National Sustainable Robotics Centre - Birmingham Energy Institute

The National Sustainable Robotics Centre (NSRC) is a state-of-the-art facility, dedicated to advanced robotics solutions for challenges of major societal and economic importance. Located at the Birmingham Energy Innovation Centre in Tyseley Energy Park, the NSRC includes a nationally unique, full-scale industrial robot test-bed, attached to University of Birmingham’s Extreme Robotics Lab. Applications include:  disassembly of complex end-of-life products for recycling and circular economy; nuclear operations and decommissioning; and sustainable manufacturing challenges.

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