Funding News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/funding Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:17:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-Favicon-1-e1705495184773-32x32.png Funding News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/funding 32 32 Robotics & Automation in review 2025: the stories, signals and shifts that shaped the year https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/robotics-automation-in-review-2025-the-stories-signals-and-shifts-that-shaped-the-year.html Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:16:59 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28826 If 2024 was the year robotics and automation proved it could scale, 2025 was the year the conversation moved on to how it scales: skills, integration, capital, regulation and measurable [...]

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]]> Innovate UK survey finds innovators outpaced non-innovators as finance constraints hit almost half of firms https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/funding/innovate-uk-survey-finds-innovators-outpaced-non-innovators-as-finance-constraints-hit-almost-half-of-firms.html Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:43:32 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28809 Innovative UK businesses reported markedly stronger sales growth than non-innovators in the past year, but access to finance remains the most commonly cited barrier to innovation, according to Innovate UK’s [...]

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]]> EIB signs €50m financing deal with Comau to support robotics and automation R&D https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/funding/eib-signs-e50m-financing-deal-with-comau-to-support-robotics-and-automation-rd.html Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:17:09 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28806 The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Italian automation specialist Comau have signed a €50m finance contract to support Comau’s research, development and innovation programme in robotics, advanced automation, machine tool [...]

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]]> DSIT awards £54m to eight medicine R&D projects https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/funding/dsit-awards-54m-to-eight-medicine-rd-projects.html Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:19:53 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28624 The UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has awarded more than £54 million across eight R&D projects through the Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Programme. This programme is a [...]

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]]> UMA launches to advance AI at scale https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/ai/uma-launches-to-advance-ai-at-scale.html Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:50:59 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28691 A new robotics company, UMA (Universal Mechanical Assistant), has launched to bring advanced artificial intelligence (AI) into the physical world and build humanoid robots ready for real work, in real environments, [...]

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]]> North Wales AI growth zone to provide 3,400 jobs https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/funding/north-wales-ai-growth-zone-to-provide-3400-jobs.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:22:46 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28585 The UK secretary of state for science, innovation and technology has announced that North Wales is in line for more than 3,400 new jobs through newly announced AI Growth Zone. [...]

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]]> UKRI provides £21m to stop cyber attackers https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/ai/ukri-provides-21m-to-stop-cyber-attackers.html Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:33:11 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28614 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced that £21m backing for technology to stop cyber attackers. Innovative technology that can be integrated into existing computer hardware and blocks up to [...]

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]]> UK and Netherlands sign Innovation Partnership https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/ai/uk-and-netherlands-sign-innovation-partnership.html Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:02:54 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28587 The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has announced a new UK-Netherlands partnership on science and tech. The deal has been agreed by ministers from both countries and focuses [...]

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]]> DSIT updates Spärck AI scholarships programme https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/ai/dsit-updates-sparck-ai-scholarships-programme.html Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:17:55 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28576 The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has announced that exceptional students will receive fully funded AI master’s degrees at Britain’s top 9 universities. The Spärck AI scholarships, named [...]

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]]> Bradford-based Keighley College opens Technical Engineering Centre https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/funding/bradford-based-keighley-college-opens-technical-engineering-centre.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:00:54 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28571 Keighley College’s Technical Engineering Centre (TEC) has been officially opened. The multi-million pound facility is part of the Providence Park industrial development located at the former Universal Mills site, on [...]

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