{"id":32736,"date":"2021-03-10T14:29:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T14:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/?p=32736"},"modified":"2021-03-10T14:29:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T14:29:27","slug":"work-starts-on-22m-edinburgh-robotics-research-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/work-starts-on-22m-edinburgh-robotics-research-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Work starts on \u00a322M Edinburgh robotics research centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Edinburgh210310.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Edinburgh210310.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Edinburgh210310.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Edinburgh210310-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Robertson Construction has begun work on the National Robotarium at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility, which will be the largest and most advanced of its type in the UK, will be a centre of excellence for pioneering research&nbsp;for robotics and artificial intelligence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National&nbsp;Robotarium&nbsp;will create innovative solutions to global challenges using cutting-edge research, product design and industry collaboration. Bringing together academics and global companies, the facility will provide a catalyst for entrepreneurship and is expected to deliver sustainable economic benefit to Edinburgh, the UK and beyond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Cairns, Managing Director,\u00a0Robertson Construction\u00a0Central East\u00a0said:\u00a0\u201cThe National\u00a0Robotarium\u00a0building is designed to be as innovative as the research taking place within its walls. The commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Sustainability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sustainability<\/a> and the wellbeing of\u00a0its\u00a0staff and students mean the\u00a0facility\u00a0will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Operational_carbon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">energy efficiency<\/a>\u00a0and production and will boast considerable green space.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funded as part of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal, the National\u00a0Robotarium\u00a0is a collaboration between Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh. The 3,700m<sup>2<\/sup> building will house three distinct research and development areas, providing bespoke facilities for Robotics &amp; Autonomous Systems (RAS), Human &amp; Robotics Interaction (HRI) and High Precision Manufacturing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robertson Construction has begun work on the National Robotarium at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. The facility, which will be the largest and most advanced of its type in the UK, will be a centre of excellence for pioneering research&nbsp;for robotics and artificial intelligence.&nbsp; The National&nbsp;Robotarium&nbsp;will create innovative solutions to global challenges using cutting-edge research, product [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weekly-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Edinburgh210310.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3WsLP-8w0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32738,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32736\/revisions\/32738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}