

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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Kathleen Richardson
Director of Women Ethics Robots AI and Data (WERAID) Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots and AI, De Montfort University -
Ingo Keller
Head of Robotics, The National Robotarium -
Ekaterina Ivanova
Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Queen Mary University of London -
Vasilii Mishchenko
Executive Vice President Robofacturing, Arrival Group -
Laura Capper
Head of Manufacturing & Construction, NatWest -
Robbie Cato
Group automation manager, Morrisons -
Rosa Wells
FE Principal and Dean for Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths, University College Birmingham -
Chang Liu
CEO, Extend Robotics -
Belinda Clarke
Founding Director, Agri-TechE -
Jamshed Iqbal
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Programme Lead (Robotics & AI) - School of Computer Science, University of Hull -
ChowSiing Sia
Senior Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University; Head of STEAM Hub for EUREKA Robotics Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University -
Niamh Donnelly
Co-founder & Chief Robotics Officer , Akara -
Anuradha Ranasinghe
Senior Lecturer in Robotics, Liverpool Hope University -
Sara Adela
Lecturer in Robotics, University College London -
Udit Srivastav
Digital Science Associate, bp -
William Holderbaum
Professor of Mathematics and Engineering, University of Reading -
Aris Alexoulis
Senior Lecturer in Mechatronics, Manchester Metropolitan University -
Simon Thorne
Researcher and Lecturer in AI, Data Science, Human Factors. Software Engineering and Spreadsheet Risk, Cardiff Metropolitan University -
James Fant-Male
Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems -
Oana Jinga
Chief Commercial & Product Officier and Co-founder , Dexory -
Maria Koskinopoulou
Assistant Professor in Robotics and Computer Vision, Heriot-Watt University -
Kartikeya Walia
Lecturer and Researcher in Robotics and Design Engineering , Nottingham Trent University -
Dean Whitehouse
Head of AI Risk Assessment, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology -
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 -
Nadia Dijiad
Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of West London -
Agnes Wamagui
Knowledge Transfer Manager – Robotics, InnovateUK -
Yang Gao
Professor of Robotics, Head of Centre for Robotics Research, King's College London -
Maria Stukoff
Director of the Maker Space, University of Salford -
Vali Lalioti
Professor Creative XR and Robotics, Director of Programmes, Creative Computing Institute, University of Arts London -
Gabriella Pizzuto
Robotics Researcher, University of Liverpool -
Barry Whyte
Global Business Development Director Troax Group. Specialising in Services, Robotics & Automation, Troax -
Nicola Bailey
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Department of Engineering, King's College London -
Antonia Tzemaki
Senior Lecturer in Robotics, University of Bristol -
Ralph Lange
Strategic Portfolio Robotics, Bosch -
Rossi Setchi
Professor in High-Value Manufacturing and Director of IROHMS, Cardiff University -
Edith-Clare Hall
Final Year PhD Candidate and Women in Robotics UK Lead, Women in Robotics -
Helmut Hauser
Professor of Soft Robotics and Morphological Computation , University of Bristol -
Hongmei He
Professor in Artificial Intelligence for Robotics and Autonomous Systems, University of Salford -
Tjeerd Olde Scheper
Research Lead in Computing, Oxford Brookes University -
Catherine Menon
Principal Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire