What the UK learnt on its robotics and AI investment mission to the US

Whilst the'special relationship' between the UK and the US has been put to the test this week following a diplomatic dispute, it's clear that there are still mutually beneficial investment opportunities for the two nations - particularly in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence (RAI). That was the view of a cohort of leading experts from the UK's RAI research, start-up and enterprise communities, who were taken out to California and Texas in March of this year on a mission to meet with some of the US's leading aerospace, marine and cross-cutting technology companies. The cohort included people from D-RiskQ, Shadow Robot, Rolls Royce, London Southbank University, Brunel University, Soil Machine Dynamics, Forth Engineering, Autonomous Devices, Headlight.AI and HyBird. Their feedback was presented at an event yesterday in central London, alongside the publication of their findings in new Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) report - 'USA Robotics & AI in Extreme Environments 2019'. I'd recommend reading the report for a full overview of the mission and the RAI opportunities available.