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UK ROBOTICS WEEK
2019
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Contents
UK Robotics Week 2019
Please refer to the online version of this programme to ensure the most up to date information:
https://www.ukras.org/robotics-week/booklet/
Contents 3
Welcome 4
EPSRC 4
UKRAS 5
UK Robotics Week 6
EPSRC Robotics Hubs 8
Great Exhibition Road Festival 10
School Robot Challenge 12
Surgical Robot Challenge 14
Manufacturing Robot Challenge 16
Hamlyn Symposium 18
International Robotics Showcase 20
Programme 22
Speaker Biographies 24-31
Conferences 32-35
Core Events 36-52
New Publication Launch 54
Map and Venue information 56
Sponsors 58
Partners 60
All Event Listings 62
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Welcome
UK Robotics Week 2019
http://www.uk-ras.org/robotics-week
Back in the 1970s the The research taking place in UK universities involves
science fiction series scientists and engineers, innovators and industrialists
Star Trek opened with who are exploring how surgery can be made more
the phrase, ‘To boldly go accurate, remote wind turbines maintained more
where no man has gone efficiently, undersea assets inspected without danger
before’. In later years, to divers and nuclear facilities decommissioned
further incarnations of the most effectively.
programme moved with
This year, I am pleased to report that UKRI’s
the times to say ‘Where
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
no one has gone before’.
(EPSRC) has renewed funding for the RAS Network for
The show gave us brave
a further three years. This will help support UK Robotics
humans and aliens exploring space and new, often
Week’s public engagement, thought leadership and
hostile, environments. Some of us marvelled, some of
coordination activities. The RAS Network plays a key
us laughed along with the writers.
role in supporting universities in their scientific and
Today however, on Earth, we can point to real-life research endeavours in robotics and autonomous
adventurers that can be rightly described as boldly systems. It allows them to share best practice and new
going where humans cannot or should not ever go. thinking, encourage new talent, and promote the use of
These hardy entities are robots. They are doing tasks responsible research and innovation.
that are dangerous, dirty or dull and they are reaching
The four Robotics Hubs that were funded through UKRI
places that people cannot enter safely.
as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund’s (ISCF),
The idea that machines will free us from hard labour has Robotics for a Safer World Challenge represent a major
long been a vision that is a positive one for robotics. step forward in the development and implementation
There has also been an apprehension of the potential of RAS technologies. These hubs are tackling industry-
for machines to overtake humans in abilities and go inspired challenges and more information on their progress
beyond our control. Despite robotics already delivering will be provided as part of the Showcase Event.
benefits to society, these fears persist, perhaps because
Whether you are involved in the competitions or many
people distrust the intentions of people developing new
other events that are a part of Robotics Week, or
technologies or those who might adapt discoveries.
are attending the Showcase Event, I hope that your
That is why the UK Robotics Week and the Robotics and experience is one that is both inspiring and highly
Autonomous Systems Network (RAS) is so important. useful. It is through your involvement and engagement
Through the many activities taking place, we are able to that we can continue to place the UK in the forefront of
show the world what the UK is achieving in robotics, how the development of these new technologies and ensure
robots will make our lives safer, healthier and economically the UK is the place where the most creative researchers
prosperous and how robotics can be developed ethically, can deliver world-leading research with genuine
legally and responsibly to generate trust. It is through economic and societal impact.
the development of trust that the adoption of the new
technologies can be accelerated for the benefit of us all as
individuals and for society and the economy as a whole.
Lynn Gladden
Executive Chair, EPSRC
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We are thrilled to be in many areas, e.g. climate science – there is growing
hosting the International evidence that ocean beds are carbon sinks, playing a
Robotics Showcase in role in regulating the Earth’s chemistry and climate.
London at the Royal
We are also proud to showcase our new School Robot
Geographical Society
Competition, a joint project with Twinkl, a thriving
this year. Now in its
educational publisher with the largest collection of
fourth year, the highlight
high-quality digital teaching materials in the world.
event of our annual
The talented team at Twinkl have designed an
UK Robotics Week
educational game, which can be played online or as
features an array of the
an app, using the latest AR technology to support STEM
latest robotic technologies, demos and the winner’s
(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) learning
of this year’s Surgical and manufacturing Robotics
objectives and making use of programmable features.
Challenges, plus a keynote talk entitled “The Deepest
The competition challenges pupils to create a robot
Dive” from Anthony Geffen, one of the world’s leading
that can cross the terrain of Mars. By selecting different
documentary film makers and a pioneer in multi-
elements they can build their robot and then test it out
platform story telling on how robotics has assisted
before taking on a range of challenges.
human to reach to the deepest place in the ocean -
the Mariana Trench in the Pacific. Since its foundation, the UK-RAS Network has helped
transform the UK-RAS research landscape, bringing
His talk will elucidate the filming challenges of exploring
cohesion to the research base, enhancing capital facilities
the deep ocean and the pioneering submersible
across the country, supporting education programmes
during the Five Deeps expedition. The team developed
and public engagement activities at all levels. To build on
new camera systems that could be mounted on the
these achievements, we were delighted in our successful
submersible, operate at up to 10,000m below sea level
bid to obtain a further 3 year’s funding from the EPSRC
and work with robotic landers with camera systems; this
to support the next development phase of the UK-RAS
allowed them to film Victor Vescovo’s record breaking
Network, expand the current portfolio, strengthen
dive (descending nearly 11km/7 miles to the deepest
collaboration with national and international industrial
place in the ocean - the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench).
activities and support the government’s industrial
They also had to design new rigs that would go inside
strategy challenge fund (ISCF).
the submersible and capture every moment of the dives.
After the Five Deeps expedition is complete later this I would like to take this opportunity to thank the EPSRC
year, the plan is to pass the submersible onto science for their continuing financial support and all members of
institutions so researchers can continue to use it. The the UK-RAS Network in making the 2019 UK Robotics
challenges of exploring the deep ocean - even with Week a success.
robotic vehicles - has made the ocean trenches one
of the last frontiers on the planet. Once thought to be
remote, desolate areas, the deep-sea is teeming with life
and exploration these areas is vital to new developments
Prof Guang-Zhong Yang, CBE, FREng
Chairman, UK-RAS Network
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UK Robotics Week
2019
http://www.uk-ras.org/event-list/
The 4th annual UK Robotics Week returns festivals, workshops, open days and film
for a spectacular celebration of robotics and premieres throughout the UK.
autonomous systems innovation in the last
Key activities for 2019 include the International
week of June, boosted by the award of a further
Robotics Showcase (27th June 2019); a stand-
three-year grant by the Engineering and Physical
out exhibit at the Great Exhibition Road Festival;
Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to the core
The Hamlyn Symposium; an augmented reality-
organisers – the EPSRC UK-RAS Network.
based School Robot Competition; the launch of
It continues to excite the public imagination and
a new White Paper on ‘Technology, Ethics & AI’,
the programme now boasts over 124 activities
plus the prestigious international Surgical Robot
up and down the country, spanning competitions,
and Manufacturing Robotics challenges.
lectures, conferences, hackathons, symposia,
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EPSRC Robotics Hubs
A presentation by each of the EPSRC Funded Robotics Hub
will be featured during the International Robotics Showcase.
https://www.ukras.org/
Funding of £68 million was awarded from the “These new Robotics Hubs will draw on
Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) the country’s research talent to nurture new
to the latest ground-breaking research and developments in the field of robotics and
innovation projects in robotics and artificial provide the foundations on which innovative
intelligence systems. The awards are part of technologies can be built. The resulting
the government’s £93 million of funding for outcomes from this research will allow us to
the robotics and AI in extreme environments explore environments that are too dangerous
programme through the ISCF, which was for humans to enter without risking injury or ill-
announced in the Budget of April 2017. health. The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
is helping us achieve a joined up approach to
The programme aims to develop robotic
research, discovery and innovation.”
solutions to make a safer working
environment in industries such as off-shore Professor Philip Nelson,
energy, nuclear energy, space and deep previous EPSRC Chief Executive
mining, increase productivity and open up
A presentation by each of the EPSRC Funded
new cross disciplinary opportunities, not
Robotics Hub will be featured during the
currently available.
International Robotics Showcase.
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https://www.ukras.org/robotics-week/booklet/
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FAIRSPACE - The Future AI and Robotics for Space (FAIR-SPACE) Hub brings
together leading experts from academia, industry and governments, and aims at
pushing the boundary of AI robotics for future space utilization and exploration.
In the immediate term, the Hub will help advance knowledge and technologies
in orbital manipulation, extra-terrestrial vehicles, and robotic support for
astronaut missions. These directly address technical priorities in the space sector
worldwide. In the long term, the Hub will help transfer the field to a new era by
achieving long-lived robotic operations in space.
NCNR - National Centre for Nuclear Robotics Hub is a consortium of 8
universities led by the University of Birmingham. They are at the forefront of
developing cutting-edge technology to solve the problem of nuclear waste.
The UK has 4.9 million tonnes of legacy nuclear waste. Cleaning this up is the
largest and most complex environmental remediation task in Europe and much of
this work must be carried out by robots because the materials are too hazardous
for humans. Their mission is to clear the UK of radioactive material - but the
human benefits of the tech go far beyond nuclear safety.
RAIN- Robotics and AI in Nuclear Hub brings together 8 teams of robotic and
nuclear engineering experts to address issues faced by the nuclear industry.
The industry has some of the most extreme environments in the world, with
radiation levels and extremely harsh conditions restraining human access to many
facilities. To date, robotic systems have had very little impact on the industry, even
though they offer major opportunities for improving productivity and significantly
reducing risks to human health. The hub will aim to address these by developing
the advanced robotics and artificial intelligence that will be essential for future
nuclear operations. Their adoption will have the potential to completely transform
the nuclear industry globally.
ORCA - Offshore Robotics for the Certification of Assets Hub brings together
internationally leading experts with over 30 industry partners to develop
technologies that enable reliable, robust and certifiable robot assisted asset
inspection, autonomous decision making and intervention capabilities for the
offshore domain, with specific focus on challenges inherent to this extreme and
unpredictable environment across the aerial, topside and marine domain.
The primary goal is to use robotic systems and Artificial Intelligence to
revolutionise Asset Integrity Management for the offshore energy sector through
the provision of game-changing, remote solutions which integrate with existing
and future assets and sensors and operate and interact safely in autonomous or
semi-autonomous modes in complex and cluttered environments.
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The Great Exhibition Road
Festival 2019
Dr
https://www.ukras.org/robotics-week/about/
This year we will also participate in the Great exploration in South Kensington. The Festival is
Exhibition Road Festival: this is a hugely popular, a collaboration between 19 cultural institutions
flagship event heading into its 8th year. The including Imperial College London, the Natural
festival will take place along Exhibition Road for History Museum, the Science Museum, the V&A
a weekend brings art and science in a unique and the Royal Albert Hall.
programme of creative workshops, talks,
The Festival is targeted at Londoners, teenagers
exhibitions and performances - all in the spirit of
and families who are inspired by the arts and
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s vision for the
sciences and could consider a career in our
Great Exhibition, 200 years on from when they
industries, as well as interested adults.
were born.
The Great Exhibition Road Festival, that will
be held on 28th – 30th June 2019, is a new
three-day celebration of curiosity, discovery and
LOCATION
Exhibition Road
South Kensington
London
SW7 2QG
LONDON
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 11School Robot Challenge
2019
UK-RAS Network and Twinkl
https://www.ukras.org/school-robot-competition/
The School Robot Competition is a national Twinkl are a thriving educational publisher with
competition and a joint project of the UK-RAS the largest collection of high-quality digital
Network and Twinkl. The competition is open to all teaching materials in the world. They are proud
UK school children and students aged from 8 - 14. to create educational resources that can be
used at each step of a child’s learning journey.
The competition challenges pupils to create a
Their teacher-created resources provide
robot that can cross the terrain of Mars using our
entire schemes of work, lesson planning and
specially designed app or online. By selecting
assessments right through to online educational
different parts you can build your robot and then
games, augmented reality and so much more.
test it out before taking on a range of challenges.
They have over 525,000 resources and new
The deadline to enter is 16th June, after which
content gets added every day. All Twinkl
the judges will pick the schools that have
resources are teacher-made and can be used
entered the best robots.
by anyone, anywhere – making learning
The competition challenges school children to accessible to all.
design a robot that can move across Mars and
Competition winners will be announced at the
complete various tasks and challenges on the
International Robotics Showcase on Thursday
planet’s unique surface. Through building robots,
27th June 2019. There are various prizes to be
school children will acquire robotic technology
won, from all-expense paid trips to London, to
fundamentals and research skills, be given
the latest iPad Pro /Apple Pencil and Miro-E
the opportunity to demonstrate their creativity
Robot (donated by Consequential Robotics) for
and learn the joy of engineering. Schools can
team entries. MiRo-E is an advanced AI robot
enter by downloading and creating an account
adapted for education with robust hardware and
through the augmented reality (AR) app, which is
a specialised programming interface to facilitate
available on the Apple app Store or Google Play
students coding.
or using the web-based version.
LOCATION
Royal Geographic Society
1 Kensington Gore,
London,
SW7 2AR
LONDON
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Please refer to the online version of this programme to ensure the most up to date information:
https://www.ukras.org/robotics-week/booklet/
UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 13SURGICAL ROBOT
Challenge 2019
https://www.ukras.org/robotics-week/surgical-robot-challenge/
The Surgical Robot Challenge 2019 is an • Prizes are limited to one per team (which in
annual international competition with the aim of turn qualifies them for the overall prize).
showcasing the latest innovative & technological
• The following prize categories are available:
advancements in surgical robotics. This promises
to be a compelling contest between some of the • Best Application Prize
leading surgical robotics groups from around
• Best Design Prize
the world.
• Best Innovation Prize
The competition consists of 2 rounds. The first
round involves submitting a 2-minute video • Best Video Prize
of the surgical robotic technology. Shortlisted
• Overall Winner
entries are invited to the competition finals held
in London on Sunday 23 June 2019. The final
winner will be announced at the International
Prizes
Robotics Showcase on Thursday 27th
June 2019. Add the following text: There is a total prize fund of £10k consisting of
multiple cash prizes and tickets to the Hamlyn
• The total prize fund is £10,000.
Symposium 2020 and the International Robotics
• The prize fund consists of £8,400 cash prizes Showcase Event. The winners will be decided by
and £1,600 complimentary tickets to the an independent judging panel.
Hamlyn Symposium and the International
Robotics Showcase Event 24 - 27th
June 2019.
LOCATION
Imperial College, London
Kensington
London
SW7 2AZ
LONDON
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 15Manufacturing Robotics
Challenge
Sheffield Robotics
https://www.ukras.org/robotics-week/uk-ras-manufacturing-robotics-challenge/
As part of UK Robotics Week 2019, Sheffield compete against each other to complete a series
Robotics, Enabling Sciences for Intelligent of robotics challenges.
Manufacturing, and the Advanced Manufacturing
The number of places is limited and the
Research Centre (AMRC) will be hosting an
organisers will be shortlisting candidates based
international manufacturing robotics challenge
on their applications. To register your interest,
for young researchers, developers, and
please complete the registration form. A £30
industrialists working in robotics and digital
registration fee will be charged to successful
manufacturing technologies.
applicants. Applications close at midnight
The challenge will be held on the 19th and on 5th May.
20th June at Factory 2050 at the Advanced
The challenges will reflect real manufacturing
Manufacturing Research Centre in Sheffield,
scenarios, played out on the state-of-the-art
and will bring together young researchers and
Factory 2050 shop floor, using the cutting-edge
engineers from different disciplines to develop
technology (such as industrial manipulators,
practical solutions to real-world problems in
augmented and virtual reality devices, industrial
a competitive environment.
vision and sensor systems, 3D printers
The event is open to final-year masters students, etc.) Teams will develop software to control,
PhD students, early-career researchers, as well as collect and process data from,
industrial engineers and others with relevant robotic and digital platforms provided by the
experience in areas including robotics, organisers for applications including mobile robot
autonomous systems, computer vision, machine navigation, robotic inspection and repair, multi-
learning, and augmented reality. robot coordination, human-robot interaction,
and teleoperation.
Successful applicants will be arranged into small
teams, based on skills and experience, and will
LOCATION
Factory 2050
Sheffield Business Park
Europa Avenue
Sheffield Sheffield
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 17The Hamlyn Symposium
on Medical Robotics
2019
https://www.ukras.org/hamlyn/
The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical specialities in Urology, Cardiac Surgery,
Robotics (HSMR) provides an annual forum for Neuro Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, General
surgeons and engineers from across the globe, Surgery, Gynaecology, ENT, Orthopaedic and
to network and explore the latest developments Paediatric Surgery.
in medical robotics.
Highlights of the Symposium will include:
The Symposium attracted over 500 delegates
The final of the Surgical Robot Challenge 2019,
last year and now in its 12th year, it has become
an international competition showcasing the
a leading international conference on medical
latest innovations in Surgical Robotics;
robotics, current clinical practice and emerging
technologies in robotic surgery. One of our A full programme of interactive workshops
highlights this year will be a Clinical Leaders’ exploring a wide-range of topics and
Forum, in which leading robotic surgeons in technologies;
different fields of expertise, will come together to
Clinical Leaders’ Forum to discuss the ways
discuss the ways in which technologies can best
in which technologies can best be applied in
be applied in clinical practice.
clinical practice;
In addition to the Forum, there will be a full
Two-day main Symposium hosting peer-
programme of interactive workshops, as well
reviewed papers and posters submitted from
as the two-day main conference with invited
around the world, alongside invited speakers.
keynote speakers, paper authors and delegates
from leading medical, science and technology
institutions covering topics including clinical
LOCATION
Royal Geographical Society,
1 Kensington Gore,
Kensington,
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 19International Robotics
Showcase
https://www.ukras.org/robotics-week/showcase-event/
Now in its fourth year, the highlight event of our The challenges of exploring the deep ocean -
annual UK Robotics Week is set to be bigger even with robotic vehicles - has made the ocean
than ever, featuring an array of the latest robotic trenches one of the last frontiers on the planet.
technologies, demos and the winners of this Once thought to be remote, desolate areas, the
year’s Surgical and Manufacturing Robotics deep-sea is teeming with life and exploration
Challenges, plus a keynote talk from Anthony these areas is vital to new developments in many
Geffen, one of the world’s leading documentary areas, e.g. climate science – there is growing
film makers and a pioneer in multi-platform evidence that ocean beds are carbon sinks,
story telling. playing a role in regulating the Earth’s chemistry
and climate.
His talk will focus on the filming challenges of
exploring the deep ocean and the pioneering This year the showcase event will feature
submersible his team designed during the Five exciting exhibitions and robot and the chance
Deeps expedition. The team developed new for academics, industry and the general public
camera systems that could be mounted on the to explore the latest technological developments
submersible, operate at up to 10,000m below and capabilities.
sea level and work with robotic landers with
camera systems and they also designed new
rigs that would go inside the submersible and
capture every moment of the dives.
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LOCATION
Royal Geographic Society
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LONDON
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 21Programme
2019
08:30 ARRIVAL, COFFEE & REGISTRATION
09:00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Prof. Guang-Zhong Yang, Chairman, EPSRC UK-RAS Network
09:15 RAS STRATEGY & VISION (15mins)
Prof. Lynn Gladden, Executive Chair, EPSRC
09:30 EPSRC ROBOTICS HUBS (10mins + 5mins Q&A)
National Centre for Nuclear Robotics
Director: Professor Rustam Stolkin, University of Birmingham
Offshore Robotics for Certification of Assets (ORCA)
Director: Professor David Lane, Heriot-Watt University
Future AI and Robotics for SPACE (FAIR-SPACE)
Director: Professor Yang Gao, University of Surrey
The Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear (RAIN)
Director: Professor Barry Lennox, Manchester University
10:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 ROBOTICS FOR BURIED INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTION
Prof. Kirill V. Horoshenkov, University of Sheffield
11:20 WHEN ROBOTS HIT THE ROAD:
NEW CHALLENGES IN MULTI-VEHICLE COORDINATION
Assistant Prof. Amanda Prorok, Cambridge University
11:40 CHALLENGES & COMPETITIONS
Surgical Robot Challenge
Prof. Guang-Zhong Yang, Imperial College London
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Manufacturing Hackathon Challenge
Dr. James Law, Sheffield University
School Robot Competition
Helen Fulson, Chief Product Officer, Twinkl & Dr. James Law, Sheffield University
11:50 WHITE PAPERS
AI, Regulation & Ethics
Prof. John McDermid, York University
Education & Skills
Prof. Tony Prescott, Sheffield University
12.00 LUNCH & EXHIBITION
13:30 INTERNATIONAL PANEL:
ROBOTICS FOR CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS (45min)
Panel Discussion plus Q & A from US delegation
14:45 COFFEE BREAK
Marquee, Royal Geographical Society
15.00 KEYNOTE LECTURE: “THE DEEPEST DIVE” (45mins + 15mins Q&A)
Anthony Geffen, CEO and Creative Director Atlantic Productions
16:00 CLOSE
16:30 AWARDS CEREMONY FOR CHALLENGE WINNERS & DRINKS RECEPTION
at Imperial College Main Reception
UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 23Speakers
In alphabetical order
Helen Fulson - Chief Product Officer, Twinkl
Helen Fulson is Chief Product Officer at Twinkl Educational Publishing,
where she oversees the production of Twinkl’s huge range of educational
resources. Twinkl provides high-quality, trusted learning materials from
activity sheets and assessments to augmented reality apps and much more.
Helen supports all stages of product development at Twinkl, from initial idea
and innovation through to creation, all whilst keeping up to date with the
latest developments in the world of education and global curricula. Before
joining Twinkl in 2013, Helen spent 14 years teaching Key Stage One and
Key Stage Two in schools across the UK.
Professor Yang Gao, Director of the Future AI & Robotics for Space
(FAIRSPACE) EPSRC Hub, Surrey University.
Professor Gao is the Associate Dean (International) for Faculty of
Engineering and Physical Sciences (FEPS) and the Professor of Space
Autonomous Systems at Surrey Space Centre (SSC). She is also the
Director of UKRI/UKSA National Hub on Future AI & Robotics for Space
(FAIR-SPACE) and Head of the SSC-STAR Lab which specializes in robotic
sensing, perception, visual GNC and biomimetic mechanisms for industrial
applications in the extreme environments. She brings nearly 20 years of
research experience in developing robotics and autonomous systems
(RAS), in which she has been Principle Investigator of internationally teamed
projects funded by UK Research Councils (EPSRC/STFC), InnovateUK,
Royal Academy of Engineering, European Commission, European Space
Agency, UK Space Agency, as well as industrial companies such as Airbus
D&S, Neptec, Sellafield, and OHB. Yang is also actively involved in design
and development of real-world space missions like ESA’s ExoMars, Proba3
and LUCE-ice mapper, UK’s MoonLITE/Moonraker, and China’s Chang’E3,
etc. In recent years, Yang’s work has also been applied to several non-space
sectors including nuclear and agriculture.
24 || UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019Anthony Geffen is one of the world’s leading documentary film makers and
a pioneer in multi-platform story telling. He has won over 50 international
awards including multiple British Academy awards (BAFTAs) and multiple
Emmy Awards. He followed in the footsteps of Ang Lee and James Cameron
to be presented in Hollywood with the Charles Wheatstone Award for his
outstanding contribution to film and television.
Anthony’s films, which have been seen across the world, include
documentaries, theatrical films and IMAX. His diverse output includes 11
projects with David Attenborough, including the award-winning Great Barrier
Reef Series, the acclaimed BBC series Inside the Commons and the land
mark series (BBC/Discovery) The Promised Land, about the great African
American migration, and the award-winning theatrical film Wildest Dream:
Conquest of Everest.
Anthony worked for 10 years for the BBC before setting up Atlantic
Productions in 1992, one of the most respected high-end factual production
companies of which he is the CEO. Atlantic Productions incorporates a
group of companies including Zoo (computer graphics) and Colossus (3D).
Anthony was also responsible for setting up Alchemy VR, which produces
immersive experiences including VR, AR and MR. Anthony is a Fellow of St
Cross College, Oxford.
UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 25Speakers
In alphabetical order
Professor Lynn Gladden, Executive Chair of the Engineering and
Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Professor Gladden is the Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical
SciencesResearch Council (EPSRC) and was appointed in October 2018.
Professor Gladden is the Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the
University of Cambridge in the Department of Chemical Engineering and
Biotechnology, and a Fellow of Trinity College.
She is internationally recognised for her work on advancing magnetic
resonance imaging techniques, originally developed for use in the medical
environment, and using them in engineering research to gain a greater
understanding of the physical and chemical phenomena that determine the
performance of chemical processes and their resulting products.
In addition to her own research, Professor Gladden has held a number of
research oversight roles in the UK and abroad, including Pro-Vice-Chancellor
for Research at Cambridge from 2010 to 2016. She is currently a Judge for
the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
Professor Kirill Horshenkov, Professor of Acoustics,
University of Sheffield.
Professor Horoshenkov’s main research interests are in novel sensors for
water industry, novel acoustic materials and physical acoustics. His other
areas of work relate to noise control, audio-visual interactions and design
of nature-inspired noise control solutions. Professor Horoshenkov leads
the EPSRC Acoustics Network (www.acoustics.ac.uk). He leads Theme 3
(Inspecting and restoring water infrastructures using robotic autonomous
systems) on the EPSRC TWENTY65 Grand Challenges Grant.
A majority of funding for his research has come from the UK’s Engineering
and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Royal Society,
European Union and the industry. Professor Horoshenkov is a member of
the EPSRC-sponsored Pennine Water Group at Sheffield, Chairman of the
Research Coordination Committee of the Institute of Acoustics, member
of the EPSRC Peer Review College, member of the Editorial Board of the
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA) and Journal of
Applied Acoustics.
26 || UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019Professor David Lane, Director of the Offshore Robotics for Certification
of Assets (ORCA) Hub, Heriot-Watt University
- Research interests:
Autonomy: Engineering of advanced cognition into unmanned and
autonomous systems – control, navigation, signal processing, planning,
world modelling, learning, operator dialog, architecture. (e.g. autonomous
underwater vehicles for oil and gas intervention,
under-ice survey)
Analytics: Predictive fault detection and diagnosis for condition based
maintenance and through lifesupport of remote assets (e.g. offshore wind
farms, railways, subsea oil and gas infrastructure).
Biomimesis: Bio-inspired sensing and locomotion (e.g. dolphin inspired
underwater sonar, turtle magnetic navigation, seal vibrissae (whiskers)
sensing, fish propulsion and energy harvesting)
Dr. James Law, Senior Experimental Officer, University of Sheffield.
Dr. Law is a researcher in robotics, with over 15 years’ experience covering
control systems, multi-robot coordination, and psychological modelling.
Currently his main research interests are in human-robot collaboration,
exploring the interface between human psychology, and robotics.
He received his M.Eng. degree in Electronic Control and Robot Engineering
at The University of Hull in 2003, and his Ph.D. in Intelligent Systems from
the Open University in 2008. His early work considered the structure and
complexity of emergent coordination in multi-robot teams. This led to his
involvement in robot football, representing the UK between 2004-2006.
UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 27Speakers
In alphabetical order
Professor Barry Lennox, Director of The Robotics & Artificial
Intelligence for Nuclear (RAIN) Hub, The University of Manchester.
Prof. Lennox FREng is Professor of Applied Control in the School of
Electrical & Electronic Engineering. He held the EPSRC Chair in Nuclear
Decommissioning between 2012-2014 and is Research Director of
the Dalton Cumbrian Facility. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of
Engineering, Senior Member of the IEEE, Fellow of the IET and InstMC
and a Chartered Engineer.
He received a BEng in Chemical Engineering and a PhD from Newcastle
University and before being appointed Lecturer at the University of
Manchester in 1997, worked as a Research Associate and Fellow at
Newcastle and Monash Universities.
His research interests are in the development and deployment of robotic
systems for nuclear decommissioning applications, applied control systems
and the use of acoustic pulse reflectometry for monitoring industrial
pipelines. In 2002 he co-founded Perceptive Engineering, a process control
solutions provider and through Circor, his work in acoustics has led to the
development of equipment that has been commercialised and successfully
applied in the North Sea, USA and Asia to detect and locate blockages in
subsea pipelines and heat exchangers.
28 || UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019Prof. John McDermid - Professor of Software Engineering,
University of York
I am Professor of Software Engineering and a member of the High
Integrity Systems Engineering Group (HISE) within the Department of
Computer Scienceat the University of York. I was Head of Department
from 2006 to 2012.
My primary research interests are in high integrity computer systems,
especially in safety and security. My work has influenced industrial
practice both directly and via standards. I have taught extensively at
postgraduate level, including on continuing professional development
courses for industry.
Prof. Tony Prescott - Professor of Cognitive Robotics,
Sheffield University
I am a Professor of Cognitive Robotics at the University of Sheffield and
Director of Sheffield Robotics an inter-disciplinary research institute
across both Universities in Sheffield. This is my departmental home-
page. I also maintain profiles on ResearchGate and Linkedin, and a
Youtube Channel with links to online interviews, talks and movies about
our robots and research.
UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 29Speakers
In alphabetical order
Amanda Prorok - Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
and Technology, Cambridge University.
Prof. Prorok is a University Lecturer in Cyber-Physical Systems at the
Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge,
UK. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the General Robotics,
Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory at the University
of Pennsylvania, USA, where she worked on networked robotic systems.
She completed her PhD at EPFL, Switzerland, where she addressed the
topic of localization with ultra-wideband sensing for robotic networks.
Her dissertation was awarded the Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) award for the
best thesis at EPFL in the fields of Computer Sciences, Automatics and
Telecommunications. Further awards include Best Paper Award at DARS
2018, Finalist for Best Multi-Robot Systems Paper at ICRA 2017, Best Paper
at BICT 2015, and MIT Rising Stars 2015. Website:https://proroklab.org
Professor Rustam Stolkin, Director of National Centre for Nuclear
Robotics (NCNR) Hub, University of Birmingham.
Professor Stolkin is Director of the National Centre for Nuclear Robotics
(NCNR) hub and serves as the Chair in Robotics and Royal Society
Industry Fellow in the School of Metallurgy and Materials. He leads the
Extreme Robotics Lab (ERL), Europe’s most prominent university research
lab dedicated to nuclear and other extreme environment applications of
advanced robotics and AI.
Rustam is an interdisciplinary engineer with diverse research interests,
although mainly focuses on robotics. His main interests include vision and
sensing, robotic grasping and manipulation, robotic vehicles, human-robot
interaction, AI and machine learning.
30 || UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019Professor Guang-Zhong Yang, PhD, FREng, Director and Co-founder of
the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery at Imperial College London and
Chair of the UK-RAS Network.
Professor Yang’s main research interests are in medical imaging, sensing
and robotics. In imaging, he is credited for a number of novel MR phase
contrast velocity imaging and computational modelling techniques that
have transformed in vivo blood flow quantification and visualization. These
include the development of locally focused imaging combined with real-
time navigator echoes for resolving respiratory motion for high-resolution
coronary-angiography, as well as MR dynamic flow pressure mapping for
which he received the ISMRM I. I Rabi Award. He pioneered the concept of
perceptual docking for robotic control, which represents a paradigm shift
of learning and knowledge acquisition of motor and perceptual/cognitive
behaviour for robotics, as well as the field of Body Sensor Network (BSN)
for providing personalized wireless monitoring platforms that are pervasive,
intelligent, and context-aware.
For map and venue info please refer to 54 & 55
UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 3120th Towards Autonomous
Robotic Systems
Conference (TAROS)
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/robotics/events/taros2019/
The 20th TAROS conference will be hosted by It offers a friendly environment for robotics
the Centre for Advanced Robotics at Queen researchers and industry to take stock and plan
Mary University of London from the 3rd to the future progress.
5th of July 2019.
It welcomes senior researchers and research
TAROS is the longest running UK-hosted students alike, and specifically provides
international conference on Robotics and opportunities for research students and young
Autonomous Systems (RAS), which is aimed research scientists to present their work to the
at the presentation and discussion of the latest scientific community.
results and methods in autonomous robotics
research and applications.
LOCATION
Queen Mary University of London,
Mile End Road,
London,
E1 4NS
LONDON
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 33COGX
https://cogx.co
CogX is a leader in the AI event space and has Confirmed speakers include leading experts,
built a strong event brand. It will be held at King’s successful CEOs, and noted academics. CogX
Cross, London 10 June 2019 9:00 am- 12 June also offers flexible ticketing options, allowing
2019 5:00pm attendees to purchase full event passes or expo-
only tickets allowing you to witness over 70 tech
Last year’s conference saw 6,500 attendees
companies share their newest developments.
learn from over 350 presenters.
Topics discussed include:
• the changing attitude towards AI
• human-centric computing
• AI’s impact on industries as diverse as
music and banking.
2019 promises to be even better.
LOCATION
King’s Cross,
London,
N1C 4BH
LONDON
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 35YorRobot
Exhibition
https://www.york.ac.uk/yorrobots/
This is one-day event consists of talks & show-
and-tell activities shared between the University
of York and potential industrial collaborators.
YorRobots is an institution-wide initiative bringing
together researchers and practitioners with an
interest in robotics and autonomous systems,
and their applications.
Our goal is to maximise the impact of robotics
expertise at York to the benefit of UK industry.
YorRobots will promote and facilitate research
in the development of advanced, ethical, safe,
trusted, reliable, and certifiable mobile and
autonomous robots.
LOCATION
University of York,
York,
YO10 5DD
YORK
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 37MiRo Developer
workshop
https://www.ukras.org/event/miro-developer-worshop
The 2019 MiRo Developer workshop is an MiRo’s technical capabilities and functionality. Day 1
opportunity for researchers, educators and will also include tutorials on the MiRoSim developer
developers to learn about, and create new environment and the MiRoCode education environment.
A social event is planned for the evening of the first
functionality for, the MiRo robot.
day. On Day 2, participants will work in group projects,
The workshop is being organised by Sheffield decided on day 1, to develop new MiRo functionality.
Robotics in collaboration with the University of Group activities will be supported from CQR and
Sheffield Diamond, the Department of Computer Sheffield Robotics technical and research staff. The
day will include discussion of future development and
Science, and Consequential Robotics the
collaboration opportunities
creators of MiRo.
Who should get involved?
Please note: We recommend that you bring your own
Day 1 is intended for everyone with an interest in using
laptop to the workshops
MiRo, particular in the domains of education, therapy
What is the workshop about? and research. Day 2 is targeted towards people with
The 2019 MiRo Developer workshop is an opportunity some programming experience (no robotics experience
for researchers, educators and developers to learn required!). The workshop is intended for University
about, and create new functionality for, the MiRo research and academic staff, postgraduate students
robot. The workshop is being organised by Sheffield (MSc or PhD), primary/secondary/tertiary educators.
Robotics in collaboration with the University of Sheffield Enquiries from commercial companies are welcome.
Diamond, the Department of Computer Science, and
General Public:
Consequential Robotics the creators of MiRo.
If you would like to meet MiRo you can do this by
What activities are planned? visiting the Sheffield Robotics Open Lab event on the
Day 1 of the workshop will include talks from 25th June 2019 2-4pm, Pam Liversidge Building,
Consequential Robotics founders on the (i) the ideas Floor B, Newcastle Street, S1 3JD. Please register via
and industrial design behind MiRo; (ii) MiRo’s biomimetic Eventbrite:
brain-based control system and the potential for
https://sheffield-robotics.eventbrite.co.uk
animal-like robots in education and therapy; and (iii)
LOCATION
University of Sheffield’s Engineering
teaching facility, the Diamond
SHEFFIELD
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 39Talking to Machines:
from MUSA to the
Google Assistant
https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/events/talking-to-machines-from-musa-to-the-google.htm
The Edinburgh Centre for Robotics is hosting history when those technologies can enable a
Roberto Pieraccini who for more than three machine like the Google Assistant to be light
decades, has been actively working towards the years ahead in performance and sophistication
goal of building machines that can intelligently as compared with analogous efforts of the past.
converse with humans using speech.
This talk is about the story of that journey, the
The technologies that enable a machine to problems encountered and the solutions that
recognize the words of an utterance, understand helped shape today’s technology landscape in
its meaning, decide how to act on that, perform this area.
an action and generate a spoken message back
It is the story of the relentless improvement of
to a user where very limited thirty years ago. In
the spoken human-machine technology, until
spite of those limitations, with the help of good
today’s successes and beyond. It is also about
design practices, effective tools, smart usage
the excitement of being working, at this very
of data and machine learning, we relentlessly
moment in time, on an exciting project like the
made strides in advancing the performance and
Google Assistant, and help create a possible
bringing measurable value to users.
future for the machines who talk.
The dream of a human-like automated agent has
not been fully realized yet, and many problems
remain to be solved, but we are at a time in
LOCATION
Seminar Room
EDINBURGH Robotarium,
Earl Mountbatten Building,
Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh,
EH14 4AS
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 41Artificial Intelligence
and Public Health
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/events/2019/jun/
artificial-intelligence-and-public-health
From drug discovery to healthcare provision,
health innovation is being turned on its head
by artificial intelligence (AI). What are the
implications for patients, healthcare systems
and society? Leading economist Mariana
Mazzucato chairs a discussion with AI expert
Ian Hogarth and NHS National Services
Scotland’s Carol Sinclair.
This event, in partnership with the British
Library, is part of the Innovation and the Welfare
State series, a dynamic new lecture series
that explores how we can deliver public value
through innovation. The series brings world-
leading thinkers to debate how we can rethink
healthcare, green growth, public access to
knowledge and new forms of data ownership as
part of the 21st-century welfare state.
LOCATION
Knowledge Centre,
British Library,
96 Euston Road,
London,
NW1 2DB,
LONDON
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 43Microrobots for cell/drug
delivery and treatment of
vascular diseases
https://www.ukras.org/event/microrobots-for-cell-drug-delivery-and-
treatment-of-vascular-diseases
Medical microrobots have various possibilities for These microrobots demonstrated various
biomedical applications by transporting cells or drive mechanisms that mimic novel swimming
drugs to restore damaged tissues or organs. In strategies in the small world with precise
this presentation, various magnetically actuated locomotion. Second, tethered and unpopulated
microrobots are introduced for precise control microrobots with wireless magnetic manipulation
by external magnetic fields to achieve their are also presented for the treatment of vascular
specific goals. diseases such as thrombosis.
First, three-dimensional (3D) laser lithography These robots are in mm scale and will be used in
was used to create complete 3D microrobot future with a medical imaging system for precise
structures using various types of photocurable locomotion and registration in a heart phantom
materials. A nickel / titanium bilayer was and heart of an animal. Our microrobots will be
deposited by sputtering on the microrobots for a potential tool in the microrobot field for various
magnetic activation and biocompatibility. biomedical applications.
LOCATION
2.56, School of Electronic
and Electrical Engineering,
LEEDS Faulty of Engineering,
University of Leeds,
Leeds,
LS2 9JT
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 45The second AI in health & care
study group with industry
http://www.datascience.manchester.ac.uk/events-1/events/the-second-ai-in-health-care-
study-group-with-industry/
The Knowledge Transfer Network with the University A key component to developing a successful
of Manchester and University of Cardiff is organising and booming AI in health and care eco-system
two separate, three-day Study Groups based at is providing tangible examples of the successful
the respective universities to help UK organisations application of AI detailing the techniques,
working in the health & care to understand the value successes, and limitations on real data.
and insight of their data through the application of
These Study Groups will bring researchers from
artificial intelligence.
across the UK together with a number of industrial
The Study Groups will take the form of two three-day organisations (large, Governmental, SMEs) to tackle
events held at UK universities where up to 40 UK some of the most interesting challenges in this sector.
researchers will work on your set challenge to provide
Please note, this Study Group is open to academic
you with insight and potential future R&D avenues.
researchers at UK research organisations only.
In recent years, there has been a huge surge in
KTN and the University of Manchester are looking
interest in artificial intelligence (AI) for health & care.
for researchers to work on different problems
In a recent speech by the Prime Minister, it was
including:
asserted that “the United Kingdom will use data,
artificial intelligence and innovation to transform • Development of a Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-
the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of Embedded artefact filter for RNAseq based
diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart disease and biomarkers – presented by Almac Diagnostic
dementia by 2010.”. Services
Additional to these areas are huge commercial • AI-enabled Prebiotic Discovery Platform
opportunities in public health, vaccination, medicine presented by Unilever
discovery and manufacture, mental health services,
• Secure Machine Learning for Rare Disease
medical technology for monitoring lifestyle and
Prediction presented by Mendelian
behaviour.
LOCATION
University of Manchester,
Old Hall Lane,
Manchester,
MANCHESTER M14 6HA
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 47Cheltenham
Science festival
https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science
The UK-RAS School Robot Competition will be
participating at the Cheltenham Science festival
This year. From stargazing, fun activity trails and
family days to a large animal dissection live on
the Festival site, Cheltenham Science Festival
offers science galore for all ages.
GCHQ Cyber Zone at the Festival
Step into a fascinating digital world…
Come into the GCHQCyber Zone and see what
it’s like to be a code cracker, ethical hacker and
cyber security expert. Escape to cyber space
using our virtual reality headsets and try your
hand at coding, solving puzzles and gaming.
Find out more about how to defend the web,
get hands-on with new technology and meet
top experts in our packed programme of free
activities throughout the week.
LOCATION
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
UK
CHELTENHAM
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UK ROBOTICS WEEK 2019 || 49Convergence Science
in Surgical Oncology
National Symposium
https://crukimperialcentre.co.uk/what-s-on/
A one-day symposium aimed at a Further information
multidisciplinary audience, including surgeons, Further information about this course is available
biologists, physicists, data scientists and on the CRUK Imperial Centre’s What’s On page.
engineers.
The overall aim of the symposium is to highlight
General enquiries
the importance of convergence science in the
Please contact Jennifer Halton (j.halton@
development of novel technologies to help
imperial.ac.uk).
improve pre-, intra- and post-operative decision
making in cancer surgery.
Fees
Three rates are available. Please make sure you
select the rate applicable to you from the ticket
options below.
£50.00 - Academic/Clinical Delegate rate
£100.00 - Industry Delegate rate
Free of charge - PhD Student rate
LOCATION
Royal Geographic Society
1 Kensington Gore,
London,
SW7 2AR
LONDON
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