Our directions
Research & early developmentRobotics
Less physical strain. Quadruped design in progress; humanoid in the pipeline.
Research & developmentAero
Flight and sensing for hard-to-reach places, with a useful purpose on the ground.
Concept stageHuman Dox
Family stories, original voices and the context that makes a memory meaningful.
Early directionThese programmes are at different stages of development. They are not available products or services.
LIFE AROUND THE TECHNOLOGY
Progress should
make room for people.
Useful help should fit the way people live. That means thinking about choice, language, maintenance and the person left doing the work. It also means considering the materials, energy and waste a new technology brings into the world.
QUESTIONS WORTH WORKING ON
Understand the problem.
Make the thinking clear.
What makes motion credible?
Public-source reading on contact, body models and the evidence needed to evaluate a robot’s movement.
Explore the methods COMPUTING & INTELLIGENCEWhat makes intelligence useful?
Questions about computing resources, responsiveness and how to evaluate the systems behind an intelligent tool.
Browse research topics AGENT LABSHow should agents cooperate?
A research agenda for software agents and robot teams, with human direction, security and personal context in view.
Explore the questionsSTART WITH A HUMAN NEED