LEADING THE WAY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI), ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS The West of England region is home to the largest cluster of robotic companies in the UK. Credit: Open Bionics KEY EMPLOYMENT SECTORS INVEST Artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and autonomous systems are being supported WE ARE A BRISTOL in a variety of industries: Advanced Engineering, Aerospace, Healthcare & Medical, Nuclear, Manufacturing, Energy, TECHNOLOGY AND BATH Transport and Logistics, Environmental, Agriculture, Food & Drink, Creative Industries, Leisure and Gaming, World-class area rich in robotics, Construction, Education, Composites. POWERHOUSE aerospace technology, manufacturing and engineering. LEADING THE WAY A magnet for hardware/software The region is leading the way in Connected development, where Robotics, AI, IoT, Autonomous Vehicles, Assistive Robotics, Communication, Analytics converge. Smart Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Verifiable Autonomy, Teleoperation, World first programmable autonomous Aerial Robotics, Service robotics, Cobotics, robot (Grey Walter), Transputer chip Human Robot Interaction, Machine Vision, (Inmos), and Autonomous Bacteria Swarm robotics, Robot Ethics, 5G and Powered Robot (Ecobot). wireless testbeds, Smart Cities, Bioenergy Dynamic tech ecosystem and rich and Self sustainable Systems, Biomimetic heritage of robotics innovation. and Neuro-robotics and Soft Robotics. The area is home to globally Companies and organisations BRISTOL ROBOTICS recognised tech clusters in are working together to LABORATORY Robotics, Aerospace and produce adaptable robotics The UK’s largest academic centre for Advanced Engineering, High that interact with the real multidisciplinary robotics research. Tech, Creative & Digital and world, especially with humans One of the largest robotics labs in Europe. Low Carbon Technologies and and society in unpredictable, is a great place to locate to. unstructured and uncertain Outstanding research, and teaching and learning. movements. Organisations in the region A community of over 380 staff, are raising productivity on We are home to well- students and businesses. robotics and boosting the connected academic centres A magnet for international talent – economic growth to enable and robotic clusters. 50 different nationalities. Bristol and Bath to become Award winning Hardware Incubator one of the strongest & Robotics Innovation Facility. economies in Europe. AN IDEAL ROBOTIC LOCATION NETWORKS LOCATE TO THE AREA WITH A WORLD CLASS AND RECEIVE ACCESS TO: TALENT BASE Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) West of England Robotics network Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS) Women in Robotics network Centre for Modelling and Simulation (CFMS) European Robotics League BRL Hardware Incubator Business support programmes in BRL Robotics Innovation Facility SABRE/Echord BRL Assisted Robotics Facility National Centre for Nuclear Robotics Bristol Robotics Laboratory FARSCOPE Future Space (FS) Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Robotics and Autonomous systems UWE University Enterprise Zone National Composites Centre A highly skilled diverse workforce Bristol & Bath Science Park (BBSP) Bristol Virtual Reality Lab South Gloucestshire Bristol North Somerset Bath & North East Somerset CONTACT US [email protected] For more information please visit westofenglandroboticsnetwork.org www.bristolandbath.co.uk.