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The New Robotic Telescope (NRT), the next-generation Liverpool Telescope (LT), will have a 4-metre, 18-segment mirror, and will be located on the summit of Roque de los Muchachos in La Palma, Canary Islands. Designing and developing the world’s largest robotic telescope, with a slew speed of approximately 10 degrees/second, poses challenges that have resulted in innovative design concepts, particularly in the context of the scheduling algorithms used for optimal science efficiency. In this talk I will briefly present the latest updates for the NRT project as we approach critical design review and focus, in particular, on the science case of rapid follow-up of a Galactic supernova. This will also be discussed in the context of the new observing model, which is being adapted from the existing LT model, and the possibility of offering a combined observing facility with NRT and LT operating together.
