Glasgow robotics training centre receives £525,000 backing
Innovate UK has awarded £525,000 to the University of Glasgow-led Robotics Training Centre Scotland. The three-year centre aims to build robotics skills for businesses in manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, logistics and energy infrastructure.
Event / data period: 2026-10-09
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Innovate UK has awarded £525,000 to the University of Glasgow-led Robotics Training Centre Scotland. The three-year centre aims to build robotics skills for businesses in manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, logistics and energy infrastructure.
The centre was announced on 9 October 2026 as one of 12 projects sharing £2.5 million from Innovate UK for robotics training and skills. It will be based at the University of Glasgow’s Intelligent Robotics Group, with Pomo Robotics as its industry partner.
Over the next three years, the centre plans short courses for engineers, technicians and managers, including hands-on work with real robotic systems. Its target sectors are manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, logistics and energy infrastructure. The announcement concerns funding for a training centre; it does not report that robotics has already been widely adopted by businesses or quantify productivity gains.
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Funding announced for Robotics Training Centre Scotland
The announced award for the University of Glasgow-led training centre and the total funding for 12 skills projects.
| Glasgow merkezi ve Birleşik Krallık 12 proje programı; 9 Ekim 2026 duyurusu | Glasgow centre and UK programme of 12 projects; announcement on 9 October 2026 | مركز غلاسكو وبرنامج المملكة المتحدة لـ12 مشروعاً؛ إعلان 9 أكتوبر 2026 | Centre de Glasgow et programme britannique de 12 projets ; annonce du 9 octobre 2026 | Centro de Glasgow y programa británico de 12 proyectos; anuncio del 9 de octubre de 2026 | Zentrum in Glasgow und britisches Programm mit zwölf Projekten; Mitteilung vom 9. Oktober 2026 | Centro de Glasgow e programa britânico de 12 projetos; anúncio de 9 de outubro de 2026 | 0.525 | 2.5 | 12 |
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Amounts from the 9 October 2026 announcement are expressed in million GBP. The £0.525 million is the announced award for the centre; £2.5 million is the combined amount for 12 skills projects, not the centre’s award.
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