Bristol Robotics Laboratory

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|directors = Arthur Richards and Matthew Studley

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|faculty = School of Engineering, UWE
Faculty of Engineering, Bristol

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|city = Bristol, United Kingdom

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|affiliations = University of the West of England
University of Bristol

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|website = http://www.bristolroboticslab.com

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The Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), established in 2005, is the largest academic centre for multi-disciplinary robotics research in the UK.{{cite web|title=Bristol Robotics Laboratory |url=http://www.brl.ac.uk/ |publisher=brl.ac.uk |accessdate=16 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122183424/http://www.brl.ac.uk/ |archivedate=22 January 2014 }}{{cite web|title=Mobile phone runs on urine power|url=http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/news.aspx?id=2598|publisher=info.uwe.ac.uk|accessdate=16 February 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222131959/http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/news.aspx?id=2598|archivedate=22 February 2014}}{{cite web|title=Bristol Robotics Laboratory|url=http://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/en/organisations/bristol-robotics-laboratory(f44afa62-5a73-45ca-baa4-df8b7b7fca02).html|publisher=research-information.bristol.ac.uk|accessdate=16 February 2014}}{{cite web|title=No need to feel left out if there's a robot about|url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2013/10027.html|publisher=bristol.ac.uk|accessdate=16 February 2014}}{{cite web|title=UK's biggest robot laboratory opens in Bristol|url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/UK-s-biggest-robot-laboratory-opens-Bristol/story-16039940-detail/story.html|publisher=bristolpost.co.uk|accessdate=16 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222204355/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/UK-s-biggest-robot-laboratory-opens-Bristol/story-16039940-detail/story.html|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}} It is the result of a collaboration between the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England in Bristol and is situated on UWE's Frenchay Campus. An internationally recognised Centre of Excellence in Robotics, the Bristol Robotics Laboratory covers an area of over 4,600 sq. metres (50,000 sq. feet).{{Cite web|url=https://www.bristolroboticslab.com/about-us|title=About Bristol Robotics Laboratory|accessdate=5 May 2023}} The Laboratory is currently involved in interdisciplinary research projects addressing key areas of robot capabilities and applications including human-robot interaction, unmanned aerial vehicles, driverless cars, swarm robotics, non-linear control, machine vision, robot ethics and soft robotics. The BRL co-directors are Professors Arthur Richards{{Cite web|url=https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/arthur-g-richards|title=Professor Arthur Richards|accessdate=5 May 2023}} and Matthew Studley.{{Cite web|url=https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/Matthew2Studley|title=Dr Matthew Studley|accessdate=9 Jan 2024}}