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Innovate UK, under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, via the knowledge transfer network, invites applications for its robotics and artificial intelligence – inspect, maintain and repair in extreme environments call. This supports business-led collaborations that will work to develop robotic and artificial intelligence systems that remove humans from infrastructure inspection, maintenance and repair in extreme environments. The challenge is to develop technologies and systems that make unmanned operation the standard approach in areas such as off-shore energy, nuclear energy, mining and space.
In this competition individuals can apply to take part, on behalf of an eligible organisation, in a five-day residential innovation lab, which will run from 10 to 14 September 2018. The attendees will work together to develop collaborative proposals for research and innovation projects. Eligible organisations include UK-based businesses, academic, charity, public sector organisations or research and technology organisations. The project must be collaborative, business-led, UK-based and involve at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise.
The total budget is 瞿15 million and project should be worth between 瞿2m and 瞿6m in total. For industrial research projects, funding covers up to 70 per cent of eligible project costs for small businesses, up to 60 per cent for medium-sized businesses and up to 50 per cent for large businesses. For experimental development projects, funding covers up to 45 per cent of eligible costs for small businesses, up to 35 per cent for medium-sized businesses and up to 25 per cent for large businesses.