An opportunity to hear from all the projects currently funded by the Robotics for Frailty Challenge

About this event 

As the projects funded by the first Robotics for Frailty Challenge funding call draw to a close, join us online to hear about their final research outcomes and celebrate their successes. Together, we will consider their impact and the implications of their research for the future of the design and development of intelligent systems and robotics for health and social care.

We'll also hear from the projects funded by the second funding call who will update us on their progress as well as their aspirations and ambitions going forward.

Finally, we'll hear from two brand new project teams who are just embarking on their journies with the EMERGENCE team, launch their projects.

Learn more about the project teams here:

Robobrico - a project that has combined co-design practices, informed by participatory design research and robotics knowledge to co-produce a hydration module with end users.

Architecture vs Robots - a project that has explored factors affecting cohabitation of robots and people with lived experience of frailty within homes from a built environment perspective and developed a framework for residential built environments for frailty and robot cohabitation.

CIREI - a project which has collated data from connected devices to help automate and support residents with daily activities and exposed the anonymised collected data to a wealth of innovative and evidence-based solutions. 

CPD Ecosystems - a project addressing a critical challenge for tackling frailty today: ensuring the responsible innovation of robotic systems for frailty co-evolves with the provision of training, or continued professional development (CPD) that meets the needs of health and care professionals who will increasingly share their workplace with autonomous systems.

RoStER - a project engaging with healthcare regulators, practitioners, manufacturers, and end-user groups to develop a draft standard that is contextually relevant, generalizable across different assistive robot platforms and acceptable to user communities, ready for submission to standards agencies. 

CoRDial - Counterfactual Reasoning for Robotic Dialogue - a project which will seek to enhance care of older adults through the development of more intuitive and transparent human-robot interactions in care tasks.

Glide - Frailty prevention and mitigation through an Immersive Glider experience - a project which presents a unique and innovative approach to frailty prevention, combining immersive technology with low-impact physical exercises to enhance mobility.

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