Over 60 people attended the Robotics Forum 2017 Industry Day, bringing together interested industry players and academics to discuss robotics.

The Imperial College Industry Day was held on Friday, 22^nd November at the South Kensington Campus. Organised by the Imperial College Robotics Forum, this events invited interested industry to come and meet researchers active in the robotics domain at Imperial College, and learn more about partnership opportunities.

Vice-Provost Nick Jennings opens the Industry Day

The event kicked off with an introduction by Prof. Nick Jennings, Vice-Provost of Research, followed by an introduction to Corporate partnerships at Imperial College. After an overview of the Robotics Forum activities, different researchers at Imperial College highlighted successful cases of public-private partnerships between Imperial College and Industry for robotic applications.

Different kinds of industry-Imperial collaborations were showcased; including Cortexica (https://www.cortexica.com), one of the bioengineering department spin-offs from Anil Bharath and the Dyson lab of Andrew Davison and Stefan Leutenegger (www.imperial.ac.uk/dyson-robotics-lab). Mirko Kovac introduced the new Aerial-Robotics Laboratory opening in October 2017, and Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena showcased EDEN2020, a neurosurgical robotic solution developed in partnership with industry and due for completion in 2020. Demonstrations during the reception included the EU-FP7 eNHANCE project from Aldo Faisal, as well as the gripable.org company, which is a start-up from the Human Robotics Group from Etienne Burdet.

With over 60 people in attendance, the day was well received by all and we are looking forward to seeing new initiatives in robotics applications across many domains. The full programme of the day can be found here, and more details of the Robotics Forum can be accessed by their website.