The festival was attended by inspirational robotics leaders from manufacturing, logistics, civil engineering and health. Keynotes were from world-renowned speakers on important topics such as ethics and trust. Attendees were able to get involved and explore Adastral Park, headquarters of BT Labs and home of our world-class showcases and technology facilities - including the new robotics and drone test lab!

The Robotics Festival is grateful to our generous partners and sponsors, who have enabled this event to take place.

During the robotics festival we looking at some key industries' questions that transcend every market sector, getting the best academic minds as well as leading businesses to debate the way forward.

Robots are already making an impact across multiple industries, but during the festival we looked into the future role of robots to see where the biggest disruption is forecast to be and how we can learn lessons from the deployments to date.

The festival played host to a number of speakers from across multiple industries: