Research at the Mobile Robotics Group at the Oxford Robotics Institute
Science
![Close up image of the space rover robot wheels](/media/5499/oxford_robotics_by_john_cairns_27916-038web-feture-image-500px.jpg?width=950&height=460&v=1d9e2296e36ec50&quality=75&format=webp)
Science
MRG's contribution to robotics science spans navigation, scene understanding, and planning - developing and leveraging state-of-the-art computer vision and machine learning tools as well as exploiting novel sensing technologies and strategies.
Projects
![Red vehicle on glacier at sunset in Iceland.](/media/5496/iceland-friday-7292-800x451.jpg?cc=0.074649603900060937,0.26318554069702238,0.23979280926264471,0.147982175591636&width=950&height=460&v=1d9e2296e5e9890&quality=75&format=webp)
Projects
MRG has and continues to be involved in many local and international projects with partners from the research community, government, and industry.
Platforms
![Robot car parked in front of the Radcliffe Camera.](/media/4677/oxford_robotics_by_john_cairns_27916-114.jpg?width=950&height=460&v=1d9e2296dc6ec70&quality=75&format=webp)
Platforms
MRG maintains a fleet of small, medium, and large wheeled robotic platforms which we use to focus and demonstrate our research.
Trials
![JLR vehicle driving through water.](/media/6186/2020_01_31_12_43_14.jpg?width=950&height=460&v=1db3fea64a936f0&quality=75&format=webp)
Trials
Field robotics - including data collections and autonomy trials - is core to the MRG ethos.
Datasets
![Pointcloud Broad St Oxford.](/media/6185/pointcloud-broad-st.png?width=950&height=460&v=1db3fea683cbdf0&quality=75&format=webp)
Datasets
MRG has a long history of preparing datasets for consumption by external parties, in ready-to-use, common image and text file formats.
Code
![Computer screen displaying coding.](/media/6194/pexels-pixabay-270348.jpg?width=950&height=460&v=1db3fea6768a510&quality=75&format=webp)
Code
MRG often releases software associated with our publications and work.