Authored by Ana Maria Rubio Denniss, Research Associate, University of Bristol Project blog for Trustworthy light-based Robotic Devices for Autonomous Wound Healing As the largest organ in the body, skin plays a critical role in the functioning of the human body, both sensing the world around us and protecting us from it. […]
Author archives: Josie Gray
On building trust: Co-producing what it means to be trustworthy
Co-written by the Reimagining TAS with Disabled Young People research team Trust is central to conversations of trustworthy autonomous systems. However, what does it mean to be trustworthy? What does trust mean? Who, or what, is involved when we talk about trust? Trust is also, as we hope to show in this blog post, a […]
Developing machine learning models with codesign: how everyone can shape the future of AI
COTADS project blog by Chris Duckworth Research Engineer at the IT Innovation Centre | University of Southampton Chronic medical conditions, such as type-1 diabetes (T1D), place a significant emotional and physical burden on individuals and their families. People with T1D face a daily balance to keep their blood glucose levels within safe levels […]
Thales Blog: TAS Hub USA Tour
Authored by: By Ben Pritchard, Chief Technologist, Autonomy Technology Centre, Thales Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellow at the University of Southampton In March, I completed a week-long tour of American universities, helping the UK’s Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Hub build and reinforce transatlantic research partnerships and networks. At Thales, I am the Chief Technologist […]
A co-design framework for empowering future care workforces
Authored by Cian O’Donovan, Lead Contact, Empowering Future Care Workforces – April 2022 Just before 8 pm on the last Thursday of March 2020, millions of us in the UK picked up a pot and a wooden spoon. We headed for our front doors, our balconies and our windows. And when our clocks struck the hour we […]
Reimagining Trustworthy Autonomous Systems with Disabled Young People: Our Project Launch!
A project blog by the Reimagining Trustworthy Autonomous Systems with Disabled Young People, project team As a project team, we’re really excited to announce our project ‘Reimagining trustworthy autonomous systems with disabled young people’. Trustworthy Autonomous Systems in assistive contexts offer the promise of revolutionising the everyday lives of disabled people in their personal lives, […]
What’s the Shape of Your Trust?
Trust me? (I’m an autonomous machine) project blog | Written by Joseph Lindley, Project Lead, and Franziska Pilling, PhD Candidate and Project Research Associate| March 2022 This project aims to understand the gap between expert and everyday peoples’ views of Trust in the context of Autonomous Systems—things like self-driving cars, product recommendation systems, or automatic […]
Why will codesign methods be critical for acceptance and adoption of AI in chronic disease management?
COTADS project blog by Michael Boniface, Director of the IT Innovation Centre | University of Southampton Autonomous systems powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are expected to have a crucial role in the delivery of healthcare and in supporting populations in effective management of disease. Yet, today, digital health solutions insufficiently consider how AI […]
Asking the Experts: So, what is Trust anyway?
February 2022 | A project blog update for Trust Me? (I’m an Autonomous Machine) We held a workshop with 22 experts representing various sectors including the tech industry, the media, and the academic world. The aim is to establish a ‘master narrative’ of Trust. This project aims to bridge the gap between expert and […]
Using LEGO serious play to understand stakeholder imaginaries of robotics in care
Project update | February 2022 | Imagining Robotic Care: Identifying conflict and confluence in stakeholder imaginaries of autonomous care systems If I ask you to imagine a robot providing care, what does this look like to you? What is the robot doing? Is the robot working alone, or with a human carer? Can it communicate […]