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The MacRobert Award is regarded as the leading prize recognising UK innovation in engineering.[1] It was established in 1969 by the MacRobert Trusts and is now presented by the Royal Academy of Engineering, supported by the Worshipful Company of Engineers and industry sponsors. The winner receives a gold medal and a cash sum of £50,000.

History

The award is named in honour of Lady Rachel Workman MacRobert (1880 - 1954).[2]

Winners

  • 2012 - Jaguar Land Rover for Design and Innovation building Range Rover Evoque
  • 2013 - RealVNC for the innovation of VNC Remote Access Software
  • 2014 - Cobalt Light Systems for the innovation of Insight100 airport security liquid scanner
  • 2015 - Artemis Intelligent Power for the innovation of Digital Displacement hydraulic transmission.[10] [1] The judging panel was chaired by Dame Sue Ion.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "'Massive leap' wins engineering award". BBC. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. ^ MacRobert Trust
  3. ^ Seeing into the Future, Ingenia Magazine, March 2007
  4. ^ BBC NEWS, Bionic hand wins top tech prize
  5. ^ telegraph.co.uk, World's first commercial bionic hand
  6. ^ Palme d'Or, Ingenia Magazine, September 2008
  7. ^ "Top prize for Chinese water cube". BBC News. 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  8. ^ "Inmarsat grabs the MacRobert engineering prize". BBC News. 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
  9. ^ http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=658. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ McArdle, Helen. "Edinburgh firm scoops £50,000 MacRobert prize for innovation shown to cut fuel consumption by up to 27 per cent". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Artemis Intelligent Power wins MacRobert Award". RAEng. Retrieved 17 July 2015.