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Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and collaborating institutions are exploring an alternative to traditional, static safety certification, which can quickly become outdated as systems learn, update and encounter new situations. The work brings together expertise in controls, formal methods, machine learning, human factors, robotics, and systems engineering from six universities.

An expanded partnership connects local high school students directly with researchers to engage in the design and implementation of autonomous systems. The AutoDriveLab Internship, a collaboration between The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Autonomy and the Del Valle Independent School District (DVISD), recently completed its inaugural cohort. Throughout the fall semester (Figure 1), interns worked alongside graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from the Center for Autonomy to design, assemble, and program autonomous vehicles.

The magazine article “A Road Map for Responsible Robotics,” published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, presents the outcomes of the Dagstuhl Seminar “Roadmap for Responsible Robotics,” held in September 2023 at the Leibniz Center for Informatics in Germany. The seminar brought together researchers from robotics, computer science, social and cognitive sciences, and philosophy to chart a path toward strengthening responsibility in robotic systems.