Edinburgh Centre for Robotics
Edinburgh Centre for Robotics
Robots that can learn, adapt and take decisions will revolutionise our economy and society over the next 20 years. Researchers at the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics (ECR) work on a range of topics in the field of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), with a focus on safety and safe interaction between robots, people and their environments.
The ECR is leading the UK effort to realise its industrial potential in this revolution, by producing a new generation of highly skilled researchers, trained to take a central role through technical skill coupled to industry and market awareness. Our graduates are innovation-ready, equipped through cohort-wide training to conduct world-leading responsible research with effective scientific, creative, ethical and enterprise skills. Our PhD programmes closely align with our industrial project partners, operating in a wide variety of RAS market sectors including renewable energy, oil and gas, healthcare, assisted living, construction, defence, transport, space, automotive, manufacturing, nuclear, digital media and education.
About
The ECR harnesses the potential of 50+ world leading investigators from a range of cross-disciplinary research groups and institutes across Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh.
Research
Research in the ECR focuses on the interactions amongst robots, people, environments, and autonomous systems, designed and integrated for different applications, scales and modalities. We aim to apply fundamental theoretical methods to real-world problems on real robots solving pressing commercial and societal needs.
Training
The ECR hosts a number of Centres for Doctoral Training in the area of robotics and autonomous systems. Our 4-year PhD programmes offer an individually tailored training opportunity designed to provide a strong general grounding in current theory, methods and applications, while students concurrently define their specialised PhD research area with their supervisor. Our programmes also include additional training in responsible research and enterprise skills as well the opportunity for international placements. We are now accepting applications for students in our new UKRI AI CDT in Dependable and Deployable AI for Robotics (CDT-D2AIR).