Oxbotica co-founded by Professor Ingmar Posner to push the frontiers of robotic technology

Pembroke Fellow in Engineering Professor Ingmar Posner is co-leader of the University of Oxford Mobile Robotics Group (MRG), as well as tutor to Pembroke undergraduates.

Today ISIS Innovation (the University's technology commercialisation unit) announced the formation of a spin-out company, Oxbotica, to target new opportunities in robotics and autonomous systems using MRG robotics and autonomous systems technologies.

Current MRG projects include robotic survey systems for roads and railways, low-speed driverless pods for urban transport, the RobotCar autonomous vehicle, and robotic rovers for use on Mars.

Professor Posner said: “We believe that Oxford University’s robotics expertise can transform a wide spectrum of application domains. Our intended markets range from devices that survey our roads, buildings and chemical plants to autonomous systems for warehouse logistics and, of course, autonomous driving.”

MRG co-leader, and Oxbotica co-founder, Professor Paul Newman, added: “Transport remains an important application for robotic technology but we are thinking bigger than any single application. In collaboration with partners, we can help to realise the Government’s vision of robotics as one of the UK’s ‘Eight Great Technologies’.”

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