

ABOUT THE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION AWARDS
The Robotics & Automation Awards will highlight innovation demonstrated by both British and international organisations in the application of robotic or automated systems throughout the value chain of a range of prominent industries – including, but not limited to, logistics, manufacturing, retail, food and beverage, aerospace, cleaning and sanitation, construction, agriculture and more!
Judges
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Agnes Wamagui
Knowledge Transfer Manager – Robotics, InnovateUK -
Rosa Wells
FE Principal and Dean for Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths, University College Birmingham -
Antonia Tzemaki
Senior Lecturer in Robotics, University of Bristol -
Laura Capper
Head of Manufacturing & Construction, NatWest -
ChowSiing Sia
Senior Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University; Head of STEAM Hub for EUREKA Robotics Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University -
Niamh Donnelly
Co-founder & Chief Robotics Officer , Akara -
Tjeerd Olde Scheper
Research Lead in Computing, Oxford Brookes University -
Rossi Setchi
Professor in High-Value Manufacturing and Director of IROHMS, Cardiff University -
Barry Whyte
Global Business Development Director Troax Group. Specialising in Services, Robotics & Automation, Troax -
Will Kinghorn
Technology adoption specialist - Robotics and Automation , Made Smarter -
Aris Alexoulis
Senior Lecturer in Mechatronics, Manchester Metropolitan University -
Matthew Wallis
Head of Logistics Projects, Lidl -
Niels Lohse
Professor of Manufacturing Automation and Robotics, University of Birmingham -
Helmut Hauser
Professor of Soft Robotics and Morphological Computation , University of Bristol -
Orr Fabian
Chief Technology Officer, Skyline Robotics -
Gabriella Pizzuto
Robotics Researcher, University of Liverpool -
Ingo Keller
Head of Robotics, The National Robotarium -
Vali Lalioti
Professor Creative XR and Robotics, Director of Programmes, Creative Computing Institute, University of Arts London -
Udit Srivastav
Digital Science Associate, bp -
Dean Whitehouse
Head of AI Risk Assessment, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology -
Daniela Sawyer
Senior Theme Lead - Automation, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre - University of Sheffield -
James Kell
Technical Director, Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd -
James Fant-Male
Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems -
Belinda Clarke
Founding Director, Agri-TechE -
Nabil Aouf
Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Director of Systems, Autonomy and Control (SAC) Centre, Director of London Space Innovation (LSI) Centre at City, University of London., City University of London -
Julie Wall
Professor of AI & Advanced Computing, University of West London -
Hongmei He
Professor in Artificial Intelligence for Robotics and Autonomous Systems, University of Salford -
Andrea Paoli
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Robotics and Automation, Loughborough University -
Edith-Clare Hall
Final Year PhD Candidate and Women in Robotics UK Lead, Women in Robotics -
Maria Koskinopoulou
Assistant Professor in Robotics and Computer Vision, Heriot-Watt University -
Vasilii Mishchenko
Executive Vice President Robofacturing, Arrival Group -
Simon Thorne
Researcher and Lecturer in AI, Data Science, Human Factors. Software Engineering and Spreadsheet Risk, Cardiff Metropolitan University -
Maria Stukoff
Director of the Maker Space, University of Salford -
Robbie Cato
Group automation manager, Morrisons -
Ekaterina Ivanova
Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Queen Mary University of London -
Nadia Dijiad
Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of West London -
Catherine Menon
Principal Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire -
Anuradha Ranasinghe
Senior Lecturer in Robotics, Liverpool Hope University -
Nicola Bailey
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Department of Engineering, King's College London -
William Holderbaum
Professor of Mathematics and Engineering, University of Reading