{"id":61547,"date":"2015-09-16T09:17:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T09:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=64698508b7d4ba69487e5ee005c5e35a"},"modified":"2015-09-16T09:17:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T09:17:49","slug":"news-story-changing-the-way-small-field-robots-are-developed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=61547","title":{"rendered":"News story: Changing the way small field robots are developed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Autonomous Devices Limited, a technology start-up based in Milton Keynes, was funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/centre-for-defence-enterprise\">Centre for Defence Enterprise (<abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr>)<\/a> to demonstrate a new technology that could play a part in changing the way small field robots such as drones, ground robots and unmanned boats are developed. <\/p>\n<p>This project, called improvised robotic devices, was funded through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/cde-themed-competition-additive-manufacturing\">\u2018additive manufacturing for future military equipment\u2019<\/a> <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> themed competition. The technology could speed up how field robots are developed, by enabling rapid adaptations to equipment in response to emerging threats in theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Wahren, founder of Autonomous Devices Ltd says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\"><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> funding and support has been a fantastic leg up for our fledgling business. It\u2019s directly enabled and brought wide exposure to some of the technical innovations that underpin our vision. It\u2019s opened doors both inside and outside of MOD, and we strongly recommend that innovative UK SMEs, with ideas that could benefit defence, explore this mechanism.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Autonomous Devices Ltd was established in 2015 to focus on new applications and business models for modular robotic systems.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"about-cde\">About <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> funds novel, high-risk, high-potential-benefit research. We work with the broadest possible range of science and technology providers, including academia and small companies, to develop cost-effective capabilities for UK armed forces and national security.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory\"><abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_1917\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Centre for Defence Enterprise<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Building R103<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFermi Avenue<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"locality\">Harwell Oxford<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"region\">Oxfordshire<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">OX11 0QX<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:cde@dstl.gov.uk\">cde@dstl.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone <\/span><br \/>\n              +44 (0)30 67704236\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Alternative number<\/span><br \/>\n              +44 (0)30 67704237\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"comments\">Open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Please email for the quickest response.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case study from Milton Keynes-based Autonomous Devices Limited who will be showcased at DSEI 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}