📍 Venue: SISTER – Renold Building, 32a Altrincham Street, Manchester, M1 7JR
Join leading roboticists, research pioneers, and industry leaders as they explore how cutting-edge advancements in actuation, sensing, and control are bridging the gap from lab breakthroughs to real-world deployment of Robots. Featuring Dr. Jenny Read, Programme Director for Adaptive Machines at the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).
More details to come.
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Step into a space where every conversation could spark something new. Enjoy music, refreshments, and a lively atmosphere designed to bring people together, whether you’re exchanging ideas, discovering collaborators, or simply sharing a laugh. This is the perfect moment to unwind, connect, and let serendipity guide your evening.
Venture Café is a global movement built on a simple but powerful belief: isolation is the enemy of innovation.
Through our weekly Thursday Gatherings, founders, researchers, investors and innovators come together to share ideas, explore new technologies and build meaningful connections. As ecosystem activators, Venture Café Manchester is creating a central hub for the city’s innovation ecosystem, driving visibility, collaboration and community.
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