London South Bank Innovation Centre

The London South Bank Innovation Centre (LSBIC) specialises in developing mobile robots that provide access to very large, vertical, safety-critical structures to deploy a range of non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques.

Established in July 2015, the London South Bank Innovation Centre (LSBIC) specialises in developing mobile robots that provide access to very large, vertical, safety-critical structures to deploy a range of non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques.

LSBIC collaborates with TWI Ltd, the National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC) and London South Bank University (LSBU). The Centre performs research and development of Automated NDT in the TRL1-3 region to underpin the work of TWI to its 700 industrial members and identify their future needs.

Other objectives include the development of intelligent automated NDT to improve the quality and probability of defect detection and to develop autonomous robot deployment systems that can perform NDT with minimum intervention by human operators.

In addition further fundamental research in robotics and automation is being performed by PhD students funded by NSIRC, the Lloyds Register Foundation and London South Bank University.