Oxford University is spinning out Oxbotica to exploit robotics and autonomous vehicle technology.

Oxford University is spinning out Oxbotica, which is set to commercialise research at the Department of Engineering Science. The new company will seek to bring robotics and autonomous systems technologies to market which have been developed at the department’s Oxford Mobile Robotics Group.

Technologies developed by the mobile robotics group which could enter the market through Oxbotica are robotic survey systems for roads and railways, low-speed driverless pods for urban transport and a robot electric car. The group has also…