Blog Post
Why Bristol is leading the UK’s robotics revolution
James Cook, The Telegraph • Aug 27, 2019
It’s the middle of the summer holidays and the University of the West of England (UWE), just north of Bristol city centre, appears eerily deserted. The car parks are empty and the buildings are almost all silent. But in a quiet corner of the campus, a group of the UK’s smartest engineers are hard at work developing world-leading robots such as 3D-printed bionic limbs for children, robotic animals for the elderly, and futuristic wheelchairs.
Bristol has become the foremost city in the UK for companies developing robotics inventions. The combination of office space and academic courses from the UWE and the University of Bristol, and local investors, has led world-leading hardware firms to choose...
