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Rapid Technology Assessment: Robotics

Rapid technology assessment (RTA) looking at robotics.

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This report is a summary of a project completed in February 2025 (information cut-off date December 2024). This report provides an introduction to robotics, recent developments, opportunities, and challenges identified through research and discussions with a range of experts.

We would like to thank the following for their contribution and expert review:听

  • Dr Ingo Keller, The National Robotarium听

  • Prof Ron Petrick听

  • Prof Kaspar Althoefer, Queen Mary University of London听

  • Prof Nick Hawes听

  • Dr Esyin Chew, EUREKA Robotics Centre Cardiff School of Technologies听

  • Dr Carl Strathearn, Edinburgh Napier University听

  • Prof Subramanian Ramamoorthy, University of Edinburgh听

  • Prof Gopal Ramchurn听

  • Prof James Marshall听

  • Prof Pietro Valdastri听

  • Dr James Law听

  • Dr 鈥疭wen E. Gaudl, University of Gothenburg听

  • Rich Walker, Shadow Robot听

  • Matimba Swana听

  • Professor Nathan Lepora听

  • Dr Paul Bremner听听

  • Dr Antonia Tzemanaki听听

  • Dr Ruth Aylett听

  • Dr Zaki Hussein, Touchlab听

  • Samia Nefti-Meziani (OBE)听

  • Dr Francesco Nori听

  • Prof Elizabeth Sklar, University of Lincoln

  • Chris Gray, CMR Surgical听

  • Alex Pejacsevich & Dominic Keen, Britbots

  • UKAEA

  • ARIA

  • NHS

  • NICE

  • EPSRC

  • DSIT

Updates to this page

Published 10 March 2025
Last updated 19 March 2025 show all updates
  1. Roles have been added next to the names of Rich Walker and Dr Esyin Chew to make the information more complete.

  2. First published.

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