The University of Manchester has announced that it will be opening a new multi-disciplinary R&D centre to advance smart robotics, especially solutions which use artificial intelligence (AI) and/or autonomous machining processes.
The University of Manchester claims to have developed a strong reputation in the fields of AI and robotics, with the centre’s launch event featuring a discussion on how humans and smart robots can cohabitate and work together.
Professor Cangelosi, co-director of the Manchester Centre for Robotics and AI, said: “Our research and innovation team are at the interface between robotics, autonomy and AI – and their knowledge is drawn from across the university’s disciplines, including biological and medical sciences – as well the humanities and even theology.
“This rich diversity offers Manchester a distinctive approach to designing robots and autonomous systems for real world applications, especially when combined with our novel use of AI-based knowledge.”
What’s more, the new centre will aim to: design control systems with a focus on bio-inspired solutions to mechatronics; develop new software engineering and AI methodologies for verification in autonomous systems; research human-robot interaction; and research ethics and human-centred robotics issues.
The university likewise hopes to use the centre to advance understanding of the impact of the use of robots and autonomous systems on society.
