Hot Robotics Facility
The facility is arranged across three regional nodes with four research partners.
UKAEA - RACE Facility
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Remote Applications in Challenging Environments, Oxfordshire
RACE forms the primary NNUF-HR hub where a large array of robots and mock-ups are housed. Additional functionality is provided through 'hot' test capabilities and portable solutions.
Collaboration with academia and industry is facilitated by RACE's proximity to Harwell, AWE and a multitude of academic institutions.
University of Bristol
The University of Bristol's facility will provide substantial space for developing mobile robotic applications as enhanced tools for environmental field surveying.
Its main capabilities will focus on UAVs and mobile ground vehicles and it offers 245 acres of space for test deployments.
University of Manchester
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Dalton Cumbrian Facility
Located at the centre of the UK’s nuclear industry in West Cumbria, this facility provides mock-ups and robotic equipment to enable researchers to address nuclear decommissioning challenges.
Specific capabilities include a pond equipped with an underwater position system, robotic manipulators and a variety of mobile robots.
National Nuclear Laboratory
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Workington Facility, Cumbria
NNL’s facility comprises of equipment and flexible floorspace to develop, test, and demonstrate robotic solutions for the nuclear industry.
The research test rigs available at the NNL Workington Laboratory will be on an industrial scale, acting as a link between low TRL robotics research and technology progression to TRL 9. (For more information, please see the NNL page on this website).
