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Trust in Robot Benchmarking and Benchmarking for Trustworthy Robots (2024)
Book Chapter
Thoduka, S., Nair, D., Caleb-Solly, P., Dragone, M., Cavallo, F., & Hochgeschwender, N. (2024). Trust in Robot Benchmarking and Benchmarking for Trustworthy Robots. In M. I. Aldinhas Ferreira (Ed.), Producing Artificial Intelligent Systems: The Roles of Benchmarking, Standardisation and Certification (31-51). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55817-7_3

Trustworthy evaluation of robots is necessary for them to be deployed and accepted in society. Scientific benchmarking competitions provide a way to evaluate robots outside of lab conditions. We propose a progressive and iterative benchmarking proces... Read More about Trust in Robot Benchmarking and Benchmarking for Trustworthy Robots.

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). Using a Knowledge Café approach as a public engagement activity for raising awareness of data protection issues in robotics for health and social care. In TAS '23: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3599700

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.

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). Digital twins for human-assistive robot teams in ambient assisted living. In TAS '23: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3597520

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.

Robustness of Deep Learning Methods for Occluded Object Detection - A Study Introducing a Novel Occlusion Dataset (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wu, Z., Moemeni, A., Caleb-Solly, P., & Castle-Green, S. (2023). Robustness of Deep Learning Methods for Occluded Object Detection - A Study Introducing a Novel Occlusion Dataset. In 2023 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN). https://doi.org/10.1109/ijcnn54540.2023.10191368

A large number of deep learning based object detection algorithms have been proposed and applied in a wide range of domains such as security, autonomous driving and robotics. In practical usage, objects being occluded are common, and can result in re... Read More about Robustness of Deep Learning Methods for Occluded Object Detection - A Study Introducing a Novel Occlusion Dataset.

A Study into Understanding User Requirements to Inform the Design of Customizable Robotic Pain Management Devices (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Higgins, A., Llewellyn, A., Dures, E., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2023, May). A Study into Understanding User Requirements to Inform the Design of Customizable Robotic Pain Management Devices. Presented at 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London

Previous research into using robots for pain man-agement has shown promise. However to date, there seems to have been little research investigating user requirements for robotic pain management devices which could be used by adults living with chroni... Read More about A Study into Understanding User Requirements to Inform the Design of Customizable Robotic Pain Management Devices.

Comparing a Graphical User Interface, Hand Gestures and Controller in Virtual Reality for Robot Teleoperation (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, J., Moemeni, A., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2023). Comparing a Graphical User Interface, Hand Gestures and Controller in Virtual Reality for Robot Teleoperation. In HRI '23: Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (644-648). https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3580165

Robot teleoperation is being explored in a number of application areas, where combining human adaptive intelligence and high precision of robots can provide access to dangerous or inaccessible places, or augment human dexterity. Using virtual reality... Read More about Comparing a Graphical User Interface, Hand Gestures and Controller in Virtual Reality for Robot Teleoperation.

A Study on the Effects of Cognitive Overloading and Distractions on Human Movement During Robot-Assisted Dressing (2022)
Journal Article
Camilleri, A., Dogramadzi, S., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2022). A Study on the Effects of Cognitive Overloading and Distractions on Human Movement During Robot-Assisted Dressing. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9, Article 815871. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.815871

For robots that can provide physical assistance, maintaining synchronicity of the robot and human movement is a precursor for interaction safety. Existing research on collaborative HRI does not consider how synchronicity can be affected if humans are... Read More about A Study on the Effects of Cognitive Overloading and Distractions on Human Movement During Robot-Assisted Dressing.

Learning from Carers to inform the Design of Safe Physically Assistive Robots - Insights from a Focus Group Study (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Camilleri, A., Dogramadzi, S., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2022). Learning from Carers to inform the Design of Safe Physically Assistive Robots - Insights from a Focus Group Study. In 2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2022) (703-707). https://doi.org/10.1109/hri53351.2022.9889658

This research investigates how professional carers physically assist frail older adults. Carers were asked to discuss their approach and steps for providing safe physical assistance and highlight hazards that assistive robots would have to deal with... Read More about Learning from Carers to inform the Design of Safe Physically Assistive Robots - Insights from a Focus Group Study.

A new perspective on robot ethics through investigating human–robot interactions with older adults (2021)
Journal Article
van Maris, A., Zook, N., Dogramadzi, S., Studley, M., Winfield, A., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2021). A new perspective on robot ethics through investigating human–robot interactions with older adults. Applied Sciences, 11(21), Article 10136. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112110136

This work explored the use of human–robot interaction research to investigate robot ethics. A longitudinal human–robot interaction study was conducted with self-reported healthy older adults to determine whether expression of artificial emotions by a... Read More about A new perspective on robot ethics through investigating human–robot interactions with older adults.

Assessing the Role of Gaze Tracking in Optimizing Humans-In-The-Loop Telerobotic Operation Using Multimodal Feedback (2021)
Journal Article
Bolarinwa, J., Eimontaite, I., Mitchell, T., Dogramadzi, S., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2021). Assessing the Role of Gaze Tracking in Optimizing Humans-In-The-Loop Telerobotic Operation Using Multimodal Feedback. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, Article 578596. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.578596

A key challenge in achieving effective robot teleoperation is minimizing teleoperators’ cognitive workload and fatigue. We set out to investigate the extent to which gaze tracking data can reveal how teleoperators interact with a system. In this stud... Read More about Assessing the Role of Gaze Tracking in Optimizing Humans-In-The-Loop Telerobotic Operation Using Multimodal Feedback.

Safety Assessment Review of a Dressing Assistance Robot (2021)
Journal Article
Delgado Bellamy, D., Chance, G., Caleb-Solly, P., & Dogramadzi, S. (2021). Safety Assessment Review of a Dressing Assistance Robot. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, Article 667316. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.667316

Hazard analysis methods such as HAZOP and STPA have proven to be effective methods for assurance of system safety for years. However, the dimensionality and human factors uncertainty of many assistive robotic applications challenges the capability of... Read More about Safety Assessment Review of a Dressing Assistance Robot.