Robotics and Automation Chapter
Welcome to the IEEE UK and Ireland Robotics & Autonomous Systems Chapter.
The Chapter is concerned with promoting the study and uptake of RAS technology within the region and encompasses aspects of training, research, development and a wide range of application domains. The latter include Nuclear (assembly and decommissioning), Transport (autonomous cars, marine, trains and aircraft), manufacturing (robotics and fully autonomous plants), smart cities (intelligent homes services and intelligent robots) and humanoid robot development to push the boundaries of engineering and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.
In the UK the EPSRC has recently made major investments in university robotics research groups and established a major national network. The government has defined robotics as one of the key strategic technologies and future UK funding for this topic seems assured. Business and commerce are interested in the development of fully autonomous processes and public interfaces and industry are developing new paradigms based on fully autonomous self-organized production processes.
Currently we are working closely with the Northern Robotics Network which is a branch of innovate UK RAS SIG KTN to promote RAS within academia and industry in the North of England. This is a pilot scheme which hopefully will be developed within all UK regions and become powerful foci for the development and industrial exploitation of RAS technology. There are thus now great opportunities for young engineering AI specialist to develop prosperous careers in this subject.
We also co-sponsor events with Defra’s Food manufacturing Engineering Group which focuses on the uptake of automation and IOT technology in state of the art food production. This currently is one of the largest UK growth sectors for the uptake of robotics technology.
Chapter Committee
Upcoming Events
IEEE COINS 2024 | IEEE International Conference on Omni-Layer Intelligent Systems Call for Participation
IEEE COINS includes a multi-disciplinary program, from technical research papers to panels, workshops, and tutorials on all the important aspects of the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) ecosystem.
Watch Again | IEEE RAS Chapter Prestigious Lecture – Intelligent Automation Methods for COVID-19 Recognition
This presentation describes intelligent automation methods, such as transfer learning, graph neural networks, attention neural networks and weakly supervised networks to label CT-based scans.
5th IEEE UK & Ireland RAS Conference | Call for Posters
We encourage early-stage researchers (research students and postdocs) to submit a contribution for the poster competition at the 2022 IEEE UK & I RAS Conference.
Watch Again | RAS Prestigious Lecture – AI Robotics for Sustainable Space Exploration and Exploitation
This lecture reviews the AI robotics roadmap for space missions and what’s over the horizon. It presents latest research work and technology development involving robotic vision, machine learning and biomimetic mechanisms, applicable to mission scenarios such as formation flying, on-obit assembly, active debris removal, planetary sample return and ISRU.
Watch Again | RAS Prestigious Lecture – Transform Image Understanding with Artificial Intelligence
This lecture demonstrates how AI can stimulate new concepts or the development of dealing with complicated problems, thus leading us to novel adventures.
Watch Again | RAS Webinar – Building Back Better: How Automation Could Help the Recovery of the UK
The coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on the UK economy and coupled with Brexit means we are facing the most significant recovery challenge since the Second World War.
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