Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Mark Williams (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 22 April 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 20 members in total.

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ROBOT SCIENTIST PROJECT

That this House recognises the importance of research by higher education institutions into robotics to the scientific community and the UK as a whole; congratulates Professor Ross King of Aberystwyth University and the team of scientists from Aberystwyth and Cambridge led by him on their development of what they believe is the first robotic system, Adam, that can independently discover new scientific knowledge, developing its own hypotheses and testing these through experiments; welcomes the important practical applications this research could have for scientists across many different fields to allow them to carry out research more efficiently; acknowledges the wide coverage and respect that this work has generated for Aberystwyth University globally; further recognises the quality of the university's Computer Science department and the contribution that the department makes to the University's reputation, both nationally and internationally; and looks forward to the next phase of this work, which hopes through the project's second robotic system, Eve, to be able to assist scientists in the search for new drugs to combat diseases such as malaria and schistosomiasis.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1323 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Lynne Jones

Jeremy Corbyn

Mike Hancock

David Leslie Taylor

John Hemming

Subjects

Innovation Science

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk