John-Patrick Richardson

Robotics Development Lead

United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory

Manchester, United Kingdom

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As Robotics Development Lead for the UKNNL, I have responsibility for the development & technical delivery of our strategy for the Robotics Capability.

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As the UK’s lead civil national laboratory for nuclear fission, the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL) mission is to enable and deliver nuclear outcomes for the UK Government, and to support the growth of the entire UK nuclear sector. This means we will: \Be a custodian of national capabilities and infrastructure critical for national and energy security \Become Government’s lead civil technical and strategic advisor for nuclear fuels and nuclear materials \Carry out research to continue securing the safe operation of nuclear plants domestically and internationally \Deliver practical nuclear research and enable decommissioning programmes \Provide expertise and facilities to be a platform for the private sector to accelerate the deployment of technology to market \Champion and nurture advanced nuclear skills Our purpose remains the same: Nuclear Science to Benefit Society.
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About me

As Robotics Development Lead for the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL), John-Patrick has responsibility for the development & technical delivery of UKNNL’s strategy for the Robotics Capability through the co-ordination of customers, suppliers, universities and other companies. His responsibilities cover two main areas: leading on the development of the Robotics & Artificial Intelligence (RAI) Strategy for UKNNL and business development; and ensuring the technical delivery of RAI work across UKNNL.

As Skill Area Lead for UKNNL Decision Science’s Robotics Software Development capability, John-Patrick has responsibility for development of the capability in supporting delivery of the Sellafield Ltd and UKNNL Robotics strategy for accelerated decommissioning under UKNNL’s management.

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HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-13: Fostering Innovative and Compliant Data Ecosystems HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-09: Challenge-Driven GenAI4EU Booster HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-07: Robust and trustworthy GenerativeAI for Robotics and industrial automationHORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-18: GenAI4EU central HubHORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-15: GenAI4EU: Generative AI for Virtual Worlds: Advanced technologies for better performance and hyper personalised and immersive experienceHORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-07: Enhanced Learning Strategies for General Purpose AI: Advancing GenAI4EUHORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-05: Soft Robotics for Advanced physical capabilities HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04: Assessment methodologies for General Purpose AI capabilities and risksHORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DATA-03: Software Engineering for AI and generative AI HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DATA-02: Empowering AI/generative AI along the Cognitive Computing continuu

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