Made Smarter Innovation: Industry ready Robotics and Automation

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £6 million in innovation projects. These will be for innovation in late-stage robotics and automation to increase productivity, sustainability and resilience within manufacturing processes.

The aim of this competition is to develop and demonstrate industrially ready robotics and automation solutions deployable within a factory production area.

Your proposal must:

deliver an innovative digital development or significantly novel application of robotics and automation
overcome a technical barrier within manufacturing processes in a factory production area

Eligibility

Your project must:

have total costs between £200,000 and £4 million
not exceed the maximum grant limit of 50% of your total costs
start by 1 October 2023
end by 31 December 2024
last between 9 months and 15 months
involve at least one factory
include both manufacturing and digital technology capabilities in your consortium
be applicable to at least one manufacturing sector
carry out all of its project work in the UK
intend to exploit the results from or in the UK