Episode 6: Robotics in Offshore Renewables

Meet the people leading the UK's energy transition and the greatest innovation adventure of our time! In this episode, we explore a heady mix of advanced AI and robotics with offshore renewables. Recorded on February 6, four robotics and renewable energy industry experts discussed how crawling, climbing and sailing robots, NASA mission planning will revolutionise the offshore wind industry. This episode of Re-Energise brings you the highlights from the morning. On the panel were: Sara Bernardini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Royal Holloway - The University of London. Sara’s experience includes NASA mission planning and development of human-machine interfaces for a variety of audience, including projects for autistic children and the MIMRee project that is introducing end-to-end robotics missions to offshore wind farms. Dr Iain Wallace, Chief Technical Officer, Rovco. Iain has a background in Mars Rover exploration projects for the European Space Agency and now leads development of computer vision, machine learning and autonomy solutions for subsea inspections. Anthony Gordon, Programme Manager, GE Renewable Energy. In his current role, Anthony specialises in bringing new technologies to wind farm operations with the aim of reducing manual maintenance and repairs. Alex Louden, Innovation Manager, Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. Alex manages a host of collaborative disruptive innovation projects aimed at de-risking new technologies for the renewables sector. To view the full 90-minute YouTube Live discussion, visit: https://tinyurl.com/sst27np For more information on this and other developments in our sector, visit https://ore.catapult.org.uk and follow @ORECatapult on Twitter and LinkedIn