WINNERS OF FIRST EVER EPSRC UK-RAS NETWORK AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Excellence and Achievement By UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems Community Recognised During Robotics Summer Showcase Closing Ceremony
• Rising Star Award - Kai Yuan (University of Edinburgh)
• Early Career Award - Dr. Chengxu Zhou (University of Leeds)
• Impact Award - COBRA consortium (Rolls-Royce, The University of Nottingham, UKAEA RACE, OpTek Systems, with project presentation given by project lead, Dr. James Kell)
• Community Award - Gianmarco Pisanelli (University of Sheffield AMRC)
The award candidates were sourced via an open nominations process, and the winners were selected by an expert panel from the UK-RAS Network's Executive Committee. Attendees enjoyed overview presentations from each of the winners during the virtual closing ceremony, which also featured keynote talks from Professor Samia Nefti-Meziani (Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, University of Salford) and Dr Anna Angus-Smyth (Head of AI and Robotics, EPSRC), plus a short Q&A.
Today's awards announcement marks the successful conclusion of the EPSRC UK-RAS Network's first Robotics Summer Showcase, a three-month celebration of cutting-edge robotics research and innovation from May to July, which included free-to-register lectures, workshops, demonstrations and a variety of unique events held by Network partners. The showcase was curated by the EPSRC UK-RAS Network as part of its mission to provide academic leadership in robotics, including coordinating activities at over 30 partner universities across the UK. The UK Festival of Robotics highlight week was also hosted for the first time at the end of June, with the aim of engaging different publics with the latest developments in UK robotics and AI research and industry.
Commenting on the first UK-RAS Network Awards winners, Professor Robert Richardson, EPSRC UK-RAS Network Chair said: "We are delighted to celebrate the achievements of our fantastic robotics and autonomous systems community during this especially challenging year and, with the establishment of these annual awards, we look forward to shining a major spotlight each year on the incredible projects, collaborations, and ground-breaking innovations being pioneered by research teams from across our Network. We offer our hearty congratulations to our inaugural winners, and to all of the brilliant researchers nominated this year."
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About the EPSRC UK-RAS Network (https://www.ukras.org/)
The EPSRC UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems Network (UK-RAS Network) is dedicated
to robotics innovation across the UK, with a mission to provide academic leadership in
Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), expand collaboration with industry, and integrate
and coordinate activities at eight Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
(EPSRC)-funded RAS capital facilities and Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) across the
country.
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