SWINDON, England, March 13, 2017 — The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the U.K.'s main agency for funding research in engineering and the physical sciences, has established two program grants worth a total of £10.8 million ($11.5 million) to support major robotics research projects featuring machine vision and sensor technology. 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