Robotic devices which behave intelligently will play an increasingly important role in the lives of humans. In the future such intelligent machines will work for us, with us and alongside us; all having an impact on our quality of life. Through a multidisciplinary approach, our mission is to progress the science and engineering of robotic systems to create physical realisations of artificial intelligence acting in and on the real world in which we live.

Launched in December 2005 the Bristol Robotics Laboratory is a collaborative research partnership funded by the University of Bristol, the University of the West of England and HEFCE. Under the direction of Professor Chris Melhuish the laboratory is an evolution of the Intelligent Autonomous Systems Laboratory (IAS)