An independent vision from the UK’s Robotics Growth Partnership
for a new cyber-physical infrastructure to accelerate innovation
has been published by the Department for Business, Energy
& Industrial Strategy.
The cyber-physical
infrastructure: empowering innovation, people, robots and smart
machines to enhance prosperity, resilience, sustainability and
security
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MB, 65 pages
Response from Minister
Freeman welcoming the report and setting out next
steps
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KB, 2 pages
Details
The Robotics Growth Partnership is an independent advisory body
established by government in 2019 with the aim of putting the UK
at the cutting edge of the global smart robotics revolution,
boosting economic productivity and unlocking benefits across
society.
This vision document outlines how a connected ecosystem of
virtual and physical infrastructure would help drive faster,
cheaper and lower risk innovation in smart robotics as well as
other technology areas and across sectors.
It sets out how the development of a cyber-physical
infrastructure incorporating connected physical infrastructure
and innovation environments (such as testbeds and living labs)
and digital tools and platforms (including synthetic environments
such as digital twins and simulation and emulation tools) could
help develop new solutions to solving real problems in sectors
including agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare or logistics.
