During this UK National Robotics Proving Ground competition briefing, we outline how to apply for up to £500,000 of funding to develop your vision for the UK’s next-generation service robotics facilities.

1. www.ktn-uk.org
Mel Cassley, KTN
UK National Robotics
Proving Ground Briefing
14th October 2021

2. Housekeeping
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• Please use the separate chat function to Introduce yourselves and network
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3. Agenda
09:30 – Welcome
09:35 – Intro from IUK, background to programme
10:00 – KTN to introduce our internal programme
10:15 – Competition scope and application process
11:00 – Q&A session
11:15 – Break/networking
11:30 – Online Brokerage
12:20 – Wrap up and Closing Remarks

4. 1 Welcome and introductions
2 Part 1
SBRI key features, intro to Innovate UK and UKRI
3 Part 2
Scope, eligibility criteria
4 Part 3
The Innovation Funding Service, application finances
5 Part 4
Submitting your application, assessment, project setup for
successful applicants
Agenda

5. Introduction to
Innovate UK and
UKRI

6. We work with the government
to invest over £7 billion a year
in research and innovation by
partnering with academia and
industry to make the impossible,
possible. Through the UK’s nine
leading academic and industrial
funding councils, we create
knowledge with impact.

7. Innovate UK drives productivity and
economic growth by supporting
businesses to develop new ideas.
We connect businesses to the people
that can help them, and fund businesses
and research collaborations in all
economic sectors, value chains and
UK regions to accelerate innovation.
Innovate UK

8. Scope

9. The Robots For A Safer World Challenge
• Launched in 2017
• £112m over four years
• We’ve funded over 100 Innovate UK projects, across the UK, from
Falmouth, to Orkney
• Four EPSRC academic research hubs
• Funded projects have put robots 4000m under the ocean, into low-
earth orbit, to Chernobyl …
• Remarkable company successes

10. No. projects 43
No. partners 132
Grant £36.4m
Match £27.0m
Offshore

11. Space
No. projects 8
No. partners 23
Grant £12.6m
Match £9.7m
Space

12. No. projects 18
No. partners 55
Grant £37.0m
Match £42.0m
Nuclear

13. Off-shore
Nuclear
Space
Cross-Cutting
No. projects 43
No. partners 132
Grant £36.4m
Match £27.0m
No. projects 8
No. partners 23
Grant £12.6m
Match £9.7m
No. projects 34
No. partners 102
Grant £15.8m
Match £8.5m
No. projects 18
No. partners 55
Grant £37.0m
Match £42.0m
Robots for a Safer World 2017-2021
2021-2022
COVID-19
Healthcare
4 projects
£0.9m
Agri-tech & Food
processing
11 projects
£1.8m
Construction &
Infrastructure
11 projects
£2.6m
Logistics
5 projects
£0.9m
+16 projects directly funded by the
Challenge + approx. 20 IUK Covid-
19 fast-start projects.

16. Robots For A Safer World extension & expansion
Autonomous logistics
COVID Net Zero
Assisted living
Agriculture
Construction
Robotics for
offshore
renewables,
energy storage,
carbon capture &
storage, biofuel
production
Oil & gas
decommissioning
Novel energy generation –
e.g. space solar
Recycling &
circular economy
General-purpose
remote working
Delivery Drones
Sanitation Robotics
Retail & Hospitality
Environmental
monitoring
Medical & Healthcare
Robotics
Hospital logistics
Infrastructure Monitoring
& Repair (e.g. Rail,
Energy, Telecoms)
Nuclear
Space
Offshore
Cross-cutting
ISCF Robots for a
Safer World original
Challenge focus

17. The valley of death treacle

18. The valley of death treacle
Rate
of
development
Support
from IUK,
partners &
Investors
Academia
Market roll-out,
revenue, user
acceptance, adoption
(Gap)
(Slow, inflexible, possible to
get stuck)

19. The valley of death treacle
Rate
of
development
Support
from IUK,
partners &
Investors
Academia
Accelerated market
adoption.
Scale into markets not
originally targeted
Attract scale-up
investment and partners
Low cost access to
standardised, internationally
recognised test facilities – raise
customer confidence, validate
utility and safety
Prove

21. ‘DARPA Style’ challenges to
inspire, develop skills
and push boundaries
Nationally and Internationally
recognized standard testing &
performance benchmarks
Highly instrumented
Draw in overseas
skills and investment
Remotely and virtually accessible
Through digital twins, simulation
and remote access assets
Engage with public-
sector end-users
UK Robotics
Proving Ground
Centralised,
or regionally diverse

22. • Addressable Markets Definition
• System Requirements Definition
• Facility Utilisation Plan
• Community (Industry / Academia / RTO etc) generated concepts
• Business case development
• Full proposal development
Full proposal in 2022, to include business case for c. £10m-£50m investment
Public sector partners
The UK Service Robotics Proving Ground next
steps: Preliminary Activities

23. www.ktn-uk.org
Mel Cassley, KTN
Service Robotics Proving
Ground Scoping Study

24. KTN exists to connect innovators with
new partners and new opportunities
beyond their existing thinking –
accelerating ambitious ideas into real-
world solutions.
Connecting for
Positive Change

25. Service Robotics Proving Grounds – Market Research
• Evidence gathering to demonstrate the need for a UK National
Service Robotics Proving Ground
• Your voice counts, we want our findings to be as inclusive as
possible

26. How to get involved
• Fill out the short survey
• You’ll receive an overview of the interview questions
• Arrange a date
• Engage in 1hr interview
• Findings shared with IUK

27. Timeline
Auxiliary
ideas event
Competition
briefing event
December
November 22nd November
Interviews

28. Auxiliary ideas event
Sign up: to interviews here
https://info.ktn-uk.org/p/2VFU-9QC/robotics-survey
• Hear from some of the UKs robotics test facilities
• Results of scoping study
• Workshop

29. Test facilities trends so far
Cost models
Capabilities
Skills
Governance

30. Diversity in Innovation
• 82% of young people view the business sector as
difficult to access (IUK)
• Half of the young people in the UK think age is a
barrier to business success (IUK)
• Up to £250 billion could be added to the UK economy
if women started and scaled businesses at the same
rate as men (Rose Review)
• Mainstream support for business lead innovation
underutilized by minority groups (IUK)
• Diverse teams are better positioned to unlock
innovation that drives market growth (Forbes)
• 82% of young people view the
business sector as difficult to access
(IUK)
• Half of the young people in the UK
think age is a barrier to business
success (IUK)
• Up to £250 billion could be added to
the UK economy if women started and
scaled businesses at the same rate as
men (Rose Review)
• Mainstream support for business lead
innovation underutilised by minority
groups (IUK)
• Diverse teams are better positioned to
unlock innovation that drives market
growth (Forbes)
Diversity in Innovation

31. We Want to Speak to You
Mel Cassley Sign up here:
melanie.cassley@ktn-uk.org https://info.ktn-uk.org/p/2VFU-9QC/robotics-survey

32. • Addressable Markets Definition
• System Requirements Definition
• Facility Utilisation Plan
• Community (Industry / Academia / RTO etc) generated concepts
• Business case development
• Full proposal development
Full proposal in 2022, to include business case for c. £10m-£50m investment
Public sector partners
The UK Service Robotics Proving Ground next
steps: Preliminary Activities

33. Organisations can apply for a share of up to £500,000
inclusive of VAT, to develop high level design concepts for a
UK National Robotics Proving Ground.
Summary

34. This is a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition funded by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and
Innovation (UKRI), to support the development of the UK’s National Robotics Proving Ground.
The aim of the competition is to develop:
• initial operating concepts
• system architectures
• specifications
• visualisations
• supporting systems and equipment
• challenge prize competitions
• other novel ideas
The outputs from this short competition, will inform UKRI what type of facilities can be developed with capital
infrastructure funding and the scale of the funding required. Subject to approval of future funding, further support
would be available from the UKRI infrastructure fund to develop concepts into real world construction and use.
Any adoption and implementation of a solution from this competition would be subject to a separate, competitive,
procurement or grant funding exercise. This competition does not cover the purchase of any solution.
In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition closes at 11am UK
time on the date of the deadline.
Summary

35. A total of up to £500,000 inclusive of VAT, is allocated to this competition.
Contracts awarded will be up to £75,000, inclusive of VAT, for each project. We expect to
fund between 5 and 10 projects.
The total funding available for the competition can change. The funders have the right to:
• adjust the provisional funding
• apply a ‘portfolio’ approach
Subsidy Control
SBRI competitions involve procurement of R&D services at a fair market value and are not
subject to Subsidy control criteria that typically apply to grant funding.
Funding

36. Innovate UK is seeking capital infrastructure funding from the UKRI infrastructure fund, to develop National
Robotics Proving Ground facilities. The facilities would aim to accelerate the development and adoption of a
new generation of service robotics.
There are a wide variety of ways in which such facilities could be delivered across different locations in the
UK.
This competition gives organisations an opportunity to develop and share their visions for how such a facility
could be realised, and what its technical capabilities would need to be.
Your proposal can be for a project that delivers a short feasibility study working towards one or more of this
competitions specific themes.
All deliverables must be completed by 31 March 2022.
Your proposal

37. Your project can focus one or more of the following:
• architectural and system concept visualisations
• testing and instrumentation equipment capabilities or specifications
• robotics testing procedure specifications
• concepts for rapidly reconfigurable testing environments
• technologies to enable nationwide or worldwide remote access of robots and robotic testing infrastructure
• technologies to enable digital simulation or emulation based robotics testing environments (digital twins or
synthetic environments)
• high-level operating concepts; outlining how your organisation or consortium would develop a robotics
proving ground and what its capabilities would be
• a challenge prize competition design that uses the robotics proving ground facilities
This list is not intended to be exhaustive.
Themes

38. We will not fund projects that:
• have capital infrastructure development, for example, simple purchases of equipment or development of
new or existing testing infrastructure
• do not offer deliverables aligned to the development of a National Robotics Proving Ground in the UK
• are focused on any facilities or capabilities outside of the UK
• have concepts for proving ground designs or systems that are not legally, economically, physically or
ethically viable
• have total eligible costs or project terms outside of the eligibility guidance
Out of scope

39. 40
SBRI: the small business
research initiative
Helping government:
SBRI helps government organisations solve tough
challenges by connecting them with innovative
businesses.
Helping businesses:
SBRI offers innovators the chance to win a
government contract to help demonstrate and
develop their new technologies.
Helping government, helping businesses
Jenny Griffiths, founder, Snap Fashion

40. What is SBRI?
Small business research initiative
Pre-commercial procurement
Requires a lead customer
Outcome-driven solutions
Well-defined challenges
100% funded R&D services procurement contracts

41. Why SBRI?
§ Reduced bureaucracy in comparison with typical R&D
grants – quicker start-up times
§ Businesses retain IP, which provides an incentive to
innovate and continue developing technology
§ Opportunity to engage with public sector organisations that
would have previously been impossible. Provides the
public sector with cutting-edge technologies.
§ Creates a market and a demand for specific technologies
§ 100% funded, rather than matched grant funding, reducing
the pressure on businesses
§ Open to any organisation
§ Favourable for SMEs – 66% of contracts were awarded to
SMEs
§ Focus on exploring the ‘art of the possible’ and
commercialising technology

42. Applying for SBRI
Key points to remember:
§ This is a contract, not a grant. You are agreeing to deliver what you’ve set out in
your application.
§ At least 50% of your costs must be R&D services
§ Payment will be made against the achievement of milestones, not costs incurred
and defrayed
§ You must complete the milestone section – we may review these with you prior
to contract award.
§ You will be assessed on demonstrating value for money.
§ You must not include profit.
§ You retain all rights to the IPR
§ All costs MUST include VAT. We will not provide VAT advice, but note the current
VAT thresholds.
§ Contracts are non-negotiable
§ Your costs will be reviewed by our finance team following assessment.

43. Eligibility criteria

44. Project eligibility
To lead a project you must:
ü be an organisation of any size
ü work alone or with others organisations as subcontractors only
ü have concepts for Robotics testing infrastructure that can be delivered in the
UK
Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity
Project cost Up to £75,000 inclusive of VAT for each projects
Project length Up to 2 months
Project start date By the 1st February 2022
Project end date By the 31st March 2022
Eligibility criteria

45. • Business – Micro, Small, Medium or Large
• Research Organisation (RO) of any size:
• Universities (HEIs)
• Non profit distributing Research & Technology Organisation (RTO) including Catapults
• Public Sector Research Establishments (PSRE)
• Research Council Institutes (RCI)
• Public sector organisations and charities doing research activity of any size
• When the lead applicant is working with subcontractors, they will still be classed as the main contractor.
• For more information on company sizes, please refer to the Company accounts guidance.
Types of organisations we fund

46. To help you understand whether you are eligible to apply we have created an eligibility tree.
Am I eligible to apply

47. Timeline Dates
Competition Opens 11th October 2021
Briefing Event 14th October 2021
Submission Deadline 11am on 10th November 2021
Applicants informed & feedback received 30th November 2021
Contracts awarded From 1st January 2022
Key Dates

48. Innovation Funding
Service (IFS)

49. Search for a funding competition and review criteria

50. Applicant: create an account
To create your account:
UK registered businesses - Use Companies House
lookup as it speeds up our checks by providing your
company number as you are unable to enter it at a
later date
Non-UK registered businesses – Manually enter your
information
Research organisations, academics & Universities
- Enter your information manually so you’re not listed
as a business on IFS

51. Project Details
Application Team
Contributors: Invite colleagues from your own organisation to help you complete your application
Application Details
The lead must complete this section. Give your project’s title, start date and duration.
Who made you aware of the competition?
Select a category to state who made you aware of the competition. You cannot choose more than one.
How long has your organisation been established for?
Select a category to state how long has your organisation been established for. You cannot choose more
than one.
What is your organisation’s primary area of focus?
Select a category to state your organisation’s primary focus area. You cannot choose more than one.

52. Project Details continued
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We collect and report on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) data to address under-
representation in business innovation and ensure equality, diversity and inclusion across all our
activities.
Project Summary
Please provide a short summary of your project and describe how it meets the scope of the
competition.
Public Description
Description of your project which will be published if you are successful

53. Application form Appendix
Question 1 Applicant location (not scored) No
Question 2 Themes (not scored) No
Question 3 Proposed idea or technology Yes - optional
Question 4 Project plan and methodology No
Question 5 Team and expertise No
Question 6 Costs and value for money Yes - optional
Application Questions
Detailed guidance available on IFS

54. Application finances

55. Ineligible:
• discretionary bonuses
• performance related payments of
any kind
• sick days
• waiting time
• training days
• non-productive time
Eligible:
• gross salary
• National Insurance
• company pension contribution
• life insurance
• other non-discretionary package
costs
Labour

56. Overheads
Innovate UK’s definition:
Additional costs and operational expenses
incurred directly as a result of the project. These
could include additional costs for administrative
staff, general IT, rent and utilities
Indirect (administration) overheads
• please ensure they are additional and
directly attributable to the delivery of
the project
Direct overheads
• E.g. office utilities, IT infrastructure,
laptop provision not covered by capital
usage
• must be directly attributable to the
project
• Provide detailed breakdown together
with methodology/basis of
apportionment

57. Material costs
Please be clear on what the
materials are, just putting
consumables doesn’t provide
enough detail.
If insufficient information is
provided, we will request more
information should you be
successful which may delay your
project start date.

58. Capital equipment usage
Eligible:
Used in the project or shared with day-
to-day production.
Calculations will need to be in line with
your accounting practices.
Even if the equipment is depreciated
fully over the life of the project this must
be added under capital equipment.

59. Subcontractors
Eligible:
Justified and quantified.
If you’re subcontracting to a parent
or sister company, please ensure
you list at cost and do not include
profit.

60. Travel & subsistence
Eligible:
Costs must be directly linked to the
project
Please breakdown your costs as
follows:
• Travel
• Accommodation
• Subsistence
If you have an annual trip to visit
the parent company this is not an
eligible cost

61. Other costs
Eligible:
• Costs that could not be added under
previous headings
• Do not double count

62. VAT
If you are a VAT registered
organisation you will not need to enter
your project costs inclusive of VAT as
the application form will calculate the
VAT for you.
If you are not VAT registered then you
can quote without VAT, but you will not
be able to increase invoice values to
cover VAT later on
Make sure not to double count this
as it may increase your project
costs over the limit
Once you have completed your costs you will be asked to confirm if you’re VAT registered. If you select ‘yes’ IFS will
automatically add on VAT calculated at 20%.

63. Project cost summary
Ensure the highlighted
costs fits the criteria for
this competition of up to
£75,000
The lead organisation can
see a summary of project
costs calculated inclusive
of VAT (if VAT registered)

64. Your Organisation
Once you have completed
your costs you will be asked to
select your organisation size,
enter your turnover from the
last financial year and number
of full time employees at your
organisation

65. Payment Milestones
Enter each milestone and any associated
payments
Once all milestones have been entered, mark the section as complete

66. Before you can submit your application you
must agree to the draft terms and conditions for
this procurement competition. They will differ
from any you have agreed to before.
Terms and Conditions

67. Submitting your
application

68. Submit your application early!
Be aware of the
potential for last
minute technical
issues!

69. Editing a submitted application
Reopen by
clicking here
Remember to
press SUBMIT

70. Assessment

71. Application assessment
All applications are assessed by independent assessors drawn from industry and academia
What do they look for?
• Clear and concise answers
• The right amount of information
• not too much detail
• no assumptions
• Quantification and justification
• A proposal that presents a viable opportunity for growth, a level of innovation that necessitates public
sector investment and has the right team and approach to be successful
Keep your assessors engaged
and interested in your proposal.
You want them to be fascinated
and excited by your idea!

72. Scoring
• We review scores and feedback to check assessors are adhering to our guidelines and scoring
fairly
• In some cases, where we feel a score is unjust and not supported by feedback, we may remove
that score as an outlier and update the total score for the application
• Please be aware that both low and high outliers may be removed and as a result scores may
increase or decrease
If outliers are removed we are unable to reflect this change in the scores you receive as part of
your feedback due to this decision being reached outside the Innovation Funding Service
system

73. Note on feedback
• The feedback is compiled using the written comments of the independent assessors who review
and assess the applications
• It is intended to be constructive in nature and to highlight both the strong as well as the weak
areas of your application
• Please bear in mind that because applications are assessed by a number of assessors, you may
receive information which appears to be conflicting. This may reflect their different interpretations
of the proposal that you submitted
• It must also be noted that some proposals may appear to have been favourably assessed based
on their comments, in such instances it could be that your proposal simply fell below the funding
threshold, with others achieving a higher merit score overall

74. Application assessment
• The score spread shows the difference between the
top and bottom scores
• If score spread is 30 or more we will look to see if an
outlier is apparent
• If there is a 3 or more appear in either the two
columns Count of No Scope or Count of No Recc’d
we review the applications feedback and if justified,
the application will not be eligible for funding

75. • The green box = particular assessor scores on an application
• The purple box = set of scores for a particular question
• The red box = at first glance this looks like an outlier
Identifying outliers

76. Scores and feedback

77. Project setup for
successful applicants

78. Notification
If you are unsuccessful in this competition:
- you can use the feedback from the assessors to develop your idea and apply into
another competition that allows previously submitted applications
If you are successful in this competition:
- you will be assigned a Delivery Executive who will guide you through the Project Set Up
process
- you will have 30 days to complete the project team, project details and bank details
- you will then have 30 days to complete project set up – funding may be withdrawn if this
is not completed within this timeframe
Please ensure all your contact details in the IFS portal are correct
and up to date and that you regularly monitor it

79. Project set up
• All communication will be through IFS
• Lead applicant must provide exploitation plans if applicable
Project delivery
• Claims should be made in accordance with the payment schedule
• Where agreed milestones and deliverables are not met, 20% of the
payment may be withheld until the delivery is complete
• Monitoring of the project includes a visit from the appointed Monitoring
Officer

80. Q&A

81. Customer Support Services:
0300 321 4357 (Monday - Friday 9:00am - 11:30am & 2:00pm - 4:30pm)
support@innovateuk.ukri.org
Knowledge Transfer Network:
www.ktn-uk.co.uk
Innovate UK:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/innovate-uk
Contact

82. @InnovateUK Innovate UK
Innovate UK

83. www.ktn-uk.org
Break until 1130hrs

84. Agenda – Break/Networking Session
09:30 – Welcome
09:35 – Intro from IUK, background to programme
10:00 – KTN to introduce our internal programme
10:15 – Competition scope and application process
11:00 – Q&A session
11:15 – Break/networking
11:30 – Online Brokerage
12:20 – Wrap up and Closing Remarks

85. www.ktn-uk.org
Session 3:
Online Brokerage

86. Extend Robotics
Remote Human-Robot Interface Software for ultimate immersion and intuitiveness, over the internet
We are looking for robot hardware venders and robotic solution integrators to join the consortium
Accurate depth perception
6 Degree of Freedom (DoF)
viewing angle
No motion sickness
Digital twin gesture control
Integrated rapid
automation
Video Link
More demo videos

87. The Cobot Maker Space is a multi-purpose facility,
University of Nottingham, for human-robot interaction
research and engaging stakeholders, particularly
industry. partners.
Our facilities include:
- A variety of co-bots
- A lab for making and research
- A ‘home’ environment study lab
- Human-sensing and recording capabilities, with an emphasis on machine
vision and learning
info@cobotmakerspace.org
https://cobotmakerspace.org/
@MakerCobot

88. Catapult Open
SATELLITE APPLICATIONS CATAPULT
An open access national facility that provides
a test bed for proving underlying cross-
cutting technologies & skills developement.
The facility would be domain agnostic but
supported up by a network of application
centres for scaled commercialisation &
knowledge transfer.
Our Vision
Our role • Access to a rapidly evolving market
• National IOSM demonstration facility
• Cross industry/sector thinking
• Commercialisation approaches
Contact: Jeremy Hadall – jeremy.hadall@sa.catapult.org.uk - 07503 450112
Other roles • Leveraging specific market application
centres to commercialise technologies
• Technical partners to develop technologies

89. Digital Connectivity + Robotics =
Internet of Skills
Contact: Dr. Guodong Zhao, University of Glasgow, UK

90. © GMV – 13/10/2021 - All rights reserved Slide 91 GMV NSL, Airspeed 2, Harwell Campus, OX11 0RL. Contact: Aron Kisdi: akisdi@gmv.com
GMV NSL Pitch for SBRI UK National Robotics Proving Ground
Autonomy software
On-board computer
1.
2.
Rover platform and
arm manipulator
4.
Integrated COTS
Sensors
3.
HERITAGE & EXPERIENCE
Designed for modularity
Remotely swappable
Overprovisioned
processing and storage
5.
Digital twin
Deployed at user premise
Flexible configuration,
calibrated, time-synced,
updated on occasion
High payload, high
power autonomy, self
recharge
HRAF Exploration
GMV/ESA - LUCID Field Tests,
P.N. Teide
• Funded by the European Space Agency, managed
and administrated by ECSAT centre in the UK
• Supports the development and testing of
Complex Autonomous Systems for Space
Exploration scenarios
• Tools and Environments to support complex
Distributed Simulation of Space Exploration
Scenarios
§ High-Level Architecture (HLA), IEEE 1516-2010
based Distributed Simulation Environment
between three countries, using SISO Space
Reference FOM
§ Engineering Framework to ingest abstract
system models (SysML) to generate interface
software enabling rapid simulation development
§ End-to-End System level Testing using Model-
Driven Engineering Framework with Distributed
Simulation environment in Model-in-loop
(simulation) and Hardware-in-loop (real world)
configurations
In 2021 completed 9 field trails:
Agri & mining
Leading H2020
Space Robotics
projects
With focus on on-board
autonomy and V&V
Digital twins and
swarm simulation
GMV Platform Art robotic space test facility
Beast robot with SLAMBOX (left) and MiniB robot (right)

91. © GMV – 13/10/2021 - All rights reserved Slide 92 GMV NSL, Airspeed 2, Harwell Campus, OX11 0RL. Contact: Aron Kisdi: akisdi@gmv.com
GMV NSL Pitch for SBRI UK National Robotics Proving Ground
Idea: Outdoor location for testing navigation that is fully unmanned (only
yearly maintenance), self-sustaining (recharge, instrument swaps) can
be accessed by developers booking time-slots to do trials in real world
without the overhead of travel and setup.
INITIAL OFFER & CONCEPT
Surface terrain
Ground truth
of features
Recharge
station Underground terrain
Any separation
over WAN
Ground truth
Markers
Day / Night
Accurate
ground truth
Manipulation
tasks
Permanent outdoors field trial area
Remote
user at any
location
GMV Offers:
• Accurate GNSS, positioning and timing
• World-wide remote access, secure, fast, already tested
• Flexible modular rover platforms and instrumentation:
• Including low cost outdoors capable platform MiniB ~£1,500
SLAMBOX / NAVBOX, LIDAR and robot arm
• Test procedures and V&V
• Software architecture for distributed simulation
• Simulations and digital twins
• Experience in particular V&V and field trials
Looking for:
• Lead partner or wide consortium
• Partnerships
• Facility / location (although we have some suggestions)
• Data storage (although also potentially available)
• Gravitas to ensure National success and international recognition
4G/5G or
other WAN Weather
Material
testing
3D
mapping
Overprovisioned
instruments
Digital twin
Accurate GNSS

92. Connecting for
Positive Change.
ktn-uk.org
Thank you for attending!