

ABOUT THE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION AWARDS
The Robotics & Automation Awards will highlight innovation demonstrated by both British and international organisations in the application of robotic or automated systems throughout the value chain of a range of prominent industries – including, but not limited to, logistics, manufacturing, retail, food and beverage, aerospace, cleaning and sanitation, construction, agriculture and more!
Judges
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Andrea Paoli
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Robotics and Automation, Loughborough University -
Robbie Cato
Group automation manager, Morrisons -
Nabil Aouf
Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Director of Systems, Autonomy and Control (SAC) Centre, Director of London Space Innovation (LSI) Centre at City, University of London., City University of London -
James Fant-Male
Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems -
Aris Alexoulis
Senior Lecturer in Mechatronics, Manchester Metropolitan University -
Dean Whitehouse
Head of AI Risk Assessment, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology -
Helmut Hauser
Professor of Soft Robotics and Morphological Computation , University of Bristol -
Ralph Lange
Strategic Portfolio Robotics, Bosch -
Matthew Wallis
Head of Logistics Projects, Lidl -
Tjeerd Olde Scheper
Research Lead in Computing, Oxford Brookes University -
Kartikeya Walia
Lecturer and Researcher in Robotics and Design Engineering , Nottingham Trent University -
Belinda Clarke
Founding Director, Agri-TechE -
Will Kinghorn
Technology adoption specialist - Robotics and Automation, Made Smarter -
ChowSiing Sia
Senior Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University; Head of STEAM Hub for EUREKA Robotics Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University -
Simon Thorne
Researcher and Lecturer in AI, Data Science, Human Factors. Software Engineering and Spreadsheet Risk, Cardiff Metropolitan University -
Oana Jinga
Chief Commercial & Product Officier and Co-founder , Dexory -
Yang Gao
Professor of Robotics, Head of Centre for Robotics Research, King's College London -
Laura Capper
Head of Manufacturing & Construction, NatWest -
Niels Lohse
Professor of Manufacturing Automation and Robotics, University of Birmingham -
Kathleen Richardson
Director of Women Ethics Robots AI and Data (WERAID) Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots and AI, De Montfort University -
Edith-Clare Hall
Final Year PhD Candidate and Women in Robotics UK Lead, Women in Robotics -
Maria Koskinopoulou
Assistant Professor in Robotics and Computer Vision, Heriot-Watt University -
Niamh Donnelly
Co-founder & Chief Robotics Officer , Akara -
Barry Whyte
Global Business Development Director Troax Group. Specialising in Services, Robotics & Automation, Troax -
Julie Wall
Professor of AI & Advanced Computing, University of West London -
Antonia Tzemaki
Senior Lecturer in Robotics, University of Bristol -
Rosa Wells
FE Principal and Dean for Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths, University College Birmingham -
Nicola Bailey
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Department of Engineering, King's College London -
Nadia Dijiad
Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of West London -
Maria Stukoff
Director of the Maker Space, University of Salford -
Hongmei He
Professor in Artificial Intelligence for Robotics and Autonomous Systems, University of Salford -
Udit Srivastav
Digital Science Associate, bp -
James Kell
Technical Director, Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd -
William Holderbaum
Professor of Mathematics and Engineering, University of Reading -
Vali Lalioti
Professor Creative XR and Robotics, Director of Programmes, Creative Computing Institute, University of Arts London -
Sara Adela
Lecturer in Robotics, University College London -
Daniela Sawyer
Senior Theme Lead - Automation, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre - University of Sheffield -
Vasilii Mishchenko
Executive Vice President Robofacturing, Arrival Group -
Ingo Keller
Head of Robotics, The National Robotarium -
Orr Fabian
Chief Technology Officer, Skyline Robotics