Written by By Siabhainn Russell with Praminda Caleb Solly, Praveen Kumar and Cian O’Donovan. Empowering Future Care Workforces, UCL Assistive robots promise to transform health and social care. However before robotic technologies can work in the real world, there will undoubtedly need to be significant adaptations at a systemic and process-level to fit them in. Take […]
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Project Blog | Intersectional Approaches to Design and Deployment of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems
Authored by Dr Caitlin Bentley, Project Lead Contact Whether or not autonomous systems should carry out tasks or functions previously done by humans is a core question our project considers. If they should, how can we make them safe and inclusive of people from all walks of life to interact with, benefit from, and […]
Could a robotic device be trusted to heal your wounds using light?
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mirror, mirror on the wall?
A blog for the TAS for Health project Author: Liz Dowthwaite, Project Lead Contact, Research Fellow, University of Nottingham We are now about 9 months into the TAS for Health project and are well overdue for an update! We spent the first six months of the project working on understanding the different issues of the […]