Metahand, a robotic metamorphic hand, was demonstrated by a team from King's College London as part of the Robots for Resilient Infrastructure Robotic Challenge Event that took place on 27 to 28 June at Weetwood Hall, Leeds. The event in UK Robotics Week 2017 showcased the current state-of-the-art of robotics for infrastructure through a packed programme of talks and demonstrations. It brought together over 80 academics, industry, policy makers and stakeholders to explore the use of robotics in the creation, inspection, repair and maintenance of critical infrastructure. The metahand's shape changing ability was inspired by origami folding and enables the hand to perform more sophisticated grasping and manipulation tasks. It also allows the robotic hand to be fully folded to pass through tight spaces. Here Jie Sun shows the hand in action and talks about the value of attending the Robotics Challenge Event.

A drone system capable of autonomously perching on a street lamppost and installing a remote camera was demonstrated by a team from the University of Southampton as part of the Robots for Resilient Infrastructure Robotic Challenge Event that took place on 27 to 28 June at Weetwood Hall, Leeds. The event was part of the UK Robotics Week 2017, and showcased the current state-of-the-art of robotics for infrastructure through a packed programme of talks and demonstrations. The event brought together over 80 academics, industry, policy makers and stakeholders to explore the use of robotics in the creation, inspection, repair and maintenance of critical infrastructure. Here Dr Chang Liu explains more about their drone system and the value of attending the Robotics Challenge Event.

A robot that can monitor and navigate its way round a dynamic environment to complete tasks with minimum input from a human operator was demonstrated by a team from the University of Edinburgh. The demonstration took place at the Robots for Resilient Infrastructure Robotic Challenge Event (27 to 28 June at Weetwood Hall, Leeds), part of UK Robotics Week 2017, which showcased the current state-of-the-art of robotics for infrastructure through a packed programme of talks and demonstrations. The event brought together over 80 academics, industry, policy makers and stakeholders to explore the use of robotics in the creation, inspection, repair and maintenance of critical infrastructure. Here Wolfgang Merkt explains more about how their system works and the value of attending the Robotics Challenge Event.

A metamorphic walker capable of changing shape and mimicking various modes of animal movement was demonstrated by a team from Tianjin University and King's College London. The demonstration was part of the Robots for Resilient Infrastructure Robotic Challenge Event that took place on 27 to 28 June at Weetwood Hall, Leeds. The event was in UK Robotics Week 2017, and showcased the current state-of-the-art of robotics for infrastructure through a packed programme of talks and demonstrations. The event brought together over 80 academics, industry, policy makers and stakeholders to explore the use of robotics in the creation, inspection, repair and maintenance of critical infrastructure. Here Zhao Tang talks about the metamorphic walker and the value of attending the Robotics Challenge Event.

A system to detect emotion in a crowd situation was demonstrated by Wenxuan Mou (Queen Mary University of London) as part of the Robots for Resilient Infrastructure Robotic Challenge Event that took place on 27 to 28 June at Weetwood Hall, Leeds. The event took place in UK Robotics Week 2017 and showcased the current state-of-the-art of robotics for infrastructure through a packed programme of talks and demonstrations. The event brought together over 80 academics, industry, policy makers and stakeholders to explore the use of robotics in the creation, inspection, repair and maintenance of critical infrastructure. Here Wenxuan explains more about how her system works and the value of attending the Robotics Challenge Event.

The Robots for Resilient Infrastructure Robotic Challenge Event took place on 27 to 28 June at Weetwood Hall, Leeds, as part of the UK Robotics Week 2017, to showcase the current state-of-the-art of robotics for infrastructure through a packed programme of talks and demonstrations. The event brought together over 80 academics, industry, policy makers and stakeholders to explore the use of robotics in the creation, inspection, repair and maintenance of critical infrastructure. Nine teams from across the UK came to compete, along with several video-only entries from international teams. This film gives an overview of the event and competing robots.

The Robots for Resilient Infrastructure Robotic Challenge Event took place on 27 to 28 June at Weetwood Hall, Leeds, as part of the UK Robotics Week 2017, to showcase the current state-of-the-art of robotics for infrastructure through a packed programme of talks and demonstrations. The event brought together over 80 academics, industry, policy makers and stakeholders to explore the use of robotics in the creation, inspection, repair and maintenance of critical infrastructure. Ten teams from across the UK came to compete, along with several video-only entries from international teams. This film gives a flavour of the event and what happened.

A drone system to monitor and autonomously direct trucks around obstacles was demonstrated by a team from the University of Leeds as part of the Robots for Resilient Infrastructure Robotic Challenge Event that took place on 27 to 28 June at Weetwood Hall, Leeds. The event was part of the UK Robotics Week 2017 and showcased the current state-of-the-art of robotics for infrastructure through a packed programme of talks and demonstrations. The event brought together over 80 academics, industry, policy makers and stakeholders to explore the use of robotics in the creation, inspection, repair and maintenance of critical infrastructure. Here Dr Bilal Kaddouh explains how their drone system works, what inspired it and the value of attending the Robotics Challenge Event.

A pipe inspection robot that is powered wirelessly was demonstrated by a team from the University of Leeds as part of the Robots for Resilient Infrastructure Robotic Challenge Event that took place on 27 to 28 June at Weetwood Hall, Leeds. The event took place in UK Robotics Week 2017, and showcased the current state-of-the-art of robotics for infrastructure through a packed programme of talks and demonstrations. The event brought together over 80 academics, industry, policy makers and stakeholders to explore the use of robotics in the creation, inspection, repair and maintenance of critical infrastructure. Here Dr Viktor Doychnov talks about the difficulty of inspecting pipes and the advantage of wireless power delivery shown in their demonstration.