Opteran closes £2.1m seed round
Brains on Board project spinout Opteran Technologies today announced its £2.1m seed funding round, led by IQ Capital, with participation from Episode 1, Seraphim, and Join. The investment will enable them to further develop and [...]
AAAS UKRI International Reception
Members of the Brains on Board team were invited to present at the UKRI International Reception, as part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's 2020 Annual Meeting in Seattle. The world's [...]
The Honeybee Brain: A model for studying diverse intelligence
The research of project partner Dr Andrew Barron (Macquarie University) is featured today by his funders, the Templeton Foundation, in a new video. The Brains on Board project team, including project [...]
Robot Hackathon for Creativity@Home
Using Creativity@Home funds, the Brains on Board project team spent a day working with the Centre for Facilitation on a robot hackathon, to develop their creative problem-solving skills. Three teams worked to try and develop [...]
Active AI grant funded
Members of the Brains on Board team have been awarded a further £1m from EPSRC to collaborate with Australian experts in invertebrate behaviour. The new grant, Active AI, is led by Prof Andy Philippides for [...]
Participation in UKRI review of Artificial Intelligence
Brains on Board project investigators Prof James Marshall, Prof Thomas Nowotny, and Prof Eleni Vasilaki participated in a number of workshops held by UK Research and Innovation, with participation from other research councils and the [...]