Epistemic Overview
The Oxford Robotics Institute is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Oxford focused on robotics, artificial intelligence, and systems engineering.
Founded
2016
Director / President
Prof Nick Hawes (Director)
Category
Research Institute
Website
https://ori.ox.ac.uk/Research Domains
Timeline
1997
The 'Mobile Robotics Group' (MRG), the precursor to ORI, is formed by Prof. Paul Newman and Prof. Hugh Durrant-Whyte.
2014
The 'RobotCar' project begins, creating a massive dataset for autonomous vehicle research by driving a car through Oxford for a year.
2014
Oxbotica (now Oxa) is spun out from the institute's research.
2016
The institute is formally established as the 'Oxford Robotics Institute' (ORI) to unite various robotics labs.
2020
ORI collaborates on the 'Sees-through-ground' (STG) project, using GPR and AI to map underground utilities.
2023
ORI researchers publish key work on 'Dynamic Robot-Robot Interaction' (DySCo) for multi-robot collaboration.
Nov 2023
The Oxford Robotics Institute wins the prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize.
Events
(Note: ORI hosts regular internal seminars which are not always publicly advertised.)
Influential Papers / Notable Research
The 'RobotCar' dataset, one of the world's largest and most comprehensive datasets for autonomous vehicle research.
Development of 'Sees-through-ground' (STG) robotics, using GPR for autonomous underground mapping.
Research in 'Dynamic Robot-Robot Interaction' (DySCo) for safe human-robot and multi-robot collaboration.