Health and Social Care

Developing robotics and technologies for care

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In partnership with CATCH,  Medical AMRCAdvanced Wellbeing Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University, and working with regional NHS and social care providers. Sheffield Robotics creates innovative robotic platforms and systems for healthcare and assistive living.

Assistive and companion robots are a particular focus through the development of novel systems that interact safely and appropriately helping people at home, in residential care and in hospitals.

Centres of excellence

The University's cross-faculty research centres harness our interdisciplinary expertise to solve the world's most pressing challenges.