Press

Press coverage of ORCA Hub and our research:

Robots primed to revolutionise offshore energy industry safety - Energy Voice, July 2021

Edinburgh's Orca Hub secures £2.5m to power up robotics research - The Scotsman, June 2021

Offshore energy robotics researcher ORCA Hub secures £2.5m funding boost - Energy Voice, June 2021

New Depths: Robots In Scotland's Subsea Industries - SDI, December 2020

Ocean infrastructure: AI and automation in extreme conditions - TechMonitor, November 2020

A question of trust: how the offshore industry is pioneering human-to-robot communication - Offshore Technology, November 2020

When Physical & Virtual Worlds Connect - Subsea UK News October 2020 edition, page 6

How robots can reduce accidents in offshore energy asset inspection - HazardEx magazine, October 2020 edition

Teaching offshore robots to speak our language - BBC News

How robotics could help us with the COVID crisis - The Scotsman

Robotics Advances Inside the ORCA Hub - Offshore Engineer magazine July/August 2020

ORCA announces new partnerships - Heriot-Watt University News

Multi-million Drone Solution Unveiled for Offshore Energy Assets - Energy Voice

Robotic Inspectors Developed to Fix Wind Farms - BBC News

Scientist Unveil Robotic Inspectors for Offshore Wind Farms - Digit

Robotics and Autonomous Systems: from Science fiction to today's reality - by ORCA Independent Steering Committee Chair, Simon Reeve - Lloyd's Register

In Harm's Way: Putting Robots to Work in Hazardous Environments - by ORCA Independent Steering Committee Chair, Simon Reeve - Energy Voice

The ORCA Hub - Leading the way in offshore robotics - Periscope

Robotics and Autonomous Systems in Offshore Wind Operation and Maintenance Services...60 Seconds with Alistair McConnell, Research Associate, University of Edinburgh, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Scientists test four-legged robot that could replace humans on remote oil rigs, The Telegraph

Interface Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2019 shortlist revealed, insider.co.uk

The next great leap forward? Combining robots with the Internet of Things, The Conversation

Guardian University Awards 2019:
Business Collaboration: award winner and runners up
, The Guardian

Robotics consortium in offshore technology funding boost, BBC News

New £36m project to develop robots for offshore energy, Energy Live News

Workers suspended from a wind turbine offshore

Rebecca Allison - Manager of the Asset Integrity Solution Centre, The OGTC:

“The ORCA Hub is really important in helping us achieve that dream in transforming the way we work. Fundamental science, research and innovation plays a key part in all of that.”

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