laboratory · UWE Bristol Frenchay Campus, Bristol
Bristol Robotics Laboratory
A joint venture between UWE Bristol and the University of Bristol, run as one laboratory rather than two competing ones.
Inside Bristol Robotics Laboratory, the joint UWE Bristol and University of Bristol facility. Anders Sandberg · CC BY 2.0
Where it sits
Part of UWE Bristol and the University of Bristol.
Holds one named facility: Robotics Innovation Facility Bristol.
What happens here
A joint venture between UWE Bristol and the University of Bristol, run as one laboratory rather than two competing ones. Research groups work across soft robotics, human-robot interaction, unmanned aerial systems, autonomous systems safety and assisted living, alongside an incubation space for robotics start-ups on the same floor as the research.
What it can do
- Soft robotics and bio-inspired machine design
- Human-robot interaction and assisted-living research spaces
- Unmanned aerial systems flight arena
- Verification and safety of autonomous systems
- Robotics start-up incubation on site
Can I use it?
Brokered access
Robotics Innovation Facility Bristol offers businesses funded time to trial robotics in a real facility.
Operator’s own pageBrokered access
Incubation space for robotics companies, applied for through the laboratory.
Operator’s own page
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- Bristol Robotics Laboratory · checked 2026-08-25
- UWE Bristol research · checked 2026-08-25
- Every capability line above is taken from the operator’s own published pages. Access is recorded separately, and left empty where UKIZ cannot show a real route.
Image provenance
- THIRD_PARTY
- Wikimedia Commons · Anders Sandberg · CC BY 2.0
- Source page · checked 2026-08-14 · taken 2008-09-19
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