Bristol & Bath

Bring together an aerospace and engineering base, defence proximity and a world-leading creative technology scene around autonomy and the technologies that sit between them.

• Autonomy companies commercialised from British research
• Creative technology exported globally
• Cross-pollination between engineering and creative disciplines

Comparable in function to the Boston robotics corridor.

• A strong aerospace and engineering base.
• Defence ties through MOD Abbey Wood.
• A world-leading creative technology and animation scene.
• Concentrated research and development centres.

• Bristol Robotics Laboratory
• Airbus
• GKN Aerospace
• Aardman Animations
• SETsquared incubator

• Robotics and autonomy founders
• Aerospace primes and their supply chain
• Studios and creative technologists
• Defence and dual-use technology teams

• Robotics
• Aerospace
• Autonomy
• Virtual production and VFX
• Animation and gaming

• University of Bristol
• University of the West of England
• University of Bath

• Robotics test environments
• Virtual production stages
• Aerospace testing and certification capability
• Prototyping and machining workshops

1. Research→
2. Problem→
3. Prototype→
4. Company→
5. Capital→
6. Customer→
7. Scale→
8. Export

• Autonomy companies commercialised from British research
• Creative technology exported globally
• Cross-pollination between engineering and creative disciplines

Described as outcomes rather than forecasts. UKIZ makes no projections it cannot evidence.