# UKAEA RACE - Enhancements to Robot Planning Tools

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority](/buyers/united-kingdom-atomic-energy-authority/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Atkins Ltd](/contract-winners/atkins/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £193,698
- Award date: 21 April 2022
- Published: 27 June 2022
- Contract start: 28 April 2022
- Contract end: 31 March 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: bffca996-5cef-4fbf-8592-37dde601c1e8-549525
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9a7aa3fa-3a46-40db-b226-b333cad8d350

## Description

With rapidly advancing capability emerging from the field of robotic technology and systems engineering, UKAEA are seeking services to deliver innovation in order to enhance performance of planning tools in terms of accuracy, speed, and useability\. It is expected that the supplier would work closely with the central team at UKAEA throughout delivery\.   The outputs of this work will be: • A software-based, proof-of-principle that captures the requirements stated above\. • A system demonstration • Report summarising novel techniques • Report summarising performance enhancements beyond state of the art • A user manual\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bffca996-5cef-4fbf-8592-37dde601c1e8-549525)