger/OneSubsea Industry Meeting - 1st May 2018, Houston 
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 the ORCA Hub to SLB Energy Ventures and OneSubsea representatives. Indicated they were keen to continue to be involved but wanted to know what SLB had committed to and who had committed to it.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description School Visit (Edinburgh) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact 50 pupils attended the dinner followed by a talk by Prof. Hastie where she talked about the future of robotics. Robots were brought along and pupils interacted with them after the talk. Much discussion followed and a written version of the talk was requested for a school publication.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.merchiston.co.uk/scholars-dinner-prof-hastie/
 
Description Schunk Industry Meeting - 4th October 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Meeting to discuss methods of Schunk's future engagement with the ORCA Hub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Scottish First Minister announcement of strategic relationship between ECR and Shenyang Institute of Automation during China visit 
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 Other audiences
Results and Impact Scottish First Minister announcement of strategic relationship between the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics and Shenyang Institute of Automation during visit to China.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Scottish Minister Visit to Heriot-Watt 
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 Heriot-Watt hosted Scottish Minister Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, Minister for Higher Education, 14th December 2017 where ORCA was discussed and interesting questions/discussions ensued.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Seatronics Industry Conference Call, 18 November 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Showcased ORCA's capabilities to a potential new collaborator.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SeeByte Invited Talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Prof. Hastie gave an invited lunch time seminar at SeeByte Ltd, Edinburgh where she talked about 'Techniques and interfaces for trustworthy robotics'. This sparked interesting discussion and requests for further information and collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Sees.ai Industry Conference Call, 07 February 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Sees.ai Industry Conference Call, 08 May 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Sees.ai Industry Conference Call, 15 May 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Sees.ai Industry Meeting, 12 February 2020, Aberdeen 
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 possible collaboaration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Seminar on Autonomous Vessels and the Offshore Industry - 20th March 2018, London 
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 an open seminar on Autonomous Vessels and the Offshore Industry. A small group of industry professionals and universities, with interesting presentations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Serica Energy Industry Meeting, 06 November 2019, Aberdeen 
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 Showcase of ORCA's capabilities to a potential new collaborator.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Series of lectures given at the Universities of Beijing, Shenyang, Shanghai, Shenzen and Guangzhou during March 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Professor David Lane delivered a series of lectures across China during a visit in March 2018. One impact which has arisen is a collaboration MoU which has been signed with the State Key Lab for Robotics in Shenyang Institute of Automation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Shell & NSRI Industry Meeting - 14th May 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Met with Shell and the National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) to discuss both their ongoing support for ORCA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Shell (Brazil) & Senai Cimatec Industry Skype Meeting - 31st July 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Discussed the Shell (Brazil) & Senai Cimatec's activities in robotics and discussed methods of collaboration opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Shell Industry Conference Call, 02 October 2020 
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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Shell Industry Conference Call, 19 November 2020 
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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Shell Industry Conference Call, 29 October 2020 
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 Conference call to define workscope for possible joint development project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Shell Industry Conference Call, 30 September 2020 
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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Showcase of ECR and ORCA Hub to MP - 2nd August 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Showcased Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, ORCA Hub and future activities in robotics to MP Sam Gyimah, the Universities Minister.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Siemens Gamesa Industry Conference Call, 20 August 2020 
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 Conference call to discuss the current and future state of robotics for offshore wind for content for a white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Siemens Gamesa Industry Conference Call, 28 May 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 Conference call to discuss joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Singapore EDB Industry Meeting - 9th May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 what opportunities Singapore could help ORCA Hub with.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Sky Tech Industry Conference Call, 16 October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 about each other's organisations and how they may work together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SkySpecs Industry Conference Call, 23 October 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 Conference call to discuss the current and future state of robotics for offshore wind for content for a white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Sonomatic Industry Conference Call, 01 July 2020 
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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Sonomatic Industry Conference Call, 01 May 2020 
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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Sonomatic Industry Conference Call, 03 July 2020 
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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Sonomatic Industry Conference Call, 07 August 2020 
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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Sonomatic Industry Conference Call, 09 June 2020 
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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Sonomatic Industry Conference Call, 12 August 2020 
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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Sonomatic Industry Conference Call, 21 May 2020 
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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Sonomatic Industry Conference Call, 28 September 2020 
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 Conference call to plan joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
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 Speaker at Heriot-Watt workshop: How to Collaborate with Business, 12 June 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Speaker at Heriot-Watt workshop: How to Collaborate with Business, 12 June 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Sprint Robotics Industry Conference Call - 21st November 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Skype presentation to provide an update of ORCA and Sprint Robotics activity since Sprint Robotics last engaged.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Subsea 7 Industry Meeting - 24th August 2018, Aberdeen 
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 to get Subsea 7 feedback from the ORCA Hub demonstrations in Fort William following their attendance.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Subsea 7 Industry Meeting - 24th January 2019, Aberdeen 
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 a possible project for the 3D underwater vision research in Work Package 1.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Subsea Expo 
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 Stand
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.subseaexpo.com/
 
Description Subsea Expo Conference - 5th February to 7th February 2019, Aberdeen 
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 had a stand at Subsea Expo to promote ORCA. There was lots of interest with new and existing partners and a number of potential opportunities for collaborative projects resulting from the event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Subsea Expo Conference, 11-13 February 2020, Aberdeen 
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 Exhibit stand at popular offshore industry subsea conference.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Subsea7, ABB, Atkins and ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call, 26 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 Conference call to discuss joint white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Subsea7, Woodside, Total, Chevron, OGTC, Ocado, BP, OGA Industry Conference Call, 04 June 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 Conference call to provide update with each organisation's robotic developments and discuss a further joint project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description SubseaUK Industry Meeting - 28th June 2018, Aberdeen 
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 about a possible Underwater Innovation Hub. Discussions at early stage for a virtual/physical UK wide hub (attendees included SE, O&GUK, RGU, SAMS, ONE, the Underwater Centre, OGTC).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description SubseaUK Industry Speaker at Virtual Underwater Robotics Conference, 02 September 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact David Lane presented at a SubseaUK virtual conference.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description SubseaUK Underwater Vehicles Conference - 11th September 2018, Aberdeen 
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 Attended the SubseaUK organised Underwater Vehicles Conference in Aberdeen.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Successful live demo in underwater centre trial activity in Fort William 
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 Aerial Robotics Lab (Chang Liu, Brett Stephen) partnering with NDE Lab (Pouyan Khalili) conducted two demonstrations: aerial delivery of a pipe wall thickness sensor from a floating platform onto a small offshore target, and fully autonomous delivery of a small sensor utilizing visual-inertial odometry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Successful live demo of Limpet Robot in underwater centre trial activity in Fort William 
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 Stokes Research Group (Alistair McConnell, Mohammed El Sayed and Simona Aracri) in conjunction with the Heriot-Watt Ocean Systems Lab (Rahul Mourya) and the University of York (Nils Morozs) conducted a demonstration using the Limpets Robots to communicate to a central system through the use of acoustic modems underwater.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Summer Science Exhibition 2019 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 Week-long festival celebrating the cutting edge of UK science
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2019/summer-science-exhibition/
 
Description Summer Science Exhibition 2019 preparation 
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 I am participating in the preparation to the Summer Science Exhibition 2019 to be held in July in the Royal Society, in London.
This involve the participation to meetings, liaising with schools, helping with the creation of the comics to be disseminated during the exhibition. I am also participating in the creation of the questionnaire for young visitors to our stand.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2019/summer-science-exhibition/
 
Description Summer school on underwater machine vision and industrial demo in Fort William Underwater Centre 
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 ~20 students and marine robotics practitioners took part in the underwater machine vision training. Afterwards, the key results were also presented to the industry representatives. This will encourage future cooperation with both, other universities and industrial partners.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Supergen Conference Call, 02 February 2021 
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 Call to plan joint workshop.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Supergen Conference Call, 15 September 2020 
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 Planning call for joint ORCA/Supergen workshop.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Supergen Conference Call, 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 Other audiences
Results and Impact Call to plan joint workshop.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Supergen Conference Call, 7 May 2020 
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 Discuss setting up a joint workshop to that intends to encourage joint research projects between the two research projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Supergen Virtual Workshop, 23 February 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 Joint workshop to start developing ideas for joint hub research projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description TCC - Automation, AI & Robotics Workshop, Houston Texas 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Gave a presentation on the verification of robotic system.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Taiga Robotics Industry Conference Call, 11 February 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Talk and presentation in TEDxBolognaWomen (Laura Margheri) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact TEDxBolognaWomen: http://www.tedxbologna.com/perspectives/
It was held on December 8, 2018. I talked about the multidisciplinary of biorobotics, from my experience etc and I showed a video of the AquaMAV among the examples.
The outreach was mainly at national level (Italy), even if the video is globally online:
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8xP8lMsl3Q
 
Description Talk at 2nd Annual IEEE UK & Ireland RAS Conference at Queen Mary 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation of the ORCA Hub by Mirko Kovac at the 2nd Annual IEEE UK & Ireland RAS Conference at Queen Mary, London.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://drive.google.com/file/d/1znyim_Nmh-yt2hhXyaa7vTOz2UUaNCgW/view
 
Description Talk at 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 Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Gave talk about robotics and AI in extreme environments at the ORI Members' Day, to representatives of industrial partners: BP, JLR, Nominet, Nav Tech, Bossa Nova, Honda Research Europe and ASV
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Talk at ORE Catapult Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact ORE Catapult conference on 29th February
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://ore.catapult.org.uk/about-us/events/
 
Description Talk at PwC School of Mines 
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 Dr Mirko Kovac participated in the panel discussion around the potential uses of drones/AI/robotics in Mining at the PwC annual conference "London School of Mines"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
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: Maybe the Robot Invasion Is a Good Thing 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact (From the DIF site)
The Disruptive Innovation Festival is an online festival of ideas that asks the question: what if we could redesign everything? During the DIF, we'll be asking our speakers to tell us what they think is in store for the future of the economy. While watching you can chip in with your thoughts and questions: sign up for a free My DIF account and ask your question through the discussion forum below the live stream!

Maybe the robots will round us up in internment camps, or maybe we'll be sipping cocktails by the pool while our gadgets sweep our streets and stock our shops. Find out why robotics researcher, Dr Subramanian Ramamoorthy prefers to think the future will contain more of the latter than the former.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.thinkdif.co/sessions/maybe-the-robot-invasion-is-a-good-thing
 
Description Talk: Why do robots need common sense? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This was an event at a book festival, consisting of a panel and a public talk. The attendees were members of the general public, who were part of the audience at this book festival event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.dgwgo.com/out-and-about-in-dg/big-bang-weekend-wigtown/
 
Description TechnipFMC Industry Meeting - 2nd May 2018, Houston 
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 Met with TechnipFMC to discuss best routes of engagement with the company. A number of follow up contacts were provided.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description TechnipFMC Industry Skype Meeting - 6th July 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Skype meeting with TechnipFMC Head of Automation & Controls in Norway to discuss TechnipFMC's ORCA Hub involvement in addition to Cybernetix.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Technology Demonstration for SberBank 
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 Demonstrated the pipeline repair using aerial robots for the visiting group.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description TexoDrone Industry Meeting - 16th August 2018, 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 Meeting to discuss a collaborative project with TexoDrone, EDF Energy and ORE Catapult for Beyond Visual Line of Sight turbine inspection, involving Work Packages 3 and 4.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Tharsus Industry Conference Call - 16th January 2019, Edinburgh 
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 what options there are to work together. We pinpointed one area of research within ORCA that would be worth pursuing and organised a future meeting with the relevant academics.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Tharsus Industry Conference Call, 24 October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 on the possibility of Tharsus being involved in the commercialisation of the Limpet.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Tharsus Industry Meeting - 19th February 2019, Edinburgh 
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 collaborative development of the Limpet sensor being worked on under Work Package 1.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Tharsus Industry Meeting, 22 August 2019, Blyth 
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 explore areas that Tharsus could work with on.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Tharsus Industry Meeting, 30 October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Target market discussion for Limpet sensor.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Tharsus/Costain Industry Conference Call, 09 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description The Royal Society Summer of Science Exhibition 2019 
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 The Royal Society Summer of Science Exhibition 2019 is one of the largest public engagement activities in the UK, based at the Royal Society in London. There were over 12,000 visitors to the event with the majority ~11,000 from schools.
Throughout the exhibition, there were multiple requests for further work both from individual schools who would like to tour and work with the universities to the science engagement groups such as New Scientist for further demonstrations.
The exhibition also generated a paper focused on how public engagement in exhibition format can be best used.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2019/summer-science-exhibition/
 
Description The Royal Society Summer of Science Exhibition 2019: Robots in the Danger Zone Exhibit 
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 This prestigious, seven day, science festival was attended by school groups, members of the public, and press and media (there was a press opening on the first day). Over 12,000 people attended over the seven days. The main focus of the event was to promote STEM careers to school students who were soon to be making decisions about future career paths. The ORCA Hub Robots in the Danger Zone Exhibit engaged attendees in hands-on activities with autonomous and remote controlled robots simulating the robotic systems being researched to automate the inspection processes on offshore energy platforms. David Robb served over the seven days as a member of a large exhibit team led by Katrin Lohan, Alistair McConnell, and David Lane. We spoke with hundreds of people about our work on the ORCA Hub project. We also conducted a research study engaging over 400 visitors to the exhibit as participants in a robotics quiz and discovered, for example, interesting differences between age groups in perceptions of the likely future use of robots in offshore inspections. This research is published as a paper in IEEE/ACM Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI2020).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2020/summer-science-exhibition/
 
Description Think Tank Industry Meeting with University of Oxford, 03 September 2019, Aberdeen 
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 Think Tank engagement session during Offshore Europe with eight industry attendees from five companies to discuss University of Oxford's work using ANYmal and its relevance to the O&G industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Total & Merkle Aquila Industry Meeting, 11 October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Total/Merkle Aquila/Phusion IM/ORCA joint project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Total & Taurob Industry Meeting - 17th April 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Total and Taurob visited Heriot-Watt to discuss opportunities to work together. A number of potential opportunities were discussed with plans to progress further.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Total Industry Conference Call - 18th April 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Total Industry Conference Call - 3rd May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Total Industry Conference Call - 3rd September 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a possible project developing 3D Underwater Vision.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Total Industry Conference Call, 18 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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Total Industry Meeting - 6th September 2018, Aberdeen 
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 Meeting to discuss the development of MIRIAM for Total robotic systems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Total and Merkle Aquila Industry Meeting - 23rd May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 a joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Total and Merkle Aquila Industry Meeting/Conference Call - 17th April 2019, Edinburgh 
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 a joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Total and Taurob Industry Conference Call - 5th March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss development of the robot self-certification and battery PHM projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Total, EC-OG & Tracerco Industry Meeting - 7th September 2018, Aberdeen 
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 to kick-off the start of a collaborative project between Total, Tracerco, EC-OG & Heriot-Watt (through the ORCA Hub).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Town hall meeting for Trustworthy Autonomous System (TAS) in London 18/10/2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Town hall meeting for Trustworthy Autonomous System (TAS) in London 18/10/2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://epsrc.ukri.org/files/funding/calls/2019/trustworthy-autonomous-systems-hub-outline-call/
 
Description Trial 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 at Fire College for EU Projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Trial prep at Fire College - 18 Oct 
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 Prep for Trial at fire college
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Tritech Industry Conference Call, 02 October 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Tritech Industry Conference Call, 13 October 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 Conference call to discuss workscopes for possible collaboration together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description UK Trade & Investment Conference Call - 20th February 2019, Edinburgh 
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 if there was opportunities for ORCA collaborating with organisations in Brazil.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description UKRI AI Workshop 
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 Attended a workshop where future policy regarding AI was discussed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description UKRI Covid 19 Topic map 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Topic map of UKRI Covid 19 grants provided to UKRI
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.ukri.org/find-covid-19-research-and-innovation-supported-by-ukri/
 
Description UKRI workshop on AI, May 15th 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact UKRI workshop on AI, May 15th
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.ukri.org/news/ukri-artificial-intelligence-regional-workshops/
 
Description ULC Robotics Industry Conference Call - 10th January 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss each other's organisations to see if there are opportunities to work together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ULC Robotics Industry Conference Call, 16 July 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Unmanned Maritime Systems Conference, May 16-17 2018, London 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Mirko Kovac was invited speaker at the second annual Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology conference, held in London on the 16th and 17th May 2018, organised by the SMi Group.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.smi-online.co.uk/defence/uk/conference/Unmanned-Maritime-Systems#tab_overview
 
Description VEC Demo Day, Daresbury 
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 distributed UAV simulation to Lloyd's Register.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Verification & Validation Workshop, 04 September 2019, Aberdeen 
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 Workshop during Offshore Europe on the Verification and Validation of autonomous systems to over 40 attendees from various organisations, including researchers, companies, certifying agencies, etc.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Verification & Validation of Autonomous Systems Workshop, Offshore Europe - Aberdeen 
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 Verification & Validation of Autonomous Systems Workshop, Offshore Europe - Aberdeen
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Verifying Autonomous Systems, Invited talk at ORCA/SOLITUDE Workshop on Safety Assurance for Deep Learning in Underwater Robotics 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Verifying Autonomous Systems, Invited talk at ORCA/SOLITUDE Workshop on Safety Assurance for Deep Learning in Underwater Robotics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Video demonstration: HRI'21 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Video demonstration of explainable autonomous systems
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CZm6bsILaw&t=4s
 
Description Video of quadruped Robotics Research at Edinburgh 
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 Created a video overview for general audience of the quadruped locomotion research at the University of Edinburgh.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FslB_VBYwQ&t=14s
 
Description Visit at Total 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Mirko Kovac visited Total in Stavanger, Norway. Meeting with presentation of activities. October 25 2017
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by Japanese Defence Technology Foundation - Talk given by David Robb 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact David Robb gave a presentation about the MIRIAM project on conversational agent for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles to the group of visitors to Heriot-Watt University from the Japanese defense industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Visit from Felicity Buchan MP, South Kensington 
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 Local Member of Parliament Felicity Buchan, visited our lab and shown interest to our developed technology. She has also suggested to employ some of the drone technology for infrastructure inspection.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Visit of Simon Reeve of Lloyds Register Foundation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Hosted Simon Reeve, VP of Lloyds Register Foundation, as part of the ORCA steering commitee
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Visited ANYbotics 
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 Anybotics, industrial collaborator, Zurich Switzerland
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Visits and presentations to 8 Great Technology investors in Shenzen and Guangzho 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Visits and presentations to 8 Great Technology investors in Shenzen and Guangzho with Lord Willetts.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description WFS Industry Conference Call, 10th July 2019, Edinburgh 
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 about a possible project. It turned out not to be suitable.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description WFS Industry Meetings - 6th & 18th September 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Meeting to discuss possible collaboration with WFS for autonomous underwater vehicle support.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Wave & Tidal Workshop Attendance - 16th May 2018, Aberdeen 
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 this workshop on the Wave & Tidal sector of the energy to see if there was opportunities for the ORCA Hub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description West Linton Primary School Robotics Masterclasses 
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 set of six robotics masterclasses were run at West Linton Primary school with the aim of showing and teaching children between the ages of 5 and 7 different aspects of robotics. We ran classes which allowed the pupils to work through basic coding examples with the robots to solve puzzles, they used other robots to map out areas which they could see as the robots were covered in paint, they saw a simple demonstration of ROS and of using AR to build a robot.
Each pupil got to create their own robot which was then etched into plastic for them to keep as a reminder of the work as well as a certificate of accomplishment for completing the courses.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Westminster Parliament visit 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A group of ORCA consortium members from Heriot-Watt including Prof. Petillot, Prof. Hastie and Prof. Lane presented demonstrations of a variety of Robots at Westminster attended by a large number of MPs and VIPs. Much interesting discussion was had in a variety of domains from defence to in-home care robots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Wood Industry Conference Call - 21st March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Wood Industry Conference Call, 09 October 2020 
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 Conference call to discuss research project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Wood Industry Conference Call, 12th July 2019, Edinburgh 
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 about applications for ORCA Limpet research and trial opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Wood Industry Conference Call, 18 December 2019, Edinburgh 
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 technical discussion about a use case Wood want to explore further with us for the FMCW radar.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Wood Industry Conference Call, 20 November 2019, Edinburgh 
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 on possible use cases for ORCA's FMCW radar and how we might trial the radar in these applications.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Wood Industry Conference Call, 25 September 2019, Edinburgh 
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 on the capabilities of the ORCA Limpet sensor to assess its suitability for monitoring different parts of wind turbines.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Wood Industry Conference Call, 31 January 2020 
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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Wood Industry Industry Conference Call - 28th February 2019, Edinburgh 
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 discussion with the nuclear part of the Wood business who work with RAIN to discuss if there is opportunity for cross-hub collaboration. Further discussion at RAI Industry Showcase agreed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Wood Industry Industry Conference Call - 8th March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss having a Wood employee provide information for high level offshore tasks that people currently carry out. Also discussed Wood feedback from the October Demonstration Day.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Wood Industry Meeting - 5th June 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Met with Wood to discuss their ongoing involvement in the ORCA Hub across all research areas.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Wood Industry Meeting, 5th July 2019, Aberdeen 
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 Provide a update on ORCA related activities to a member of our ILOP governance team.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Wood Industry Presentation, 23 September 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Wood's Executive Management team about ORCA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Wood, TechnipFMC Industry Conference Call, 05 February 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 Conference call to clarify information required to support development of ongoing lab testing of industry provided offshore asset samples.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Woodside Industry Conference Call - 11th March 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Woodside Industry Conference Call, 15th August 2019, Edinburgh 
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 on the ORCA Limpet research that Woodside were interested in collaborating on.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Woodside Industry Conference Call, 21 November 2019, Edinburgh 
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 how the Limpet project planning is going.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Woodside Industry Conference Call, 31st July 2019, Edinburgh 
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 about areas Woodside were interested in engaging with us on.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Woodside Industry Meeting - 16th April 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Woodside visited Heriot-Watt and the University of Edinburgh to discuss the ORCA Hub and tour both university labs. Woodside showed an interest in being involved in the ORCA Hub and are keen to work together. A number of opportunities to work together were discussed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Woodside Industry Meeting, 20 January 2020, Edinburgh 
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 details of a joint research project that was in development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Woodside Industry Skype Meeting - 16th August 2018, Edinburgh 
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 Meeting to discuss possible projects using the manipulator arm. Capabilities within the hub discussed and sent to Woodside for them to decide which specific areas they are interested in working on together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Workshop Proposal: Aquatic Soft Robots 
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 proposal accepted for the RoboSoft2019 conference to be held in Seoul.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://www.robosoft2019.org/
 
Description Workshop Talk: Controlling Robots for Safe Physical Interaction 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Gave a talk at The Royal Society of Edinburgh Scotland-China Research Workshop: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. This led to engagement with Chinese academics and a funding application for a joint Scotland-China research project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.rse.org.uk/event/scotland-china-research-workshop-robotics-and-artificial-intelligence/
 
Description Workshop Talk: Physical Human-Robot Interaction with Multi-Limbed and 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 Gave talk titled "Physical Human-Robot Interaction with Multi-Limbed and Legged Robots" at IROS 2018 Workshop on HUMAN-ROBOT COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION IN MANIPULATION: ADVANCEMENTS AND CHALLENGES.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.roboticvision.org/humanrobotcooperationirosws/
 
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 on the Social Impact of Intelligent Robots 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited talk as keynote speaker
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.sicsa.ac.uk/events/sicsa-ai-cyber-physical-systems-workshop-social-impact-intelligent-rob...
 
Description Worley Industry Meeting, 31 October 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Demonstrate ORCA's capabilities to a potential new collaborator.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Xaas Labs Industry Conference Call - 20th June 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Xaas Labs Industry Conference Call, 31st July 2019, Edinburgh 
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 about applying for funding for a joint project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Xodus & ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call, 14 May 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 Conference call to discuss joint white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Xodus Industry Conference Call, 05 February 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Xodus Industry Meeting - 4th June 2018, Aberdeen 
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 Discussed Xodus' involvement in the ORCA Hub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Xodus/ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call, 01 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 Conference call to discuss joint white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Xodus/ORE Catapult Industry Conference Call, 26 October 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 Conference call to discuss joint white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Year of Robotics 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 An event occurred in the HRI Robotarium lab to mark the end of the Year of Robotics where local and national companies were invited to interact with the robots. Much interesting discussion was had.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description ZOA Robotics Industry Conference Call, 12 March 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description ZOA Robotics Industry Conference Call, 17 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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description ZOA Robotics Industry Conference Call, 26 May 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 Conference call to discuss possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description bp Industry Conference Call, 05 February 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 Conference call to knowledge share our developments in human-robot interaction to support bp's strategy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description bp Industry Conference Call, 07 May 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 Conference call to present ORCA research in order to support bp's understanding of the current state-of-the-art.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description bp Industry Conference Call, 18 February 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description bp Industry Meeting, 11 February 2020, Aberdeen 
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 provide update on ORCA research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description hosted a series of lab tours in aerial robotics lab for aeronautic internal meeting. 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 22/01/2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description i-Tech 7 (Subsea 7) Industry Conference Call - 1st April 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss i-Tech 7's specific Use Cases for an area of our research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description i-Tech 7 (Subsea 7) Industry Conference Call - 1st May 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description i-Tech 7 (Subsea 7) Industry Conference Call - 24th April 2019, Edinburgh 
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 Conference call to discuss a possible joint research/industry project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description i-Tech 7 (Subsea 7) Industry Meeting - 28th March 2019, Aberdeen 
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 progress of ILOP.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description i-Tech Services (Subsea 7) Industry Conference Call - 9th October 2018, 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 A conference call to discuss developing WP1's 3D Underwater Vision together.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description i-Tech7 Industry Meeting, 12 February 2020, Aberdeen 
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 present latest ORCA research and discuss possible integration into company services.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description inter-hub meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Inter-hubs meeting to share our research with scientists involved in RAIN, SPACE and ORCA hubs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description interview given to Telegraph (Natasha Bernal). Appeared in print in national newspaper 
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 given to Telegraph (Natasha Bernal). Appeared in print in national newspaper
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description lecture on biorobotics during a workshop organized by the IAAD (Laura Margheri) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Laura gave a lecture on biorobotics during a workshop organized by the IAAD (https://www.iaad.it/en/). She made a sort of review of bio-robots, including the AcquaMAV.
It was a lecture for about 20-25 students, from Italy and Israel. It was held on February 11, 2019.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.iaad.it/en/
 
Description Ørsted Industry Conference Call, 12 March 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Ørsted Industry Conference Call, 15 January 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 Conference call to present ORCA spin-out company (AIRmate) concept and receive industry feedback.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Ørsted Industry Conference Call, 17 December 2019, Edinburgh 
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 about our subsea mapping capabilities to explore areas of mutual interest.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Ørsted Industry Conference Call, 20 January 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 Conference call to present ORCA research and discuss possible joint research/industry project opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Ørsted Industry Conference Call, 27 September 2019, Edinburgh 
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 introduce the Limpet sensor to Ørsted for measuring wind turbines.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019