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Dstl state-of-the-art robot trialled to seek out chemical agents

Homeland January 15, 2021

Official DPRTE partner, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), have successfully trialled a fully autonomous robot that will help defence and security personnel dealing with hazardous scenes. Dstl scientists have developed a prototype robot so that humans and machines can now share the burden of detecting and report dangerous chemicals ...

Record number of armed forces personnel help with Covid response

Homeland January 15, 2021

The Defence Secretary has updated Parliament on the role the UK Armed Forces are playing to tackle Covid. The record 5,300 personnel committed to winter and Covid operations are currently supporting 56 different tasks in the UK and abroad – this includes the vaccine rollout, NHS support and community testing across the ...

DPRTE partner DASA to fund new wave of AI for the military

Homeland January 13, 2021

The second phase of funded proposals has been announced for the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Intelligent Ship competition to revolutionise military decision-making, mission planning and automation. Phase 2 of Intelligent Ship, run by DASA on behalf of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), both official event partners of DPRTE 2021, sought novel ...

Manufacturers say COVID-19 has made them more open to innovation

Homeland January 11, 2021

New research commissioned by Digital Catapult and the Made Smarter Technology Accelerator reveals that COVID-19 could prove to be a turning point when it comes to UK manufacturers implementing advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, the internet of things or 5G, with 77% saying that the pandemic has made their ...