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Sellafield and RAICo trial contamination swabbing quadruped robot

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:10:27 +0000

Sellafield Ltd. and the Robotics & AI Collaboration (RAICo) have announced a successful trial of a contamination swabbing tool, mounted on a quadruped robot, in an area containing radioactive material. [...]

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Robotics & Automation in review 2025: the stories, signals and shifts that shaped the year

John Thornton — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:16:59 +0000

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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North Wales AI growth zone to provide 3,400 jobs

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:22:46 +0000

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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The National Decommissioning Authority launches robotics partnership to manage nuclear waste

Michelle Mooney — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:02:09 +0000

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has announced a major new partnership to trial advanced robotic technology aimed at transforming the way radioactive waste is managed in the UK. In a [...]

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Snake-like inspection robot slithers into Dounreay nuclear laboratory

Michelle Mooney — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:04:40 +0000

An inspection robot has been used to inspect a potentially hazardous area at Scotland’s largest nuclear demolition project. The University of Manchester has partnered with the University of Nottingham to [...]

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UK achieves ‘world-first’ autonomous robot inspection inside fusion energy facility

Michelle Mooney — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:47:59 +0000

In a step toward the commercial viability of fusion energy, a UK-based robotics alliance has demonstrated that part of a fusion facility’s maintenance can be carried out by an autonomous [...]

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UK targets Russian energy supply with new £196m high-tech nuclear facility

Ursula O’Sullivan-Dale — Wed, 08 May 2024 08:00:54 +0000

The UK government has pledged £196m to create what it has called Europe’s first-ever nuclear fuel facility, equipped with advanced technologies, in Cheshire. The site is set to be built [...]

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Robot dog performs radiation test at Large Hadron Collider

Ursula O’Sullivan-Dale — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 10:00:14 +0000

A robotic quadruped has performed a radiation test at The European Organisation for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, after patrolling one section of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The LHC [...]

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Sellafield to develop nuclear decommissioning robots

Reuben Henry-Fellows — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 17:17:33 +0000

Sellafield’s remote operated vehicles (ROV) department has shared new technological innovations across the industry, including robots to operate in hazardous conditions. The Engineering Centre of Excellence in Cleator Moor, West [...]

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New project aims to automate monitoring of small nuclear reactors

Ursula O’Sullivan-Dale — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 08:00:47 +0000

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and luxury automaker Rolls-Royce SMR have partnered to use automation to safely monitor nuclear Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). Small nuclear reactors are a type of [...]

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