The EPSRC UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems network wishes to fund pump priming activities that aim to deliver impact in robotics and autonomous systems on one or more of the following:
- identifying research gaps and challenges;
- developing scoping projects to explore wider research collaboration;
- devising roadmaps or strategic solutions via:
- the production of white papers;
- organising robotics challenges, workshops, symposia and conferences;
- promoting academia-industry liaison;
- addressing barriers to robotics entrepreneurship in the UK;
- creating public engagement activities, such as:
- exhibitions;
- hackathons;
- festivals;
- conferences;
- demonstrations;
Please note, the pump priming activities should not undertake academic research directly (for example, research work that leads to academic research papers) – please see EPSRC website for funding opportunities for direct research.
