QualityAI, the AI-first quality engineering company formerly known as Qualitest, has announced a strategic collaboration with The National Robotarium, the UK's leading center for robotics and AI research and adoption at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. The partnership brings together QualityAI's quality engineering expertise with The National Robotarium's research and engineering capability to help organizations adopt robotics and AI with greater confidence.
Together, the two organizations are shaping what rigorous, responsible robotics and AI testing looks like at industry scale – spanning public services, utilities, technology, telecommunications, healthcare, retail, and financial services. This includes co-developing test lab capability covering physical hardware, environmental simulations, AI models strategy, and data collection, and jointly advancing the standards and frameworks that will govern how these technologies are built, validated, and deployed.
"We are at an inflection point for robotics and AI – and the organizations that will lead are those that get the quality engineering right from the start. QualityAI and The National Robotarium are defining the future of robotics testing, building the frameworks, the capability, and the standards that responsible deployment really demands. We're not just helping clients go live with certainty; we're helping shape what trusted robotics looks like for industry."
Aviram Shotten, Chief Transformation Officer, QualityAI
“What our clients need isn't a proof of concept; it's confidence that what they're deploying will work in the environments they operate in. Partnering with The National Robotarium means we can test against real-world conditions, from hardware and terrain to AI models and data pipelines. That kind of rigour, at the point where robotics meets the industry.”
Matt Dickinson, Sector Head, QualityAI
"At The National Robotarium, our mission is to ensure the robotics and AI systems are technically sound, safe, and fit for purpose for the demands of real industry adoption. Through a combination of in-house engineering, research and technical expertise, underpinned by our doctoral training program in Dependable and Deployable AI for Robotics – delivered in partnership with The University of Edinburgh – we are uniquely equipped to ensure that future robotic systems can be responsibly developed and deployed. QualityAI brings the quality engineering discipline from the outset, supporting the robotics and AI development and deployment process – this is what responsible and scalable adoption of these technologies actually requires."
Rowanne Miller, Project Manager, The National Robotarium
Through the partnership, QualityAI and The National Robotarium will bring this vision directly to industry – through joint engineering workshops, robotics readiness reviews, shared thought leadership, and co-presented events across the UK, helping organizations navigate robotics and AI adoption with the rigour it demands.
As robotics and embodied AI become central to enterprise technology strategy, QualityAI and The National Robotarium are together defining the assurance standards the industry needs and setting the benchmark for what confident, responsible deployment looks like.
About The National Robotarium
The National Robotarium is a world-leading centre in robotics and AI at Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh campus.
Creating innovative solutions to global challenges, The National Robotarium works directly with industry to research, test and develop robotic, AI and automated technologies that have a positive impact on the economy and society.
The National Robotarium is a Data-Driven Innovation hub, funded in partnership with The University of Edinburgh as part of the £1.5bn Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal. The Deal is supported with £300m funding from the UK Government and £300m funding from the Scottish Government.
For more information: https://thenationalrobotarium.com
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