Robots have the potential to revolutionise the world's economy and society over the next twenty years, working for us, beside us and interacting with us. The robotics and autonomous systems area has been highlighted by the UK Government in 2013 as one the 8 Great Technologies that underpin the UK's Industrial Strategy for jobs and growth. 

Heriot-Watt University (Engineering and Physical Sciences, Mathematical and Computer Sciences) and the University of Edinburgh (Informatics, Engineering) are jointly offering an innovative 4 year PhD training programme, drawing on our long standing record of postgraduate education in the robotics and autonomous systems area, and research supervision drawing on our established background in all of the above mentioned areas. This will provide individually tailored course and project portfolios during the first year of the programme, ensuring that all students will have a strong grounding in current theory, methods and applications, with flexibility for strategic individualised study, and strong support leading to a specialised PhD project in subsequent years.

A key focus of our Centre is to produce innovation-ready graduates - who can not only make fundamental advances in the theory and development of robotics technology, but also have the skills to take these advances through to achieving impact in the form of new products and new companies. Moreover, the course will develop teamwork and presentation skills and give students a broad appreciation of the ethical issues associated with the Robotics and Autonomous Systems area.

The Centre includes the National Robotarium, a world-leading centre for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, creating innovative solutions to global challenges. 


Robotics

Edinburgh Centre for Robotics

Sethu Vijayakumar

Simon Wanstall

Sabrina McCallum

Miruna Clinciu

Mateusz Ochal

Dimitris Dimakopoulos

Bhathiya Hemanthage

Cristian Novotny

The Doctoral and PhD Researchers at the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics engage in groundbreaking research and development in robotics and autonomous systems. They undertake extensive theoretical and practical training during their first year to build a solid foundation in current methodologies and applications. Following this, they focus on specialized PhD projects, contributing to advances in robotics technology and its practical applications. Their work includes innovating solutions to global challenges, collaborating within the Centre, and developing skills in teamwork, presentation, and navigating ethical issues in robotics.

Doctoral and PhD Researchers

Doctoral and PhD Researchers

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