• Looking at the technology required for safe nuclear decommissioning
• The challenges involved with designing robots to be robust, reliable, safe and able to withstand highly radioactive environments
• The opportunities these robots present
• What does the future of robots for hazardous environments look like

• Eliminating waste, improving efficiency and increasing output
• What are the advantages and drawbacks of replacing human labour with robots?
• How effective is robotic construction?

• Machine learning systems that are providing surgical assistance
• Will AI, drones and robotics transform the NHS and healthcare?
• What are the innovation projections for the next 10 years
• Innovative case studies – what has worked and what hasn’t?

The Innovation Incubator is an area dedicated to grow, nourish and accelerate fresh ideas, solutions and future projects, presented by those at the heart of their creation. This exclusive area will give the best start-ups, students and up-and-coming engineers the chance to gain the recognition they deserve for developing the robotics solutions of the future.

In this talk, I will present how academia can play a leading role in developing innovation in industry and highlight some of the benefits and pitfalls of working with academia. Examples of past and current projects in the marine environment will be used to support our arguments. We will also present the National Robotarium, a recently created centre for innovation at the interface of academic and industry in the UK. 

• What does the next decade look like for robotic innovation?
• Are these goals realistic?
• How can we ensure the flow of funding remains continuous for future projects?

• How have robots helped us gain further knowledge about space?
• What other sectors have helped shape the robots we use for space discovery?
• Future projects
• The importance of these robots

• How Milton Keynes University Hospital have been the first in Europe to use Versius
• Limitations and challenges – are there any implications, will human surgeons become irrelevant?
• What does this mean for medicine and robotics?
• What opportunities do surgical robotics present?

• Looking at how Covid-19 has affected medical, delivery and the food supply sectors
• What does this mean for the future?
• What innovations have worked, and which haven’t?