Robotics and Autonomous Mobility Platform

About

The Autonomous Systems Economy supports the responsible implementation of autonomous systems across sectors and geographies. 

Accelerating a Responsible and Transformative Era of Autonomy  

As autonomy expands beyond traditional industrial robotics toward vehicles, drones, quadrupeds, and emerging humanoids, organisations face both unprecedented opportunities and new governance, safety, and deployment challenges. Building on the Forum’s prior work in advanced manufacturing and autonomous mobility, this platform helps stakeholders navigate the transformative emergence of autonomous systems. The initiative brings foundations to accelerate real world adoption, clarify policy pathways, and build trust in advanced autonomous systems, helping stakeholders progress responsibly amid rapidly advancing technology.  

Part of the Centre for Frontier Technologies and Innovation

Empowering leaders to unlock the potential of frontier technologies and accelerate their inclusive and sustainable adoption.

Impact

We have made huge impact in the autonomous mobility sector.

We advance shared insight on robotics and autonomous mobility

Past work includes developing grounded timelines for autonomous vehicle adoption, an aviation automation taxonomy clarifying how human and system roles shift as automation increases, and scenarios for the future of physical autonomous systems by the end of 2030.

We support governance for safe and trusted deployment 

Our work includes an actionable framework and technical implementation guide for autonomous vehicles, support to India in developing a sandbox to enable advanced air mobility, and collaboration with the UAE on considerations around the deployment of social robots.


We assess real-world impacts across geographies

Our work has quantified the impacts of autonomous vehicles in the city of Boston, analysed the enablers for the use of last-mile delivery robots in Japan, and demonstrated the potential of drones for delivery of medical supplies in remote parts of India.

Get involved with the initiative!

 We invite senior leaders from industry, government, and academia to work with us in shaping a future of autonomy that transforms industries, drives innovation, and unlocks lasting value for industry and society.  

Robotics and Autonomous Mobility Platform

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