News
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Posted on Tuesday 14 April 2015
Robots on reins could be the ‘eyes’ of firefighters
Firefighters moving through smoke-filled buildings could save vital seconds and find it easier to identify objects and obstacles, thanks to revolutionary reins that enable robots to act like guide dogs
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Posted on Friday 03 April 2015
Congratulations in order for MERI PhD student in Dallas
Abubakar Mohammed, one of MERI's PhD students, travelled to Dallas, Texas last month to attend NACE International's Corrosion 2015 conference
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Posted on Thursday 12 March 2015
Reins project in the news!
The Reins project, which has been a joint collaboration between the Centre for Automation and Robotics at Sheffield Hallam University and King's College London has been discussed in phys.org, a leading web-based science, research and technology news service, as well as in Electronics Weekly
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Posted on Thursday 05 March 2015
Symposium on Field Robotics
On 5th of March, Sheffield Robotics (a collaboration between Sheffield Hallam and Sheffield University) held a one-day symposium on Field Robotics.
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Posted on Saturday 14 February 2015
Pioneering researcher unveils new auxetic materials projects
MERI's Professor Andrew Alderson is leading several projects looking at commercial uses for auxetic materials, which become thicker when stretched or thinner when compressed
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Posted on Saturday 31 January 2015
Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014
The quality of our research has now been confirmed by the results of the national Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014
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Posted on Wednesday 21 January 2015
Launch of Sheffield Robotics
On the 10th of December 2014 the Centre for Automation and Robotics Research (CARR) and the Art and Design Research Centre (ADRC) together with the University of Sheffield celebrated the launch of Sheffield Robotics (previously known as SCENTRO)
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Posted on Thursday 01 January 2015
School Visit
Sheffield Hallam University's Centre for Automation and Robotics Research (CARR) visited Hunters Bar Junior School in December 2014 to talk to Year 4 pupils about robots and research into robotics
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Posted on Friday 25 July 2014
£5.7m facilities which will benefit our clients
A University research centre which investigates coatings for space satellites and is at the cutting edge of robotic technology is moving to a new home as part of a £5.7m revamp
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Posted on Wednesday 09 July 2014
Auxetic Laparosphere for Advanced Medical Applications
Sheffield Hallam University's Professor Andy Alderson was at the House of Lords to give a talk for the Knowledge Transfer Network at the House of Lords