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Applications are open for the 2026-2027 RAICo Fellows cohort. Successful applicants will receive a grant of up to £10,000, plus other benefits. To learn more, watch the video or visit our Fellowships page, where you can also apply. raico.org/academia/fello…

A few days ago, we released a new video to showcase some of our real-life deployments across our members' sites: @UKAEAofficial, @NDAgovuk, @SellafieldLtd, @OfficialUoM & @AWE_plc. To accompany that video, we also released a short deployment brochure: raico.org/wp-content/upl…

We often talk about our mission to deploy robotics and AI to solve shared challenges in nuclear decommissioning and fusion engineering. But what does that mean in practice? In this video, we bring some of our deployments to life.

Tim Bestwick, Chief Executive Officer of the @UKAEAofficial, joins Dr Kirsty Hewitson, Director of the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Collaboration (@raicouk ), at the RAICo1 facility in Whitehaven, West Cumbria, for the annual RAICo Academic Showcase.

The UK just released its 2026 fusion strategy. It's an important milestone for the future of clean energy and UK organisations working in the field of fusion engineering. Read our response below: raico.org/raico-responds…

Sign up for our newsletter to learn what's new in the world of #AI & #Robotics for #NuclearDecomissioning & #Fusion: mailchi.mp/58ad7b199fdf/b…

Mr Alexander Scott, the Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria (@LLCumbria), recently visited our RAICo1 site. Remarking on the visit, the Lord-Lieutenant said: "Cumbria's long heritage of innovation in R&D and technology lives on today in organisations like RAICo."

It’s the @NSA_Nuclear 2026 UK Nuclear Skills Awards tonight. @UKAEAofficial's Thomas Dominguez-Walker, who works on many RAICo projects, is a finalist in the Advanced Apprentice of the Year category. We wish him the best of luck! lnkd.in/epW-FCrX

This is a great video podcast from iSH for #InternationalWomensDay. It includes many inspiring women, one of whom is our director, Dr Kirsty Hewitson. youtube.com/watch?v=rxns1B…

One of RAICo’s members, @SellafieldLtd, has just released its Tech Radar report. It's a fascinating look at #robotics innovations emerging from across industries that could benefit nuclear decommissioning: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69a06e7f…

The RAICo Fellows – early career researchers who receive RAICo funding – plus staff and students from @OfficialUoM, visited @UKAEAofficial's Culham site last Tuesday, where they had a chance to explore sites where their technologies might be used.

On Feb 20th, two senior staff from @OfficialUoM visited RAICo1. The visit allowed them to see for themselves how we're accelerating the deployment of #robotics and #AI in nuclear decommissioning & fusion engineering - and the role that UoM is playing in that.

.@OfficialUoM is hiring a new part-time Project Administrator to be based at RAICo1, on a fixed contract until May 2029. Applications close on March 4th. Interested? Learn more and apply here: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job/J…

In the February edition of @neimagazine, RAICo’s Salvador and Kate from @NDAgovuk talk about how off-the-shelf robotics and digital technologies are being adapted for the specific challenges of nuclear decommissioning. Read it here:  content.yudu.com/web/442ay/0A44…

We're in the news again. Read our piece in @BBCNews about Spot's new radiation swabbing tool and how it's helping keep people safe from harm in hazardous environments: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

RAICo and @SellafieldLtd have successfully completed the first trial of a patent-pending contamination swabbing tool, mounted on Spot, and controlled with a haptic controller. Want the full lowdown on Spot’s new skill? Read the full story here: raico.org/new-robot-swab…

Read our piece in @interestigineri about a world first: inspection UAV flights inside the @UKAEAofficial's Joint European Torus (JET). interestingengineering.com/energy/uk-glob…

Our academic programme is where we deliver projects at the forefront of innovation in aerial, ground and underwater robots and AI. Those attending our Academic Showcase last week in Whitehaven got to see 11 academic projects in the (robotic) flesh: raico.org/raico-academic…

You can read more here about the flights, and how they will support JET’s decommissioning and repurposing: raico.org/drones-in-fusi…

In late 2025, RAICo played a part in the first inspection drone flights inside the @UKAEAofficial's Joint European Torus (JET) in Culham, UK. Watch the video below to learn more.