FSM's mandate is ensuring that Physical AI — robots, automation, intelligent systems — serves disabled people. Not some of the time. Always.
For that to happen, disabled people must be present at every stage of how robotics is developed, procured, deployed, and evaluated. That requires an independent Parliamentary convening body. Without the APPG on Robotics, there is no mechanism to ask — let alone answer — the questions that matter most to FSM's mission:
The APPG on Robotics is how FSM keeps those questions in front of Parliament. It is not an extension of our mission. It is the infrastructure that makes our mission possible.
Government projects £150bn GVA from robotics. Our project examines how those gains are distributed across:
If robotics gains are not tracked by an independent body, they cannot be distributed equitably. FSM's mission of People First is unachievable without the APPG on Robotics. This is not scope creep — it is scope completion.
The Government's Industrial Strategy places robotics at the centre of the UK's productivity and growth ambitions. But ambition without accountability is aspiration. No body currently tracks whether adoption is happening, how fast, in which sectors, or who benefits.
The Government and industry bodies project a major robotics contribution to gross value added. The figure is used in policy documents, investment cases, and speeches. It is not independently verified or tracked.
No government body, parliamentary committee, or independent organisation currently measures UK robotics adoption rates, sector penetration, SME access, regional distribution, or impact on disabled workers and people in care.
Without independent tracking, the £150bn could accrue entirely to large-cap manufacturers and logistics operators, leaving SMEs, regional economies, disabled people, and the disadvantaged exactly where they are today.
The APPG on Robotics will be the UK's first independent Parliamentary convening body for the sector — with a specific mandate to track who benefits, not just what grows.
The APPG on Robotics will provide cross-party Parliamentary oversight, evidence sessions, and independent reports across nine workstreams — each covering a critical dimension of the UK robotics landscape.
The APPG operates a structured annual programme — four evidence sessions, a flagship Parliamentary launch, thematic inquiries, and the UK Robotics Summit as its defining public event.
"Robotics: The UK's Next Industrial Revolution" — cross-party launch with Ministers, industry, and disabled people's organisations.
Evidence session on UK industrial automation, SME adoption barriers, and the patient capital gap in robotics R&D.
NHS surgical robotics, assistive technology for independent living, and the National Care Service integration with Physical AI.
The flagship annual event — bringing together Parliament, industry, research, and disabled people's communities to review progress and set the agenda for the year ahead.
The APPG Advisory Council draws on the UK's world-class robotics research institutions, leading technology companies, and the Government bodies responsible for innovation and digital strategy.
The APPG on Robotics is supported by UK Robotics Foundation Ltd, a Company Limited by Guarantee — providing the independent, non-partisan secretariat structure required to deliver evidence-based Parliamentary work at scale.
Robotics without accountability is not an industrial strategy. It is a transfer of opportunity from the many to the few. FSM's job — as APPG secretariat and as a people-first organisation — is to ensure that the £150 billion serves everyone: the disabled worker, the SME, the rural town, the person in the care home.
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