Edinburgh Centre for Robotics awarded £1m funding to boost AI research

Researchers in Edinburgh have been awarded nearly £1m of funding to investigate how robots can be integrated into homes and care facilities of the future to support healthcare professionals. The money will go to the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics (ERC), a joint venture between Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh. It comes from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of an overall £6.5m The ERC will develop artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to create four new robots to improve the delivery of healthcare and emergency response. They will include a TIAGO service robot that could assist healthcare professionals and family carers with physical and cognitive support.