Retiring with robots? How older folks will get high-tech help

By Katie Collins, CNET CHIRON recently got a mention on CBS news. The article (copied below) was originally published here.  When you think about growing old together with somebody, that person probably isn’t made of circuitry or runs on a processor. That certainly wasn’t the thinking of Les Middlewood. The 63-year-old from the UK took…

UK Robotics Week Competition

CHIRON Care Robotics Art Challenge CHIRON is holding an arts competition in conjunction with UK Robotics Week 2017 to encourage people to think creatively about how we care for people in the future. The UK has a growing population of people who need care and a limited workforce and budget to do it with. Using robots…

Is the Internet of Things the Future of Care?

By Sinéad Nolan Last week The Guardian ran an article on how the care we need may come from the Internet of Things. The article was interesting and while I didn’t necessarily agree on all points, it was food for thought. It got me thinking about today’s society with our smart phones, self-service tills, contactless…

Robots with Faces: Should Care Robots Emulate Humans?

By Sinéad Nolan We are facing a care crisis of epic proportions. In less than 20 years’ time the number of over 65s in the UK, currently at 10 million, will have risen to 17 million. Yet estimates show we won’t have sufficient care workers to tend to this ageing population. Assistive robots remain the anonymous shadow in…

Art vs Science

  Art and science can often be thought of as opposing fields. However, here in the CHIRON team we like to get creative with science. Below, Dr Praminda Caleb-Solly, Head of Electronics and Computer Systems at Designability (and one of our project leads) shares her poem about assistive technology… Where did the inspiration for the…