UK testing facilities
The National Robotarium Edinburgh robotics test facility
Heriot-Watt University / University of Edinburgh
Boundary Road North, Third Gait, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, Scotland, United Kingdom
Access: Conditional
Testing capabilities
- Functional and integrated-system testing
- Hydrodynamics and marine testing
Services
Testing and development of robotics and AI solutions; Robotics and Autonomous Systems testing for drones, mobile robots, quadrupeds, underwater ROVs, cobots and autonomous all-terrain vehicles; Human-Robot Interaction testing in realistic situations and a two-bedroom assistive-living model home; wave-tank and outdoor robotic testing.
Equipment
Purpose-built 40,000 sq ft facility with specialist RAS, HRI and Precision Laser Application laboratories; annual report identifies a wave tank, outdoor testing area, makerspaces, 3D-printing facilities and a pop-up private 5G network for outdoor robotic testing. Test-rig dimensions and load limits are not published in the reviewed sources.
Standards
No facility accreditation or test-standard schedule stated on the cited operator pages.
Contact
Email: NationalRobotarium@hw.ac.uk; Named contacts: Lisa Farrell (Business Development; source dated 2022, current role unverified), Pete Felton (Business Development; source dated 2022, current role unverified)
Approximate location
EH14 4AS ยท Postcode area location