Articles tagged with 'robotics' | University of Manchester

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2024
12
March
2024
| 15:00 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has been awarded £30 million funding by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for four Centres for Doctoral Training as part of the UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) £500 million investment in
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2023
09
November
2023
| 08:48 Europe/London
The University of Manchester will lead an academic consortium to support Sellafield’s new Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Centre of Expertise.
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01
September
2023
| 15:49 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has welcomed the Minister for AI and Intellectual Property to learn about its cutting-edge research into AI and Robotics and how it is supporting different industries locally and globally.
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25
May
2023
| 10:40 Europe/London
A new international research centre designed to create robotics and autonomous systems that will play a key role in the climate response has been developed in partnership with The University of Manchester and Jacobs.
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19
April
2023
| 10:06 Europe/London
Inigo Lambertini met a range of advanced devices during a visit to Manchester.
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30
March
2023
| 15:23 Europe/London
The ERC has awarded a Manchester team €2.5million as part of the eTALK project.
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2022
22
November
2022
| 13:22 Europe/London
The University of Manchester is launching a new specialist multi-disciplinary centre to explore developments in smart robotics through the lens of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous machinery.
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06
October
2022
| 14:55 Europe/London
Pioneering scientists and engineers from The University of Manchester are looking to build a future in space through innovation in advanced materials and autonomous systems - including revolutionary concepts in space habitats and the trustworthy
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21
June
2022
| 15:02 Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s expertise in advanced materials and robotic systems will play a key role in driving a revolution in UK manufacturing, according to graphene start-up pioneer Dr Vivek Koncherry.
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23
May
2022
| 11:01 Europe/London
A new generation of smart robots is being developed at The University of Manchester that can be trusted to think and act for themselves in some of the most hazardous places on Earth - and beyond.
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26
April
2022
| 10:55 Europe/London
A robot named Lyra has been used to inspect a ventilation duct in Dounreay’s redundant nuclear laboratories and map radioactive materials. Lyra traversed 140m of duct from a single entry point and provided operators with detailed radiological
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08
April
2022
| 11:11 Europe/London
The Manchester Centre for Robotics and AI brings together projects from across different disciplines.
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2021
04
October
2021
| 14:08 Europe/London
Advanced manufacturing experts from Manchester have revealed what human life in space could look like – with a graphene-enhanced space habitat developed to meet anticipated demand for human settlements beyond Earth.
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2019
18
July
2019
| 19:00 Europe/London
A team from The University of Manchester have engineered a common gut bacterium to produce a new class of antibiotics by using robotics. 
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2018
31
October
2018
| 01:30 Europe/London
Scientists have been analysing the way birds jump when they take-off to help us understand why they simply don’t just fall over when attempting to fly.
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08
May
2018
| 10:00 Europe/London
Scientists have unlocked the secrets of how some predatory spiders catch their prey while hunting by successfully training one to jump different distances and heights for the first time. The study, conducted by researchers at *The University
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01
March
2018
| 09:00 Europe/London
Jumping robot spiders and swarms of robotic bees sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers at The University of Manchester are already working on such projects and aiming to lead the world in micro robotics.  
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17
January
2018
| 12:53 Europe/London
  Can you imagine travelling to work in a robotic “Jonnycab” like the one predicted in the cult Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Total Recall? The image from 1990 is based on science fiction, but Mercedes Benz does have a
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03
January
2018
| 11:12 Europe/London
Control. We all like to think we have it, but is it all just an illusion? It might seem like a very existential question but it plays an important part in our acceptance of new technologies, especially when it comes to robots.Even if we personally
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2017
23
November
2017
| 05:00 Europe/London
A team of scientists have created a new generation of tiny remote controlled nanorobots which could one day allow doctors to diagnose disease and deliver drugs from within the human body.
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09
November
2017
| 10:07 Europe/London
Humanoid robots are a vanity project: an attempt to create artificial life in our own image – essentially trying to play God. The problem is, we’re not very good at it. 
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08
November
2017
| 16:44 Europe/London
Researchers at The University of Manchester will lead a new multimillion pound robotic and artificial intelligence (AI) programme aiming to clean up the world’s nuclear waste.
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01
September
2017
| 12:00 Europe/London
A team of researchers has published the first study to show that each one of us has a unique 'control profile' that can be extracted by computer.
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09
March
2017
| 11:30 Europe/London
The University of Manchester is leading a consortium to investigate advanced technologies, including robotics and artificial intelligence, for the operation and maintenance of offshore windfarms.
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02
March
2017
| 09:53 Europe/London
University of Manchester scientists are leading a team which is to comprehensively map some of the world’s most radioactive sites using sensing technology mounted on an advanced robotic vehicle.
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27
February
2017
| 13:42 Europe/London
The University of Manchester is to lead a consortium to build the next generation of robots that are more durable and perceptive for use in nuclear sites.
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2016
22
December
2016
| 09:07 Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s Professor Danielle George MBE is getting behind the wheel this Christmas on BBC 4 as she drag races an electric Tesla against a petrol powered supercar.
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22
November
2016
| 09:00 Europe/London
Two pioneering engineering graduates from The University of Manchester have launched a DIY walking robot which anyone can build with 3D printing technology.
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26
October
2016
| 12:46 Europe/London
The Manchester Festival of Social Science takes place from the 5th - 12th November and includes over 40 exciting and engaging events taking place in venues across the city.
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18
October
2016
| 12:08 Europe/London
Jaw-dropping and hair-raising science experiments will be the order of the day during the latest Spectacular Science takeover of Manchester Museum.
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