Urban Automation

The Urban Automation and Robotics team led by Prof Simon Marvin at the Urban Institute received the Royal Society research grant under the International Exchanges 2017 Cost Share (China) scheme. The awarded project, titled Beyond Smart Cities: A Comparative Analysis…

Dr Mateja Kovacic is a visiting academic at the Urban Institute working on the urban robotics and automation project, with a special focus on social and humanoid robots. This post first appeared in The Conversation. Before I started working on real-world…

The British Academy has recently announced the successful applicants under Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research Projects 2017. This programme will support nine interdisciplinary research projects geared towards producing policy-relevant findings and improving the welfare of people in developing countries. The projects aim to engage…

Call for Papers: AAG 2018 – New Orleans Geographies of Urban Automation Federico Cugurullo – Trinity College Dublin Simon Marvin – University of Sheffield Rob Raven – University of Utrecht Alan Wiig – University of Massachusetts, Boston Call for Papers…

This blog was written by Dr Rachel Macrorie, Research Associate and portfolio lead on Urban Automation. The largest UK infrastructure project is underway. Traditional electricity and gas meters in homes and businesses are being replaced with the next generation of…

The birthplace of stainless steel, Sheffield has long held worldwide recognition for its large-scale manufacturing industry, technical innovation and craft fabrication. With the decline of UK heavy engineering and associated rise in unemployment from the late 1970s, the public sector…

UI has been invited to join the Future Cities Catapult Expert Advisory Group on a research project on “Performance in Use.  The project is designed to provide an evaluation framework that helps urban authorities and the private sector to understand…

Prof Simon Marvin was invited to talk about its work on Standardising the City: Constructing a Universal Platform as part of the SPRU lecture series on 2nd December 2016.  The International Standards Organisation (ISO) is currently coordinating the formulation of…