All Outputs (2130)

Co-creating Museum Robots With People That Are Autistic and/or Have Learning Disabilities (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cameron, H., Story, M., Reyes-Cruz, G., & Galvez Trigo, M. J. (2023, July). Co-creating Museum Robots With People That Are Autistic and/or Have Learning Disabilities. Presented at First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Edinburgh, UK

The integration of robots into everyday life is an increasingly common and mundane phenomena. Understanding how people regard and interact with these robots is a rapidly growing area of study, however, there is limited consideration of the attitudes... Read More about Co-creating Museum Robots With People That Are Autistic and/or Have Learning Disabilities.

TAME Pain: Trustworthy AssessMEnt of Pain from Speech and Audio for the Empowerment of Patients (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schneiders, E., Williams, J., Farahi, A., Seabrooke, T., Vigneswaran, G., Bautista, J. R., Dowthwaite, L., & Piskopani, A. M. (2023, July). TAME Pain: Trustworthy AssessMEnt of Pain from Speech and Audio for the Empowerment of Patients. Presented at TAS'23: First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Edinburgh, UK

Precise pain assessment is crucial for medical professionals to provide appropriate treatment. However, not every patient can verbalise the experienced pain for various reasons (e.g., speech disorders or language barriers). In these cases, medical pr... Read More about TAME Pain: Trustworthy AssessMEnt of Pain from Speech and Audio for the Empowerment of Patients.

An Exploration of how Trust Online Relates to Psychological and Subjective Wellbeing (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dowthwaite, L., Perez Vallejos, E., Portillo, V., Patel, M., Zhao, J., & Creswick, H. (2023, July). An Exploration of how Trust Online Relates to Psychological and Subjective Wellbeing. Presented at ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Edinburgh, UK

Internet users often report feelings of stress, anxiety, and a lack of control, often related to uncertainty about the use of algorithms and autonomous systems (AS) behind what they encounter. This may lead to a loss of trust in the services, content... Read More about An Exploration of how Trust Online Relates to Psychological and Subjective Wellbeing.

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Prompts and Practice Cards: a Tool to Support Responsible Practice (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Portillo, V., Greenhalgh, C., Craigon, P. J., & Ten Holter, C. (2023, July). Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Prompts and Practice Cards: a Tool to Support Responsible Practice. Presented at First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Edinburgh, UK

Researchers often find it hard to know where, when and how to start when applying Responsible Innovation approaches to their own research projects and proposals. Based on experience supporting a range of researchers and projects, we have developed a... Read More about Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Prompts and Practice Cards: a Tool to Support Responsible Practice.

Empowering future care workforces: scoping human capabilities to leverage assistive robotics (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Donovan, C., Caleb-Solly, P., Kumar, P., Russell, S., Sumpter, L., & Williams, R. (2023, July). Empowering future care workforces: scoping human capabilities to leverage assistive robotics. Presented at First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Edinburgh, UK

How and what health and care professionals do will be changed by the use of robotics technologies in their workplaces. This paper reports provisional results of a 12-month scoping project in which we explained to people working in care sectors what e... Read More about Empowering future care workforces: scoping human capabilities to leverage assistive robotics.

Using a Knowledge Café approach as a public engagement activity for raising awareness of data protection issues in robotics for health and social care (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Piskopani, A. M., Webb, H., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2023, July). Using a Knowledge Café approach as a public engagement activity for raising awareness of data protection issues in robotics for health and social care. Presented at Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Edinburgh, UK

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI) offers the opportunity to ameliorate the quality of life for people with health issues. However, there are still considerable barriers linked to the lack of acceptance of these technologies, particularly as... Read More about Using a Knowledge Café approach as a public engagement activity for raising awareness of data protection issues in robotics for health and social care.

A Privacy-Preserving Observatory of Misinformation using Linguistic Markers - A Work in Progress (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clos, J., McClaughlin, E., Barnard, P., Tom, T., & Yajaman, S. (2023, July). A Privacy-Preserving Observatory of Misinformation using Linguistic Markers - A Work in Progress. Presented at TAS '23: First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Edinburgh, UK

Online misinformation is a serious problem that can have a negative impact on individuals, societies, and democracies. It can lead to the spread of false information, the erosion of trust in institutions, and the polarisation of political discourse.... Read More about A Privacy-Preserving Observatory of Misinformation using Linguistic Markers - A Work in Progress.

Responsible AI and the Arts: The Ethical and Legal Implications of AI in the Arts and Creative Industries (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Piskopani, A. M., Chamberlain, A., & Ten Holter, C. (2023, July). Responsible AI and the Arts: The Ethical and Legal Implications of AI in the Arts and Creative Industries. Presented at First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS 23), Edinburgh, UK

This position piece starts to examine the ways in which AI-based autonomous technologies have begun to influence a range of human activities in the arts and creative industries.The rise of AI-generated art could potentially transform the act of creat... Read More about Responsible AI and the Arts: The Ethical and Legal Implications of AI in the Arts and Creative Industries.

TAS for Cats: An Artist-led Exploration of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems for Companion Animals (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schneiders, E., Chamberlain, A., Fischer, J. E., Benford, S., Castle-Green, S., Ngo, V., Kucukyilmaz, A., Barnard, P., Row Farr, J., Adams, M., Tandavanitj, N., Devlin, K., Mancini, C., & Mills, D. (2023, July). TAS for Cats: An Artist-led Exploration of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems for Companion Animals. Presented at First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS 23), Edinburgh, UK

Cat Royale is an artist-led exploration of trustworthy autonomous systems (TAS) created by the TAS Hub's creative ambassadors Blast Theory. A small community of cats inhabits a purpose built 'cat utopia' at the centre of which a robot arm tries to en... Read More about TAS for Cats: An Artist-led Exploration of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems for Companion Animals.

A Practical Taxonomy of TAS-related Usecase Scenarios (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Masters, P., Young, V., Chamberlain, A., Weerawardhana, S., McKenna, P. E., Lu, Y., Dowthwaite, L., Luff, P., & Moreau, L. (2023, July). A Practical Taxonomy of TAS-related Usecase Scenarios. Presented at Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Edinburgh, UK

This paper proposes a taxonomy of experimental usecase scenarios to facilitate research into trustworthy autonomous systems (TAS). Unable to identify an open-access repository of usecases to support our research, the project team embarked on developm... Read More about A Practical Taxonomy of TAS-related Usecase Scenarios.

Augmented Robotic Telepresence (ART): A Prototype for Enhancing Remote Interaction and Participation (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reyes-Cruz, G., Phypers, I., Boudouraki, A., Price, D., Fischer, J., Reeves, S., Galvez Trigo, M., & Maior, H. (2023, July). Augmented Robotic Telepresence (ART): A Prototype for Enhancing Remote Interaction and Participation. Presented at First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Mobile robotic telepresence (MRP) allows remote users' access and mobility in a range of local environments. MRP devices have been adopted in societally significant domains such as workplaces, museums, commerce, education, and healthcare, especially... Read More about Augmented Robotic Telepresence (ART): A Prototype for Enhancing Remote Interaction and Participation.

Digital twins for human-assistive robot teams in ambient assisted living (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, J., Clos, J., Price, D., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2023, July). Digital twins for human-assistive robot teams in ambient assisted living. Presented at TAS '23: First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Edinburgh, UK

Digital twins are virtual replicas of physical systems that simulate real-world scenarios to optimize system performance, reduce physical losses, and ensure user safety. Although digital twins have been widely adopted in industrial settings, there is... Read More about Digital twins for human-assistive robot teams in ambient assisted living.

Somabotics Toolkit for Rapid Prototyping Human-Robot Interaction Experiences using Wearable Haptics (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, F., Price, D., Pacchierotti, C., & Kucukyilmaz, A. (2023, July). Somabotics Toolkit for Rapid Prototyping Human-Robot Interaction Experiences using Wearable Haptics. Poster presented at IEEE World Haptics Conference, Delft, Netherlands

This work-in-progress paper presents a prototyping toolkit developed to design haptic interaction experiences. With developments in wearable and sensor technologies, new opportunities arise everyday to create rich haptic interaction experiences actin... Read More about Somabotics Toolkit for Rapid Prototyping Human-Robot Interaction Experiences using Wearable Haptics.

Gifting the Past in the Present: An Exploration of Evoking Nostalgia through Hybrid Gifts (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gibson, R., Koleva, B., Flintham, M., & Winklhofer, H. (2023, July). Gifting the Past in the Present: An Exploration of Evoking Nostalgia through Hybrid Gifts. Presented at DIS '23 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Pittsburgh, USA

This study focuses on the hybrid gifting model, where both physical and digital objects combine to create a single gift. For this in-the-world study, we turn to nostalgic emotions. We aimed to uncover if hybrid gifting can facilitate nostalgic experi... Read More about Gifting the Past in the Present: An Exploration of Evoking Nostalgia through Hybrid Gifts.

“It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gibson, R., Babbage, C. M., Wagner, H. G., Price, D. J., Martindale, S., Chadborn, N. H., Ito-Jaeger, S., Darzentas, D. P., Webb, H., Jacobs, R., Atabey, A., Koleva, B., Flintham, M., Winklhofer, H., Urquhart, L. D., & Perez Vallejos, E. (2023, July). “It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories. Presented at DIS '23: Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Pittsburgh, USA

We present the design of the Memory Machine (MeMa), a technology probe that can store, contextualise, and document media to represent memories. We accumulate vast physical and digital possessions throughout our lives, making it difficult to distingui... Read More about “It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories.

Somabotics Toolkit for Rapid Prototyping Human-Robot Interaction Experiences using Wearable Haptics (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, F., Price, D., Pacchierotti, C., & Kucukyilmaz, A. (2023, July). Somabotics Toolkit for Rapid Prototyping Human-Robot Interaction Experiences using Wearable Haptics. Poster presented at IEEE World Haptics Conference, Delft, Netherlands

This work-in-progress paper presents a prototyping toolkit developed to design haptic interaction experiences. With developments in wearable and sensor technologies, new opportunities arise everyday to create rich haptic interaction experiences acti... Read More about Somabotics Toolkit for Rapid Prototyping Human-Robot Interaction Experiences using Wearable Haptics.

Examining the Use of Autonomous Systems for Home Health Support using a Smart Mirror (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Dowthwaite, L., Reyez Cruz, G., Pena, A. R., Pepper, C., Jäger, N., Barnard, P., Hughes, A.-M., Nair, R. D., Crepaz-Keay, D., Cobb, S., & Benford, S. Examining the Use of Autonomous Systems for Home Health Support using a Smart Mirror

The home is becoming a key location for healthcare delivery, including the use of technology driven by autonomous systems (AS) to monitor and support healthcare plans. Using the example of a smart mirror, this paper describes the outcomes of focus gr... Read More about Examining the Use of Autonomous Systems for Home Health Support using a Smart Mirror.

Thinking Like a Machine: Alan Turing, Computation and the Praxeological Foundations of AI (2023)
Journal Article
Saha, D., Brooker, P., Mair, M., & Reeves, S. (2023). Thinking Like a Machine: Alan Turing, Computation and the Praxeological Foundations of AI. Science & Technology Studies, 37(2), https://doi.org/10.23987/sts.122892

As part of ongoing research bridging ethnomethodology and computer science, in this article we offer an alternate reading of Alan Turing’s 1936 paper, “On Computable Numbers”. Following through Turing’s machinic respecification of computation, we hop... Read More about Thinking Like a Machine: Alan Turing, Computation and the Praxeological Foundations of AI.

TrustScapes: A visualisation tool to capture stakeholders' concerns and recommendations about data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety (2023)
Journal Article
Ito-Jaeger, S., Lane, G., Dowthwaite, L., Webb, H., Patel, M., Rawsthorne, M., Portillo, V., Jirotka, M., & Perez Vallejos, E. (2023). TrustScapes: A visualisation tool to capture stakeholders' concerns and recommendations about data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406923118696

This paper presents a new methodological approach, TrustScapes, an open access tool designed to identify and visualise stakeholders’ concerns and policy recommendations on data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety for a fairer and more tru... Read More about TrustScapes: A visualisation tool to capture stakeholders' concerns and recommendations about data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety.

TrustScapes: A Visualisation Tool to Capture Stakeholders’ Concerns and Recommendations About Data Protection, Algorithmic Bias, and Online Safety (2023)
Journal Article
Ito-Jaeger, S., Lane, G., Dowthwaite, L., Webb, H., Patel, M., Rawsthorne, M., Portillo, V., Jirotka, M., & Perez Vallejos, E. (2023). TrustScapes: A Visualisation Tool to Capture Stakeholders’ Concerns and Recommendations About Data Protection, Algorithmic Bias, and Online Safety. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231186965

This paper presents a new methodological approach, TrustScapes, an open access tool designed to identify and visualise stakeholders’ concerns and policy recommendations on data protection, algorithmic bias, and online safety for a fairer and more tru... Read More about TrustScapes: A Visualisation Tool to Capture Stakeholders’ Concerns and Recommendations About Data Protection, Algorithmic Bias, and Online Safety.