Video, 3 mins
Reimagining Trustworthy Autonomous Systems with Young People
Who benefits from trustworthy autonomous systems? Researchers and students are reimagining technology to make it more inclusive.
Part of Artificial Intelligence
6 Oct 2025 09:00
We assume that trustworthy autonomous systems (or TAS) will make our future better. Think AI powered robots that could help us go about our everyday lives. But WHOSE future do trustworthy autonomous systems improve?
Right now, the design of TAS is not inclusive. Technology created to assist, rarely involves the user in the processes of research, design and creation. Researchers from the Universities of Sheffield and York have been working with nine students from Greenacre Special School as co-researchers and co-designers in reflecting, and reimagining trustworthy autonomous systems.
Credits
- Film Production: Nifty Fox Creative
- Researcher: Harry Gordon (Greenacre School)
- Researcher: Sarah Gillard (Greenacre School)
- Researchers: Students at Greenacre
- Researcher: Lauren White (Lecturer at the University of Sheffield)
- Researcher: Dan Goodley (Professor of Disability Studies and Education at the University of Sheffield)
- Researcher: Kirsty Liddiard (Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield)
- Researcher: Alison Buxton (Innovation Fellow at the University of Sheffield and Director for Maker{Futures})
- Researchers: The Maker{futures} team
- Researcher: James Law (Senior Experimental Officer at Sheffield Robotics)
- Researcher: Stephen Hallam-Bowles (Senior Theme Lead (Knowledge Exchange) at the University of Sheffield)
- Researcher: Cathie Barker
- Researcher: Radu Calinescu (Professor of Computer Science at the University of York)
- Researcher: Colin Paterson (Senior Lecturer at the University of York)
- Researcher: Chiara Picardi (Research Associate at the University of York)
- Researcher: Beverly Townsend (Research Fellow at the University of York)
- Researcher: Juan Wang (Lecturer at the University of York)
- Funding: UKRI TAS Hub (Grant number: EP/V00784X/)