Intelligent Systems
The Intelligent Systems Team applies their deep expertise to create a better, fairer and more resilient economy, utilising the capabilities of machines to perceive and respond to the world around them. This includes anything from surgical robots in healthcare, to drones flying over fields with AI enabled cameras to analyse images and implement solutions in near-real time.

We are interested in how those systems interact with human users and other environments. At KTN, we are particularly interested in ( but not limited to) factory automation, field and service robotics, assistive robotics, military applications, medical care, education, entertainment, visual inspection, character recognition, human identification (i.e. via face, fingerprints, iris, hand), visual surveillance and intelligent transportation. The intelligent systems team works closely with the expertise in the Robotics and AI sub-sector as well as the other sectors within KTN.
Our main goal is to help you form powerful connections with new partners from industry, SMEs, startups and research institutions in order to turn ambitious ideas into real-world solutions. We also use our deep expertise and networks to create diverse connections and link you to funding and investment opportunities. If you are an end-user or innovator looking to explore new markets, expand existing markets or would like to make a positive change using the power of intelligent systems, we are here to help.
Current Intelligent Systems funding opportunities
UK-South Korea Collaborative R&D
Opens: 14/02/2022 Closes: 06/07/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million for this competition, with a maximum grant of £350k/project. This funding is for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with South Korea.
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Innovate UK Smart Grants: April 2022
Opens: 25/04/2022 Closes: 27/07/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing, commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy. It must be an innovative, disruptive, ambitious, world-class solution, with no similar technology commercially available any
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iX Challenge: Remote Diagnostics and Digital Twins for Offshore Wind
Opens: 17/06/2022 Closes: 02/08/2022
The Innovation Exchange programme is working alongside Scottish & Southern Electricity Renewables (SSER), with ownership in both Beatrice and Greater Gabbard offshore wind sites. SSER wishes to engage innovators to find solutions providing smart diagnostic tools for condition-based maintenance o
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Robotics & Artificial (RAI) Intelligence SIG webinar: Law & Regulation for RAI Innovation
The Robotics & AI Special Interest Group Innovation Network is hosting a webinar addressing some of the legal and regulatory issues faced by the RAI community in the UK.
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Accelerated adoption of automation and digitalisation within Medicines Manufacturing: workshop and report
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