The project has been funded through the Accelerator for Cumbria and Oxfordshire Robotics in Nuclear (acorn.ac.uk) and the academic research theme of the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Collaboration (RAICo), a partnership between the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, UK Atomic Energy Authority, Sellafield Ltd and The University of Manchester.

RAICo aims to accelerate the development and deployment of robotics and AI technologies for nuclear decommissioning and operates from the RAICo1 facility in Whitehaven, Cumbria.

The post will be based primarily at the RAICo1 site and will work in close collaboration with researchers from Strathclyde’s SEARCH laboratory and a growing community of robotics and AI researchers based within RAICo1.

Although initially advertised as a 1-year position, there is strong potential for extension subject to project success and anticipated follow-on funding.

The project will address the challenge of remotely inspectin...