Launch of the Smart Machines 2035 Strategy
This is for anyone interested in smart machines from across industry, academia and government.
Recording now available
To celebrate the launch of the Smart Machines 2035 Strategy we would like to invite you to view the recording of a launch event by the Robotics Growth Partnership and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, delivered by Innovate UK.
You will hear from Caroline France (DSIT) about the context of the strategy, from David Bisset (EU Robotics Forum) about the consultation process (including our consultations from September and October 2024), and from Paul Clarke (formerly of Ocado) about the recommendations in the strategy.
“Smart Machines are collaboratively networked tools acting alongside us in the physical world. With embodied intelligence they act semi-independently to assist us. Today they are transport vehicles, warehousing systems, manufacturing facilities and inspection platforms. They enhance our productivity, maintain our infrastructure and remove us from dangerous environments, keeping us safe.
By 2035 however, they will be much more integrated into our work and social communities, ubiquitous, mundane, and hiding in plain sight. They will be woven into the fabric of our society, playing essential roles in our daily lives. They will communicate and collaborate with our devices, AIs, other Smart Machines and us. They will embody artificial intelligence that assists us in the physical world. In hospitals they will free up doctors and nurses to spend more time with patients.”– Smart Machines 2035, A Strategy for UK Leadership
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.