Each year approximately 2.2 million UK adults are inflicted with a wound

Robotic technologies have the potential to guide wound healing at the cellular level. Machine learning allows us to tailor the control to individual cellular dynamics on the go, enabling personalised solutions. This raises questions about how to ensure these systems are trustworthy and safe.

Watch the project’s kick-off presentation below, given in 2021 by the project lead, Sabine Hauert.

In this project we:
1) demonstrated wound healing in the laboratory, and
2) defined an envelope of operation that balances the risks and benefits of machine learning and autonomous control.

 

Read our project blog

Could a robotic device be trusted to heal your wounds using light?

Watch our final project video to see our results

Read our final report

 

Project Team

Meet Our Project Team

Sabine Hauert

Reader of Swarm Engineering, University of Bristol

Lead contact

Ana Rubio Denniss

Research Associate, University of Bristol

Co-Investigator

Silke Henkes

Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, University of Bristol

Co-Investigator

Eugenia Piddini

Professorial Research Fellow in Cell Biology, University of Bristol

Co-Investigator

Thomas Gorochowski

Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Bristol

Co-Investigator

Jonathan Ives

Reader in Empirical Bioethics, University of Bristol

Co-Investigator
Partners

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