Knowledge Cafe: Discuss how assistive robots can and should use your data
June 24, 2022
Date: 30th June, 4.30pm – 8.00pm Participate in this Knowledge Cafe to understand and discuss how intelligent assistive robots use your data and their potential impact. One of the greatest political, social, and economic challenges of the 21st century for western societies with an ageing population is to consider how to maintain a high standard …
The Cobot Maker Space – launch
August 23, 2021
The Cobot Maker Space is a vibrant maker space at the University of Nottingham, exploring the future of collaborative robots. Developed with a combination of Smart Products Beacon and strategic EPSRC funding, the facility will be integral to delivering the research programmes of its Partners – the Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute and the Trustworthy …
DigiTOP Digital Manufacturing Webinar Series
November 11, 2020
The DigiTOP team are presenting a Digital Manufacturing Webinar Series; shedding light on digital technologies, human factors and productivity. Webinars will be delivered by academics from the University of Nottingham, Loughborough University and Cranfield University and cover topics ranging from ‘human-robot collaboration’ to ‘the creative and structured elements of rich pictures’.
Connected Everything & Smart Products Beacon Online Summer School – review
July 28, 2020
Connected Everything and the Smart Products Beacon at the University of Nottingham joined forces to organise an online, three-day Summer School. It focused on the use of collaborative robots (COBOTs) in a post-COVID-19 world in the specific settings of Agri-robotics and those in home and healthcare settings. Chaired by Professor Steve Benford and Dr Nicholas …
The Future of Factory Cleaning Framework
June 15, 2020
Responsible cleaning data collection and use framework Ensuring a hygienic production environment is one of the biggest challenges facing food and drink manufacturers, as the industry responds to a growing demand for closer monitoring of cleaning standards and challenges from elevated allergen management, against the constant backdrop of cost pressures. ‘Industry 4.0’—the next industrial revolution—promises …
Connected Everything and Smart Products Beacon Summer School 2020
May 27, 2020
Connected Everything and the Smart Products Beacon (University of Nottingham) are jointly running an online Summer School on 15-17 July 2020 focused on the use of collaborative robots (COBOTs) in a COVID-19 world. The summer school will be delivered online and there will be no charge to participants as our funding from EPSRC will cover the costs. The challenges …
Smart Products Beacon Workshop
January 28, 2020
Researchers from across the university gathered at a workshop on the 23rd January to shape the next wave of Smart Products Beacon demonstrator projects. Our demonstrator projects aim to test the feasibility of novel ‘smart product’ concepts and create interactive demonstrators that convey research ideas aligned to the core Beacon themes. Our projects will investigate …
AI Technologies for Allergen Detection and Smart Cleaning Food Production Workshop
October 30, 2019
In collaboration with the AI3 Science Discovery (AI3SD) and Internet of Food Things (IoFT) EPSRC Networks the RoboClean team ran a workshop in London on the 17th of October. The focus of the workshop was to discuss how digital technologies such as AI, sensors and robotics can be used for enhanced allergen detection and factory …
Charlotte Gray shares her experiences of working on RoboClean
October 25, 2019
I was introduced to the RoboClean project at Horizon whilst interning with the Advanced Data Analysis Centre. The project investigates the ways in which end-users interact with a robot vacuum cleaner and how a robot responds to user utterances; the aim being to inform its effective design and use within food factories. I was invited …
AI3SD & IoFT AI Technologies for Allergen Detection and Smart Cleaning
October 4, 2019
This event is brought to you by the AI3SD (Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Intelligence for Automated Investigations for Scientific Discovery) and the IoFT (Internet of Food things) Networks. As food allergies and intolerances are on the rise, allergen detection and awareness is becoming more critical than ever at all stages of the food production pipeline; from cleaning the factories …
