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15 December 2021

Robots take another step towards autonomy, taking only 90 minutes to learn how to play ping pong

Dr Jonathan Aitken, comments on a robot that has been designed to be as good at table tennis as the average human.

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8 December 2021

Researchers in the department awarded funding for data collection project aiming to improve energy efficiency of housing in Glasgow

The project is looking to build a citywide indicator of estimated Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) in Glasgow housing to increase energy performance and assess retrofit needs.

26 November 2021

Special visit for students at the AMRC

The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) in Sheffield was recently visited by four groups of students enrolled on the Third-Year Group Projects modules.

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Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
The University of Sheffield
Mappin Street
Sheffield, S1 3JD

+44 114 222 5250

acse@sheffield.ac.uk

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