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Course Outline

Foundations of Safety and Transparency in Robotics

  • Snapshot of safety and clarity metrics in robotic systems
  • Regulatory and ethical landscape for robotics and artificial intelligence
  • Key standards and frameworks: ISO 26262, ISO 10218, and ISO/IEC 42001

Risk and Hazard Assessment

  • Recognizing potential dangers in autonomous and semi-autonomous units
  • Conducting Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • Measuring risk and implementing mitigation via safety-focused design

Verification and Validation Methods

  • Assessing robotic performance in virtual settings
  • Formal verification and construction of test scenarios
  • Data-centric validation and continuous monitoring strategies

Constructing Safety Cases

  • Architecture and elements of a robust safety case
  • Recording adherence and traceability
  • Leveraging tools for evidence tracking and risk substantiation

Explainable AI in Robotics

  • Enhancing the clarity of decision-making workflows
  • Interpretability methods for machine learning-based control systems
  • Articulating robotic actions to users and regulatory bodies

Ethical and Governance Implications

  • Ethical tenets governing robotics and autonomous technology
  • Bias, liability, and accountability in AI-driven robotics
  • Reconciling technological advancement with public confidence and oversight

Practical Workshop: Crafting a Safe and Transparent Robotics Scenario

  • Architecting a compact robotic simulation using ROS 2 or Gazebo
  • Applying verification and validation protocols
  • Drafting and presenting a summary of the safety case

Conclusion and Future Pathways

Requirements

  • Fundamental grasp of robotic systems and control structures
  • Proficiency in Python scripting and simulation software
  • Understanding of systems engineering or safety workflows

Intended Participants

  • Systems engineers engaged in robotics or autonomous projects
  • Safety professionals responsible for adhering to functional safety criteria
  • Technical leaders supervising the integration and rollout of robotics
 21 Hours

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