Robotics
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Trusting your robot colleagues part two: Building trust
Efficiency and reliability are factors…but building trust requires more than that…
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Trusting your robot colleagues part one: What is a robot?
The question may seem obvious, but how do you actually define a robot?
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Ethnographer to research robotics in nuclear
The Beam are delighted to announce the arrival of research associate Başak Sarac̣-Lesavre!
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New fellowship unites AI and anthropology
Researching the social and organisational aspects of robotics and AI in the nuclear industry.
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Adoption of novel technologies for nuclear decommissioning
Led by The University of Manchester, this project explores social and cultural processes of technological innovation in decommissioning the Sellafield nuclear site.