Two hands interacting with a white 3d printed robotic end-effector prototype that has a rectangular cutout. One hand holds the object while the other points at it, suggesting examination or explanation, in a workshop.

Activities

The Robotics Living Lab participates in a range of events designed to foster dialogue, collaboration, and knowledge exchange across disciplines. From workshops and public demonstrations to academic symposia and industry briefings, these events create opportunities to engage with emerging research, technologies, and practices in advanced manufacturing.

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An advertisement for the Future Fabrics Expo 2025. The text reads: 'FUTURE FABRICS EXPO 2025 – The largest showcase dedicated exclusively to sourcing sustainably and responsibly produced, certified and best-practice materials for fashion, home and interiors. 📍 Magazine London – 24 - 25 JUNE LONDON.'

For the 3rd time in a row, RoLL is attending the Future Fabrics Expo,
24-25 June at Magazine in London.

More here
A promotional graphic featuring two robotic arms positioned on either side of a large, blue infinity symbol. The background includes digital and technological elements such as circuit patterns and holographic icons. A pink and orange gradient banner at the bottom displays the text: 'Robotics & automation: Powering your future – 17 - 18 June 2025, MTC Coventry.

RoLL will be presenting the findings of a new report with CFIN and the MTC ‘Advancing Automation and Robotics for Sustainable Manufacturing‘ at the MTC Robotics and Automation Event 2025, alongside exhibiting in the event’s university showcase.

More here

We were delighted to host Afzal Khan CBE MP at the Robotics Living Lab, Manchester Fashion Institute, in June 2025.

RoLL had the pleasure of hosting a meeting of the European Textiles Network – Sector Group NW region.

More on the ETN here

The Work in Progress Pavilion, designed by Bennetts Associates and home to many of RoLL’s public events, has been featured in Architecture Today for its innovative, low-carbon design.

Read the article here

RoLL featured in Vogue Business ‘Can British fashion coax Gen Z onto the factory floor?’

Read the article here
A promotional poster for the exhibition 'Tomorrow's Wardrobe: Researching better futures for fashion,' scheduled from September 2024 to August 2025 at The Design Museum. The poster includes visuals of a person sewing, a robotic arm working on fabric, and individuals engaging with fashion-related objects. Logos of the Future Observatory and the Arts and Humanities Research Council appear at the bottom.
Tomorrow’s Wardrobe
Researching better futures for fashion
September 2024 – August 2025
the Design Museum

The display showcases the urgent research and innovation work taking

place across the UK to rethink the world of fashion. Moving from fabric

landscapes to design studios to individual garments, the display presents

a future built from both high-tech and low-tech tools: sewing machines,

robotic arms, artificial intelligence, digital IDs, upcycling, recycling and more.

The Robotics Living Lab, based at Manchester Fashion Institute, revolutionises

fashion design and production in the UK with a suite of robotic tools that can

be used to create high value garments in low volumes.

More about the exhibition here
A logo for a podcast with a yellow background and black pixelated text reading 'Wear Abouts.' Below the text is an icon of a t-shirt with a question mark on it. On the left side is the logo and name of 'Manchester Metropolitan University,' and on the right side is a black box with white text that reads 'MANCHESTER FASHION INSTITUTE.
Podcast

Wear Abouts, episode 2
How Robotics Can Empower Small Fashion Brands with Susan Postlethwaite.

Listen here
Exploring automation and robotics for UK fashion and textile manufacturing

Organised by RoLL, CFIN and the MTC, this event brought UK retailers, brands and manufacturers together to explore how automation and robotics could enhance existing UK manufacturing capacity, as part of an initiative through the sustainable manufacturing focus of the Circular Fashion Innovation Network (CFIN).

Watch the video here
An promo banner for the Texprocess event, scheduled for April 23 to April 26, 2024, in Frankfurt/Main. The background features a textured blue and green fabric design. Overlaying the fabric are the words 'texprocess' at the top, followed by 'TECHNOLOGY,' 'PROGRESS,' and 'EFFICIENCY' in smaller fonts.

RoLL was delighted to participate as an exhibitor at Texprocess 2024, showcasing our research on collaborative robotics and sustainable fashion production to an international audience.