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76 The research programme will be delivered through five highly connected Working Groups: Human-Robot Interaction (HRI): To develop key design principles of HRI based on human factor analysis and other methods for future human-supervised autonomy in tele-operation. Verification & Autonomy: To highlight, develop and exploit cross-cutting verification approaches relevant to robotics as applications move towards greater autonomy and wider scope. Standardisation: To explore nuclear robotics standardisation and continue to develop the CorteX control platform to enable it to provide long-term maintainability and extensibility. Remote Inspection: To develop a remote inspection robot that can address a range of generic and important challenges in the nuclear industry. Remote Handling: To develop the techniques that enable manipulators to be used safely and reliably in highly-congested and constrained spaces, such as glove-boxes and fusion reactors. Platforms development: To enhance existing RAIN capabilities such as the RIWG platform, RAIN Snake and Glovebox demonstrator. Mission Planning: Deploying and refining mission planning options to support long-term autonomous inspection tasks. Digital Tools: Developing and demonstrating the RAIN digital tools such as the World Builder, Radiation Simulator, and Virtual Glovebox (Digital Twin). Sensing: Refining and deploying the radiation sensor capability within the Hub. Grasping: Exploring and refining options for glovebox-based tasks, with a focus on item manipulation. Active: Environments such as Dounreay (drains, hot cell), Sellafield Ltd (Vitrification, SIXEP), Magnox (voids), AWE (Unknown room), UKAEA (JET) Inactive: Simulated test environments such as NNUF-HR mock-ups, Fenswood, RACE NIST lanes and RAIN Glovebox mock-ups. Non-nuclear: Agriculture, Construction, Healthcare, Mining, Offshore. A major aim of the future programme will be to deliver technologies that can be demonstrated to industry and where possible translated into industrial solutions. This will be made possible with the help of industry partners who can support follow-on work that will lead to innovation and long- term industry impact. If you want to be part of this then please contact us at: info@rainhub.org. WHAT NEXT?