The TAS Nodes are six research projects each focusing on individual aspects of trust in autonomous systems. The nodes work with each other and with the Hub to deliver on the objectives of the TAS programme. You can see the Node’s annual reports, here.
If an autonomous system learns and changes over time, it is still trustworthy? Our Node is exploring how to specify, monitor, test, and regulate the ways that autonomous systems can learn and adapt using swarm robotics, soft robotics, and unmanned air vehicles…read more
Our Node will explore the design of frameworks for responsibility and accountability, and tools to help the ecosystem of developers and regulators embed these values into the systems. To make autonomous systems trustworthy, we’ll need frameworks of informal and formal governance that’s co-designed with the systems themselves …read more
To be trustworthy, autonomous systems must adapt to uncertainty and disruption safely and within the norms of our society. We’re developing methods to recognise and embed these norms into the decision making of autonomous systems – making them more capable of co-operating with each other and with humans in the face of change …read more
Join the Resilience Node Seminar Series
Societal confidence in adopting autonomous system technology transpires as we evidence the transparent, disruption-free and safe delivery of the expected services despite the occurrence of any encountered threats – physical or cyber. Developing and testing (on actual testbeds) methodologies to help an autonomous system deliver its specified mission despite any encountered security breaches is the target of this Security Node…read more
Join the Security Node Seminar Series
Trust is highly complex and multi-faceted, so our Node explores trustworthiness in autonomous systems grounded in foundational research in Psychology and Cognitive Science. Our multi-disciplinary approach will look at how to best establish, maintain, and repair trust by developing a mutual understanding. We’ll validate our work in real-world applications with our Node industry partners…read more
To help build trust of autonomous systems in open environments, our Node will develop a framework that connects many rigorous testing and verification techniques. These techniques can then be embedded in the system’s design…read more
Join the Verifiability Node Seminar Series